Fabric Tray

Did some sewing..Yessssss...This is a very easy thing to make..But still I struggled ( I still struggle to sew straight lines )..And to make matters worse my sewing machine stopped co- operating in between...So off we went to a mechanic(is that the right word ??)I dont know..But you know what I mean..Got it back fast..Its working pretty well now..I finished making the tray..The tutorial I followed is very easy and clear..


Its a big hit at home as usual..These people encourage me so much..My boys!! Here it is..Put to use as soon as I made it..Its half empty while I took pics..But DH is using it now to keep his phone and car keys too..

Needle Book

As I have said, I started to knit and crochet just last year, end of last year to be more precise. But the last couple of months or maybe more than that, I have totally ignored knitting and was only into crochet and sewing. The other day I felt I also need to keep improving on the knitting front. I loveee strawberries and since I couldn't find any pattern to knit a strawberry, I thought I will design something. Yes I did that and it came out kind of cute too. I made a pattern in Microsoft Excel. Made a few changes while knitting, frogged a few rows about 3 or 4 times and finally made this. I had not decided what to do with it while knitting. I had seen a needle book a long time back and really thought the idea was cute. So I converted my knit strawberry to a needle book. Now I hope I will not keep loosing needles as I always do.

Had bought a few pages of felt in various bright colours a few days back. They were also used.

There is a garter stitch page for my large needles and tapestry needles(which I can't find now)
Another interesting thing is when I was knitting the strawberry I was trying to carry the various colours of thread through the back of the pattern. Later a knitting friend, whom I met recently, told me I can find online video tutorials to do it in an easier way. Now I know what I did is called the Stranding method and that there is an even better way to do it. Found tips to hold the colours more efficiently and to avoid doing the stranding too tightly, which I did. Okay, so next time I won't have so much trouble and confusion while knitting with so many different colours at the same time. Please go here to learn more.

Grocery Bag Holder

What do I write about this?It has been made with a very soft acrylic yarn which is locally available. Got stalled midway because I fell short of yarn and had to wait for the shop guy to get it from somewhere else. What is the birdie decoration doing with it? I just felt they both look good together.

As usual i did not read the pattern properly. Usually I realise my mistake after a few rounds. This time I broke all my previous records and realised it after making the whole thing and taking pictures.hehehe. But it looks fine. So me not worried at all. Ok if you are still wondering what the mistake is, according to the pattern the FPDtr spans through 2 rows. But in my case just 1. Well what difference does it make. All is well that ends well isn't it?

Nima's Hat Pincushion

Nima (Made to treasure) is hosting a hat pincushion pattern giveaway. Anyone can take the pattern from her ( details here ). She wants us to make it and embellish it according to our taste. So this is what I came up with.

Just a little embroidery (can we call it that ) and beadwork. Here is a closeup

When Pranav saw this he wanted to know for whom the hat is for. He tried it on his head but it was a bit small according to him. He thought about some of his cousins who are younger than him. But decided it would not fit them as well. But finally we found someone who can use this hat.
What do you think?

Crochet Can Jacket

I have almost three or four projects waiting to be given finishing touches. But have not touched them since last week. And yesterday instead of working on them, I ended up making this.
An empty oats can and some scarp yarn was used. Perfect for instant gratification. And DH wants me to make many more of these. So me happy with the result.
Pattern: Crochet Jar Jacket

Hexagonal Happiness!!

Oh My!!Iam so very happy and pleased today. I finally finished the Hexagon Throw I was working on. Yesssssssssss. Its done. And Iam so pleaaasssed with how it looks. Want to see it?? Here it is. Tah Dah...

I have been so inspired by Lucy of Attic24. Her blog is so colourful and cheerful and inspiring and what not. If you have not visited her blog yet, please do so. I want to make all the things that she has shown in her blog. This throw is one of them. It took me more than 4 months (with short breaks in between for other projects ) to finish it. But so worth it. All at home love it. Just randomly picked and used colours as I worked on it. I joined the hexagons in the end using single crochet. Gave a very simple edging.





Pattern: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2008/11/hexagon-crochet.html

Our Weekend

We are facing so many issues now. After feeling very low and sulking a lot the last week, we decided to forget everything for a while and go out and indulge in some retail therapy.


None of these cost much, but it felt so good. Bought some really good tea towels( I loved the prints ), some coffee mugs, a bear shaped measuring tape (for meeee), iron on patches (again for meeee)..

On Saturday we went to a dairy farm, where the little one had lots of fun. We had fun too.



So this weekend was a welcome break where we did not get much time to worry. Hope things will improve soon.