Girly Girly Bunting

I made this thinking it would look so cute in a little girl's room. Making a few of these for a craft fair. Some of you asked me for a pattern when I blogged about it here. So here you go.

For the triangles

Ch4

1 dc in first ch [2dc]

Ch2, Turn

dc in same st, 2 dc in next st

Ch 2 turn, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in next the 2 stitches, 2 dc in the last st.

Till row 5 you will increase like this by doing a 2dc in the stitches on the extreme left and extreme right and 1 dc each in the middle stitches. After that I increased only every alternate row. 

(Every other row - 1 dc in every stitch)

For the flowers

Ch4, sl st to first chain to form a ring.

Ch2(counts as first dc),12 more dc into ring     [13 dc]

(Ch1 , 3 tr, 1 sc) into one stitch, 1 sc into the next stitch

*sl st into next stitch, (ch1, 3 tr, 1 sc) in the stitch, 1 sc in the next stitch*

Continue *-* to finish the round  [6 petals]

Sl st to the first ch1.

I made 10 triangles and 10 flowers . Attach each flower to the triangles.

If you have any doubts or suggestions, please let me know. Would love to see the buntings you make. Have a great day!!

Granny Triangles - my way

Many of you asked me how to make the triangles for the bunting in my previous post. Some of you asked if there is a pattern for it. There might be a pattern for it in many places, as it is a very basic pattern. Same as in a granny square, but you work three sides instead of four.
Here is how I make them.

Ch4, sl st to first chain to form a ring


First round

Ch2(Counts as first dc. I always ch2 for dc instead of ch3 because I find it balances the height better.)
2 dc, ch2,3dc,ch2,3dc,ch2, join to top of first ch2


Second round

sl st in the next 2 dc (I sl st in the back of the chain)
sl st into ch2 space.
Ch2,2dc,ch2,3dc.
*3dc,ch2,3dc in the next space*
Repeat *-* once more, sl st to top of first ch2

Third round

sl st in the next 2 dc
sl st into ch2 space.
Ch2,2dc,ch2,3dc.
*3dc in next ch2 space
3dc,ch2,3dc in the next space*
Repeat *-* to finish the round and sl st to top of first ch2.

Repeat third round till the triangle is as big as you want.
Please feel free to tell me if there are any errors or confusions.

I have added small metal bells below each triangle. So now they look pretty and sound very good too!!

Rainbow Bunting

Hellooooooo!!! A quick post to share something that I made recently. Its a bunting in rainbow colours :).  I did not know that granny triangles would give you so much pleasure!! I loved making these and love them every time I look at them.

Also made some triangles and flowers for a very girly bunting.

All about that in the next post. Byeee!!Have a nice day!!

New Year

Wishing you all a very very happy new year!! I visited my hometown for the Christmas holidays. It was just the break I needed. This time we decided to take a different route. Took more time but it was much more beautiful.

After reaching back I have started working on some fun crochet.

I can write a pattern for any of these if you want. Made a few pouches too.

Before leaving, a recap of 2011.

My first pattern.

Hope you all have a great year ahead.

Merry Christmas!!

For the first time we have kept a tree in our home. Little one was super excited. From next year I will make ornaments to decorate it. But this year had to use store bought ones.

Last week I got a bigggg surprise!!I got the goodies Barbara(made in k-town) sent me. Barbara has a lovely blog and hosts amazing theme based link-parties. It is my first giveaway win and I love everything that she has sent me. Cute bracelet, handmade bookmark, pendants, buttons, beads and a sweet little note. Thank you so much Barbara!! I showed it to all my friends, and told them that my friend in Germany sent it to me.:).

Nicole of nicole and the bee has passed on an award to me.

Thank you so much Nicole!!It was just the push I needed to stop ignoring my blog. Nicole has a lovely,cheerful blog.
I need to pass this on to some blogs I like and have less than 200 followers. Here they come.
beberouge
Hazel's Crochet
Crafted By Carly
Knit Sew Hooked
Sonia and Fred

Before I go a peek into some crochet I am working on!!

Wishing you all a Very Very Merry Christmas!!

Something Great!!

I was away from blogland for a while because, I took part in an arts and crafts exhibition!! And sold most of my stuff!! And there was a laptop-stopped-working-incident also!! Altogether I neglected my blog for a while. But I am back and am happy to be!!

I am selling something for the first time. And what made me happier was the good response I got, the look on people's faces :). So encouraging. Me happy happy!!!. There were around 200 stalls, exhibiting different type of arts and crafts.

Some things I had made for the event, most of which are no longer with me :)

Something christmasy

I had made more, but these are the only decent pictures I have.  Have a great day!!

Singapore Part 2

Last weekend was great fun!! We went to Sentosa and Universal Studios and the little one had so much fun. Felt so happy to see him so happy. Tomorrow we will leave Singapore with lots of good memories.

My crafty shopping. Yes, I managed to not buy any yarn!!:))