Tara - Indidoll

I first met Tara and Mani at last Sunday Soul Sante, a mecca for hand crafted goodies.. I was so impressed with her look and the dress. She was like a girl next door. Every little girl's imaginary friend. Like every little girl, I (grown up little girl) also wanted to share my little secrets to my imaginary friend. I bet she will not gossip my little secrets ;)

I really wanted to design something for her. So I contacted the Indidoll team. They were absolutely friendly and wanted to give a try. After 2 hectic weeks, I came up with a line of little patterns exclusively for her. (Patterns are shared only with Tara as of now.. ). Met the team yesterday and they liked few of my items I designed for Tara. Even more happy to share, she will be wearing few of these accessories this Sunday Soul Sante that is going to happen on Oct 27th.

Wishing the sweet little bond between Apple of my Eye and Tara continues :)

Simple beanie and booties

My favorite pattern ever. A simple beanie and a Mary Jane inspired booties.I did not follow any particular  pattern for these and unfortunately I did not write down the pattern as I crocheted. :( These patterns are more of inspirational.These products will be always stay close to my heart as I tried something of my own. For the booties, I got my inspiration from the Mary Jane booties. To add some extra character I added a clown shape to the booties.

Colorful Christmas hat

A colorful Christmas hat.  Why say it a Christmas hat, completely coz of the colors :)


Chain 4 stitches.

Join and chain 1

Row 1:SC 8 stitches.

Row 2: 2 SC on each stitch ( 16 stitches)

Row 3: *SC on the first chain and 2 SC on the next stitch* . Continue till the end of the row.

Row 4: *SC the first two chains and 2 SC on the third chain* continue till the end of the row.

Row 5:*SC the first three chains and 2 SC on the fourth chain*continue till the end of the row.

Row 6: * SC the first four chains and 2 SC on the fifth chain* continue till the end of the row.

Row7: DC

Row 8: Change color and Puff stitch

Row 9: 2 DC

Row 10: Change color and Puff stitch

Row 11 :Puff stitch

Row 12, 13 : Change color and Puff stitch

Row 14: Change color and DC

Row 15,16,17 : DC

Row 18: Reduce the chains by half. hold 2 chains together and DC.

Row 19,20 :DC

Row 21 : crocodile stitch.

Apple of my Eye

Finally, the stores is opened. I'm glad to inform that I have opened an online store for babies, toddlers and girls. https://www.facebook.com/Puruseyourhobby?ref=hl. People wishing to present the new member of their family or their loved ones something very special, you clicked the right page.

FOr products click my page APPLE OF MY EYE

 Wish you all like my page and encourage Apple of my Eye by buying our products.

Christmas time

The minute I think about Christmas the two colors that come to my mind are RED and GREEN.

My friend was asking me to make something for her and she also sent me a package. It had various colors and the primary ones were green, yellow and red. I never knew it will have such a lovely coincidence. But this has happened. I crocheted her a scarf and was completely left with no time to make a cap that I planned for. Last minute, I started crocheting in the train and finally ended the night before I met her. Crocheted continuously for 5 hours and the lady sitting next to me appreciated that I have a lot of commitment ( blush blush).

The interesting story was, when I was crocheting my hat,  the lady who sat next to me ( she owns a documentation company) used to knit 20 years back and stopped due to professional commitments,  told me that she is for sure going to brush up her attic and get all those left over yarns and start knitting again. I was really happy hearing this.

Now for the pictures.

CAP

SCARF

Pattern: Both the patterns were simple.  The stitches were used completely according to my imagination following the rules for the regular patterns.
SCARF
Chain 22 stitches
Puff stitch next 22 rows.
DC  next 70 rows.
Puff stitch 22 rows.
Bind off.

CAP
Chain 4 stitches.
Join and chain 1
Row 1:SC 8 stitches.
Row 2: 2 SC on each stitch ( 16 stitches)
Row 3: *SC on the first chain and 2 SC on the next stitch* . Continue till the end of the row.
Row 4: *SC the first two chains and 2 SC on the third chain* continue till the end of the row.
Row 5:*SC the first three chains and 2 SC on the fourth chain*continue till the end of the row.
Row 6: * SC the first four chains and 2 SC on the fifth chain* continue till the end of the row.
Row7: DC
Row 8: Change color and Puff stitch
Row 9: 2 DC
Row 10: Change color and Puff stitch
Row 11 :Puff stitch
Row 12, 13 : Change color and Puff stitch
Row 14: Change color and DC
Row 15,16,17 : DC
Row 18: Reduce the chains by half. hold 2 chains together and DC.
Row 19,20 :DC
Row 21 : crocodile stitch.

A busy week

Masala bun

Plain White Bread

This week has been fantastically busy with new things to try. Its always make me stay positive when I do something new and it comes out decently or pretty awesome. Be it food or knitting or any other hobby of mine, I really feel positive when the result is good. Now, this week started with baking a bread and knitting a baby set for my dearest friend. The bread became a cake and the baby set came out pretty decently. Last night, I tried to bake the bread again. It was a huge success. I also baked a masala bun which also came out pretty yummy..Now I feel accomplished.

Baby sweater and cap

The Gift

So here is the finally set that is soon going to be shipped to India for the little one.  :)

You want one such set, email me. All happy to do it for you or your dear ones :)

For someone very special

A set is getting ready for a special person. He is going to join our family in August. All excited for my sister-in-law. :) . Its going to be shipped soon to her and she does not know about this. No probs, she is not going to read this for sure as she does not know about this. ;).. Its a surprise :).

P.S.: Patterns will be posted once I complete the entire set.

Flower-II

I happened to watch youtube video on how to make a flower and came up with a simple version of my own.
Chain 6 stitches
Join the loop and do 16 single crochet. Join the row with a slip stitch.
In the first chain, do 4 DC and slip stitch on the same chain.
Slip stitch the next two chains and do 4 DC on the next chain.
Keep doing until u get 5 petals. Now join to the first petal with a slip stitch
Chain 4stitches and join to the end of the petal. Continue this until you get 5 such loops at the back of the petal. Join with a slip stitch.
Now for each loop do two sets of 5 QC forming 2 petals for each loop with a total of 10 big petals.
Slip stitch at the end of the row and cut off the yarn.
The resultant will be 

Flower

Wanted to add a flower on the newly knitted baby cap. So wanted to make one and the videos below is a perfectly instructed procedure on how to make a flower.

Baby cap with pom pom

My hubby is soon going to meet a little princess. Thought of gifting her something that she can use. So made this baby cap and added a pom pom on the top of the hat. Just loving the way it has come out.. I just wish the little princess loves this pom pom cap. :)
Yarn used : Lily Sugar n Cream- Playtime (02741)  for hat and Red Heart Yarn for pom pom

For pattern click here  . And for the pom pom, I have an interesting video on how to make pom pom