Friday, February 28, 2014

Owl Shoulder bag

I'm fan of bags. Maybe I inherited this quality from my mom. After her demise, we took all her clutches, purses and bags and stored in a box and never looked at it again. But after many years when we took a look at her collections, it was very memorable. My dad found a torn 100 rupee note and he still preserves it as a treasure. Such a lovely memory of my mom.

This owl bag will be on my favorite's list for a very long time. It took me more than 4months to complete. Now don't think its that touch a pattern. Certainly not :). Its that block that comes inbetween every crochet  project and I also went through it. :D

I got inspiration to start this project from this blog post by Annoo's Crochet World. 

I followed all the instructions in that blog to sew the lining for the bag and from there though my intention was to replicate the same pattern, it did not end that way. I wanted to crochet an owl bag with crocodile stitch in it to give a feel of feathers. Even that did not happen. The attempt was a huge failure and the bag went totally out of proportion wrt to size. Then I decided to go with simple treble crochet and even that came out to be out of shape. It started with a treble crochet and slowly changed it to simple double crochet and went round and round with my choice of yarns. Then gave the shape for eyes and nose and finally finished it. For the handle I went with a simple button hole stitch around the two sides of the handle and kept it simple. Lastly I hand sewed a zip to the bag to ensure it does not stay open . 

Though I kept this project idle for a very long time, something made me go back to the project and that drive never stopped and finished this bag.




Happy Crocheting :)

Apple of my Eye



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Love, Heart and Crochet

Valentine's day is nearing and its time to spread some love.
Crochet hearts are awesome and you can make keychains, buntings, coasters, pillows and more

Trying to consolidate some of the crochet hearts here with their links

Click on the picture to get the link for the respective pages.
  • To begin with the heart coasters I made last year from Crochet Geek's pattern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ywEWexLT1w

  •   Granny sweet hearts by Nancy L Drew

    • Heat Pillows by Drops
      http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/pattern.php?id=5077&lang=en
      • Crochet hearts from Freshstitches

        • Crochet heart baskets
          http://www.petalstopicots.com/2012/02/hugs-and-kisses-heart-basket-crochet-pattern/ 
          Last but not least I loved this box of crocheted chocolates.. Makes a perfect finish 
          http://www.favecrafts.com/Valentines-Day/Valentine-Chocolates-Crochet-Pattern-from-Red-Heart-Yarn
          Happy Valentine's Day

Monday, February 10, 2014

Quick girl's purse

You can buy this pattern here
I always love small little purses. So when I got inspiration for this purse, I tried to create my own pattern. I added some appliques and stickers which I loved it. :)