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Baby sweater #x

December 8, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: FOs, FOs - Crochet, Kids | 3 comments

Here is a baby sweater I finished two nights ago. It was washed yesterday. The yarn is a local acrylic that I bought in unlabelled hanks in Hyderabad. The pattern I adapted from Auntie M’s site, the Abigail sweater Link changed to Web Archive (so, it’s a girl’s name and my friend’s baby is a boy…so what? Stop asking me that question!!!!)

I used a Pony brand 4.00mm hook in aluminium. I added a pattern repeat for the yoke since it was coming out way too small, and a couple of repeats for the body. Also, the sleeves as well.

Please tell me it isn’t too girly….

RAOK…Maybe not so random…

December 7, 2005 in Uncategorized | Tags: Books | 2 comments

It took 3 months, but they finally got to me!!! Yay! Cordelia sent me The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson, full of food and thrills.

Also included was an Annie’s Crochet issue full of kitten patterns…July August 1997! I may never make them, but I love the cats!

This package was mailed out on September 2, 2005 and reached me on December 5, 2005. Surface mail. Cordelia never lost hope, though I did.

So now there is one less package with my name littering outer space. Sad. 😉

Kimberley: I should have known a post about the post (pun, pun, pun) would bring you out of commenting hibernation…

Dude: I’m honoured you still follow my postings…

Cordelia’s Ruffled Eyelet Scarf

December 7, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: Accessories, FOs, FOs - Crochet | Leave a comment

Haven’t blogged much recently, have I? Pressures of work…or whatever!

Anyway, I tested Cordelia‘s Ruffled Eyelet Scarf pattern a while ago, and here it is!

I used RH Super Saver in Amethyst, and a I/5.5 mm hook (Boye, I think).

This shows the colour more closely…For some reason my camera thinks it should be blue.

It was first-ever vertically (lengthwise) worked scarf, and also my first-ever intentionally ruffled anything!

Thanks for letting me test the pattern, Cordelia!

Vest with CAT PAC yarn

November 25, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: FOs, FOs - Crochet, Kids | 2 comments

This was a rush job, as I was leaving that afternoon, so both I and my nephew were blurry-eyed and half-awake…
I used a girl’s pattern from Freepatterns.com for the boy’s vest (gender-bender, that’s me!) and used up almost all of the 7 oz Red Heart Super Saver skein in Soft Navy that Christal sent me for the September CAT PAC. This PAC arrived providentially while my sister was visiting, so I was able to take the yarn (she chose the colour) with me when I went with them to Hyderabad.
As usual (dunno why I bother writing this at all) I ran out of skein, so I made do with some local yarn in a very dark navy blue. I used a K 6.50mm hook. I started off with Red Heart Crystalites, but found it wasn’t sliding through smoothly, so I shifted to a Boye K 6.50mm instead. Much better!

The original pattern calls for chenille.

Several things are wrong in these photos:
1. Both of us were unwilling to wake up
2. The color didn’t come out properly, so I fiddled with the pics in an editor.
3. His pajamas are too dark to show off the vest/pattern properly
4….

You get the picture.

Yahoo group for Indian crocheters

November 21, 2005 in Crochet, Knitting | Tags: Blog admin, Indian, Links | Leave a comment

Well, I’ve finally gone and done it! Yup, I created a Yahoo group for crocheters from India. It’s exciting, and I hope it’ll help us help each other with supply-related woes or pattern doubts or anything else, for that matter.

If you are a crocheter and from India (wherever you might be living now), do come and join us!

Click here to join Crochet_India
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Clarified on Wool in India

November 20, 2005 in Uncategorized | Tags: Supplies | Leave a comment

Well, it’s official (more or less). The guy at the shop I bought some yarn at yesterday told me categorically that we can only get woollen yarn in Pune and Nagpur and similar cities (Vardhman, he said). Hmmm. Wonder if I’ve ever bought any…No woollen yarn available in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Sad!

Cabled hat for nephew

November 20, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: Accessories, FOs, FOs - Crochet, Kids | 3 comments

Did I already blog this? I don’t remember. Anyway, the pattern is from Etaria’s Crochet Garden, and I’ve made it several times already. It’s super simple to do, and getting the cable effect in crochet is a great idea! Yarn is local, but I’m not too sure of which hook I used…

My nephew is modelling it for me here:

And here is a closeup of the pattern:

Cardigan for my niece

November 20, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: crochet yarn sweater, FOs, FOs - Crochet, Kids | 2 comments

What do you do when you have a skein of Red Heart Baby Sport Pompadour freshly minted in Hushabye, chilly weather in Hyderabad and a smallish niece in need of a sweater? You crochet a sweater…..(dumb question, silly answer).

I turned the net upside down (you mean you didn’t notice?) looking for a nice cardigan pattern for a 7 year old girl which wasn’t too dense (thick, heavy) but didn’t find any. So I turned to a baby pattern instead, from Serendipity Crochet. (This site seems to be defunct now, but I’ve given the web archive link here).

ETA December 16 2007: The site seems to be up and running again, so here’s the link to the pattern there.

So here it is:

Isn’t the colourway (or whatever you call it) adorable? I’d love to see how it turns out knitted. Here is a closeup of the pattern stitches, which is a simple one using crossed dc (skip 1 st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st across).

As usual I was too lazy to go out and buy buttons, so I made flowers for closure instead. Here’s a closeup:

And here it is all buttoned up:

I used a size J hook 6.00mm (Boye). I bought some very soft white local yarn to do the edges in. Worked out ok, I think.

Thank you so much for the Red Heart yarn Cordelia!!!

Alack and alas, the cardigan looks just right, so it might be too small for next year…A good excuse to make another next year!

RAOK!!!!!!

November 15, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: Supplies | 2 comments

Cordelia sent me this lovely package of thingies….

Yarn, of course, Red Heart Baby Sport, which I plan to use for a sweater for my niece:

Bernat Handicrafter Cotton (I could get used to this….)

One skein of Yarn Bee Wild Child eyelash yarn in Fiesta: Funky, isn’t it? I see many fringes in my future….

This delicious cat notepad:

And one Burt’s Bees lipbalm which is pepperminty and I love the tingly sensation and the smell it leaves….it’s already nestling in my purse.

What a wonderful fairy she is! Not only does she keep me company the whole day almost every day, but also sends me stuff! Mwahh, mwahh!

September CAT PAC!

November 15, 2005 in Crochet | Tags: Supplies | Leave a comment

I got an absolutely wonderful CAT PAC from Christal in Germany for my September CAT PAC. I was thrilled to actually get a real ~~live~~ box in the mail…She packed it full of so many goodies, I lost count!
I got my second set of G-K Crystalites, this time from Susan Bates (and yes, they were made in India as well). Christal also included a bright yellow plastic case so that I can find my hooks easily wherever they are

She sent a soft white yarn doily that she made herself:

And a heart bookmark in multicoloured thread: (she’s a booklover (and Bookcrosser) too!)

A scrubbie and a dishcloth in cotton in a colour combination I can’t resist!!!

Two skeins of Red Heart Super Saver (navy, purple) and one of Mainstays (cream)

But the piece de resistance were these absolutely scrumptious fridgies:

And Christal thoughtfully included a note to explain all the different things she had sent, which added that personal touch to the entire thing. Thank you so much, Christal!!!

There is an unCAT (unscheduled, unhosted) this weekend as well, which I’ll be logging on to as, I missed the last one.