Pineapple dress pattern

I wanted to share the dress patterns I have been crocheting so far. They are not my own pattern. So giving credits is a must for a someone who loves this craft. For the pineapple dress which I crocheted for a 6 month old, these are the diagrams I followed. I cannot completely remember the exact number of stitches I used. But these two diagrams are my source.

With these, I adjusted according to the size required. Hope this is helpful.

Source : Pinterest, Google, and other blogs I came across

Final result of the dress I crocheted.

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.

•   Granny sweet hearts by Nancy L Drew
  
   
  
  
  • Heat Pillows by Drops
    
    
    • Crochet hearts from Freshstitches
      
       
      
      
      • Crochet heart baskets
         
        Last but not least I loved this box of crocheted chocolates.. Makes a perfect finish 
        
        Happy Valentine's Day
        
        

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. :)

The "HE" Cap

 

Materials Required:

Sports Worst weight yarn of your choice

Colours: Denim Blue, White, Black

Crochet hook: 4mm 

Tapestry needle

Terms:

Ch - chain

HDC - Half Double Crochet

DC - Double Crochet

TC - Treble Crochet

FPDC - Front post Double crochet

BPDC - Back post Double crochet.

Pattern:

 

You can get the pattern here

Graph ghans

 Most of us wants to gift personalized gifts to our near and dear ones. Especially when its a gift to a new born its even more special. Afghans and lapghans are always very helpful to wrap the newborn to make them feel warm and cozy and when its a cold place, the use of lapghans and afghans are more.

I always wanted to make lapghans. I'm going to start this year with a try on that. I have a big list of images that I want to try. But I am yet to decide which one will be first and how far I am going to be successful in trying it the right way. So fingers crossed and keep watching for me to brag  all about my first try on these lapghans :D Hopefully its this year ;)

Making personalized image lapghans and afghans first need to be converted to graph charts. There are so many methods to do this. I'm going to list them here so that its helpful to me and you as well.

An example of  converting a picture to graph

Free websites

1.  Stitch board.  
2. Pic a pat 
3. How to make your own crochet pattern 
4. KnitPro 

 Paid websites

1. http://www.mckcreations.com/ 

Hope you try anyone of these methods  and crochet your own lapghans and afghans. Please share your views on the comments..

Hair clips

 I love these hairclips.. If I had a chance to wear this during my childhood, these clips would have been all over my hair :)

Happy to share the pattens with you...

Crochet Hook : 1.65 mm
Yarn : Any 4 ply yarn

 Pattern 1:

Row1:Chain multiples of 2.(12 chains) Do not join Ch 1 and turn
Row2: 5 DC in the first chain, slip st on ch 2, 5 DC in the third chain, sl st in the 4th chain and continue till the end. Fasten off . Leave a long tail.
Now fold them in a circular way to form petals of a flower, and sew the flower to the clip

Pattern 2:

Row 1: Ch 17
Row 2: 3 DC in each chain and fasten off. Leave a long tail
Fold like the previous pattern in circular way to form a rose shape and sew with a bead to the clip

Pattern 3:

Row 1: In a magic ring, ch 1 and 12 SC.
Row 2: Join in the first SC and *Ch 2, 2DC in the same chain, 2 DC in the next chain, ch 2, slip stitch in the 3 rd chain* and repeat from * to *
This 6 forms the petals of the flowers.
Fasten off and sew to the clip

Chunky basket

 

Materials required:

Yarn: Chunky yarn
Crochet hook : Size K (6.5 mm)

Pattern:

Row 1: In the magic ring ch2 and 15 DC. Join on the first DC (15DC)
Row 2: 2DC in each DC  (30 DC)
Row 3: *2DC on first DC, 1 DC on the second* repeat around (45DC)
Row 4: *2DC, 1 DC, 1 DC* through out ( 60DC)

Row 5: SC on the outer loop alone ( 60SC)
Row 6: DC on both the loops ( 60 DC)
Row 7- 11: DC through out (60DC)

Row 12: Mark the center point. Above this center point the handle for the bag is going to come.

12 DC, Ch 5, skip 5 DC, 26 DC, Ch 5, skip the next 5 DC, 12 DC and join.

Row 13: 12 DC, 5 DC on the 5 chains, 26 DC, 5 DC on the 5 chains, 12 DC. Join and fasten off.

Sew the remaining yarns.

To make the basket stiffer, you can spray the quick starch or dip the bag on  starch water and dry the basket.

And finally :)

Accessory organizer

I always like my things organized. Now dont get a feel that I'm all that clean- clean person.. I love to mess it up too :)


I know how moms feel when they are all set to go out and finding that matching hair clip, band and other stuff for their little daughters. How much ever we organize, we always get this thought, can this be made even simpler.I really donno if this organizer is of that sort, but simply loved it the first moment I saw. I liked the opportunity to play with colors and creativity.

The original pattern can be found here.


I also wanted to share two more interesting  accessory organizers that impressed me.

First will be my favorite blogger Repeat crafter Me's Hair Bow Holder

 

The next organizer is from my fellow Crochet friend Vijaya Rani. 

 You can find her works here.

Petal Square Granny Purse

I came across this pattern in one of Annie's books. I forgot from which book but I liked the pattern very much and tried one immediately and saved it . The way it came out made me do one more and converted it two a girl's purse.

Materials Required:

Yarn: 4 ply baby blue acrylic yarn and 4 ply blood red acrylic yarn

Needle: 3 mm crochet needle.

Lining material

Velcro 

Pattern: 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/petal-square-granny-sling-purse

Booties

For today's post, I choose one of my favorite blogger - Repeatcrafterme

No amateur crocheter will miss to learn all the nuances that Repeatcrafterme has to offer.. Her crafts are always inspiring and how can I miss making one of the cutest booties.

I made this for my friend's friend. Was so happy when I found a FIFA imprinted buttons that went really well with the booties. It made it more boyish and loved the way it added that extra character. :)

A new addition

Throw, cover whatever you name it..

Finally finished it :)

Sneak Peak

I started doing one of my favorite throw cover, which I recently came across the blog, wood and wool stool. I went to hobby lobby, collected my bunch of favorite colors and started this project immediately. Here is a sneak peak of it

A similar pattern throw which I came across the vogue patterns

http://www.vogueknitting.com/Default.aspx?TabId=751

I have actually fallen in love with this pattern

Bloomer

How can one forget their first project. Yes, this is my first project in Knitting.

Out of boredom and in search of pursuing a hobby seriously, I landed up here - Arcadia Knitting.  Sharon and Kathy were two amazing people who engaged my Saturday and Sunday afternoons so fruitfully, I learned Knitting with a great interest. If you are in Chicago and wanna learn Knitting, Arcadia Knitting is your place.

Well coming back to my first project, from the beginning baby category was my fav category. 

Honey Bunny

I first saw this pattern http://knittingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ I thoroughly enjoyed doing my first doll.

It gives an immense satisfaction when the end product is something nice and beautiful. The most happiest part is when you give to a kid as a gift. Atleast I get an immense satisfaction when I gift I child which I make. Its a wonderful feel and joy when I see a smile on the kids when they receive these gifts

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

Pillow cover

The red heart website has got so many free patterns to try my hands on both knitting and crochet.
I wanted to try on this pillow cover as a start. though its has not come out as clean as the original pattern, I was happy that I could make something similar to the original.

For the pattern please click http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/mod-striped-pillows
 For the pattern I used
For the front side of the pillow cover
Center :

Ch 16 stitches and
Row 1-Single Crochet make symmetrical squares for 25rows. For the left and right hand side pick 50 stitches and SC. Continue same number of rows as original.

For the back of the pillow cover,
First half
Center
Ch 16 stitches and SC each row for 17 rows. For the left and right side pick 35 stitches and SC . Continue same number of rows as the original
Second half
Center
Ch 16 stitches and SC for 8 rows. For the left and right side pick 15 stitches and SC. Continue the same number of rows as original.

Now join the front and the twoback pieces.

This is the first time I am writing pattern for crochet. Please pardon if its not understandable.

shawl

This pattern is very simple and is for beginners. All it requires is time and energy. :)
Cast on 100stitches
Knit for about 3feet long and cast off

Granny square

I wanted to try Granny square for quite sometime now. But never understood the pattern completely. Luckily I came across the youtube video (mentioned below the picture) and could finish my granny square within 30mins.