Its from the Book...

I've have very few crochet magazines and books to read and do the crochet work. And all of them stacked somewhere at the back shelf. One day Vicky just picks up this Irish crochet book and says see your book lying here from his shelf. I happily took it and was happy to find it :)

All these days from this book I only made flowers. I love to crochet flowers. The love is fulfilled at Sheruknitting youtube videos where there a several crochet patterns for flowers. I'm now more interested in Home decor and decorative items. So my glance went to table runner patterns, doily patterns and so on. I liked this table cloth pattern which I tried yesterday. It is so pretty , called Carnation doily.

In the mean time last week I tried my hand at Snowflakes, it is amazing to see it totally in different shape before and after starching. The whole exercise of making the pattern , starching , giving it shape and letting it dry is much adventurous, that one can just go on crocheting Snowflakes. I tried Snowcatcher's patterns and each one of them is equally interesting than the other.

Doilies here and Doilies there...

Doilies are so traditional, and of course are legendary crochet design! I'd this crochet magazine ,having this pattern, finally I mustered to make this extra large looking doily, with fine thread. It looks amazing after starching.

 And not so large :( 

Recycling mode...

Crochet containers looks cozy and areveasy to make. For me it was to get over with the Yarns, which I'm not using any more...not so fond of doing these items. But the outcome was tempting. Liked the finished product.

 It gives me inspiration to collect all the cosmetic bottles and make vase out of them. Vase? anything...pen stand, jewelry box, well basically a container. If you like sound less usage of items this is best way to avoid sounds the container makes! That's one major benefit I find. Can make it more fancier by adding flowers, or other applique on the container!

Coming soon!

Tried with Kitchen tissue roll, this is not so elegant...but is useful as you can see...

This pencil box looks cute!

I tried lady bug theme, any other can also be tried whichever the kid likes :)  Easy said than done...my daughter asks for Chota Bheem, Nobita...all those which I can't think of as theme...finally she now know her Mamma can only at the max do Lady bug, Kitty cat!

Key chains

What best way to use small crochet stuffed items. It is nice to hold these cute things and best way to do that is have them on keychains.
The Owl with additional accessories like jingle and beads adds to the look. Turtle is adorable. I've made few more (will upload photo's soon)
with fenugeek filled inside, that is therapeutic.

Colorful hangings!

Crochet home decor is always popular, but this one is different isn't it? I love it so much. If I show you the threads I used to make them you will never get this feeling. It was just that the combination and the finishing that gives it the look.

This is my first attempt at bright and colorful crochet work. It is just so much fun to try out my hand at colors, unfortunately these bleed, hence I had no other option to put them together something like this. 

The beads are from Itsy bitsy and I just go gaga about them when in shop and keep pick up handful every time I visit the store. And they end up unused at home, either a play thing for my daughter or one among them on crochet bracelet or so.

It goes well with the color blend. Giving me reasons to pick more from store. I even went on browsing for more beads.


And this is how it looks when I hang it, I couldn't figure out an ideal place for it yet. However even before I could finish it Dhriti has snatched it and put it on her Crib.

Crochet bracelet

This is my first attempt at Bracelet

It is easy to wear and the light weight gives the comfort. This washable bracelet can be easily maintained, all it requires is a light starch !

Its a perfect piece for a outdoor party. And yes it does add a zing to casuals!

I had no idea on how I'll make a bracelet, and this one is on the fly design that cooked up as I was looking at the finished pattern. While making  interlock pattern for earrings, I arranged the rings together and got this idea which turned out to be a pretty bracelet. I had bought the stone to use as pendent, but it suits here and doesn't look for a bit out of place.