CHRISTMAS GIFT

Hai dear friends

Christmas is very near…………..

So each and everyone will be in search of some interesting gifts for their dear ones.

Here is one lovely gift….

In the previous post I had shared one flower coaster which was on my hook …. These are the completed one.

I had made these coasters and doily for our house owner aunty as a Christmas gift. I had also made one doily for myself in pink color.

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Have a nice Day.....

Crochet Coaster

Hi Friends,

After lots of trials with yarns and stitches using crochet I finally 

came up with a new item- COASTERS!!!!!

It turned out pretty well and I made 3 more.

After making this first one I am thinking to gift the next one for someone.

These coasters would be perfect for glasses; small bowls, coffee mugs etc. These are much better than a plastic one because it is cotton and absorbs the water easier. It is washable too.

 The next one is on the hook……

  Have a Nice Day…..

Recycled Flower Vase

Hi Friends, this time am coming with an interesting item.

A Recycled Flower Vase….

All of us are throwing the soft drink bottles after its use. Even am also. Few months back only I have thrown so much of bottles. Some days before I saw some interesting craft using these bottles. But at that time I didn't have any bottles with me. Then I searched in the kitchen and found one mineral water bottle. I decided to try with that. This is the result of that Experiment.

                              

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Tissue Paper Flower

Hi everyone, after a short break am back. Actually I was busy with something.

In my previous post, I shared tissue paper flower using one method. This time I tried some different method.

Paper flowers are easy to make and give an extra look to the interior. You have so many options with these flowers, make it small to decorate gifts or make a bouquet for a side table or a center piece.This bouquet will last long and no watering required. 

Have fun with it.

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MINI SHOULDER BAG- Crochet work

This time I have made a Mini Shoulder Bag. When I say Mini, it is really Mini

It looks like a clutch purse and the size also that much. It is good enough to fit a mobile and some small things (may be lipstick or lip gloss or lip balm etc). It makes a beautiful little girl’s purse or a small shoulder / cross body bag to hold small items.  

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MORE AND MORE HAIRBANDS – Crochet

After seeing my HAIR BAND which was posted earlier, my sister said “it is very beautiful, I want some bands”. So I decided to make some bands for her. But I had only some limited colors of thread. Please excuse………

This time I have done some experiments on the band, attached a crochet flower over it. It comes very nice.

             

I think you people also like these bands.

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CROCHET-TABLECLOTH

I am very much interested in crocheting, so always searching something new in that. I have shared some of my small doilies with you. Now here are some bigger ones. You can use these doilies as tablecloths or something like that.

This one is one of my old works. My aunt’s friend gave this design to me.  By looking that I made this.

This design is my own. I have simply crocheted something and this was the final product.

These two are found in the net.

Actually I wanted to explain the steps but don’t know how …….

I think you like my works.

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ANTHURIUM - Nylon craft

After a small break I have made something new......

It's a beautiful Anthurium Flower.

I like this flower a lot so we have planted so many plants in our house. I think we are having 4 different colors.

After making the Orchids using nylon I was thinking about an Anthurium. Making of this flower is very easy compare to others.

Actually I wanted to make white and red flowers , but at this time I don't have it , so tried with yellow.

Materials needed:-

Nylon cloth     Tissue paper/cotton      Thread      Wire      Glue    Cutter and Scissors   Flower tape

Making:-

1. Take a piece of tissue paper/cotton an wrap it around the stem.   then apply glue over it. Wrap the nylon cloth over that and tie it with thread.

2. Take another wire and cut according to the size of your flower. Make a loop and wrap the cloth over it. Tie it with thread and shape it.

3. Take both the pieces and tie them together. Fold the sides and shape it.

4. Wrap the flower tape around the wire.

Now your Anthurium is ready.........

ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE

Here is another simple Doily for you. Method is similar to the first one with some small changes in the stitch patterns. If you tried the 1^st one, definitely you can make this.

Materials required:

Woolen thread: 1 ball Pink color and 1 ball White  color.

 Hook size: 10.

Making 

Start with 5 ch, join with sl st.

1.      10 dc in the loop, join with sl st to first st.

2.      * [2 dc on next dc]*. Repeat * to * 10times, join with sl st to first st.

3.      *[1dc on next dc, 1 ch]*. Repeat * to * 20 times, join with sl st to first st.

4.      *[1dc on next dc, 1 ch, 1 dc in the chain, 1 ch]*. Repeat * to * 20 times, join with sl st to first st.

5.      *[1dc on next ch, skip 1 dc, 1 ch]*. Repeat * to * 20 times, join with sl st to first st.

6.      *[1 dc on next dc, 1 dc on 2^nd dc, 2 ch, skip 1 ch]*. Repeat * to * 20 times, join with sl st to first st.

7.      *[2 dc on next dc, 2 dc on 2^nd dc, 1 ch, skip 2 ch]*. Repeat * to * 20 times, join with sl st to first st.

8.      *[hdc on each st]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st.

9.      Change color by joining the threads. *[hdc on each st]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st.

10.  *[4 ch, skip 1 dc, 1 sl st on next]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st.

 Note:  Always substitute first dc in a row with 3 chains.

Now your doily is ready. You can make bigger ones by increasing 

the number of stitches. Try it ………

SIMPLE SMALL DOILY

Here am showing a simple doily for the beginners. Doily means ornamental mat.This protect the wooden furniture from scratches caused by crockery or decorative pieces. 

Materials required:

Woolen thread: 1 ball (any color). Here am using Ivory color.

 Hook size: 10.

Making 

Start with 5 ch, join with sl st.

1.   14 dc in loop, join with sl st to first st.
2.   *[2 dc on next dc,1 ch, skip 1dc ]*. Repeat * to * 8 times, join with sl st to first st. 
3.    *[2dc on first dc, 1dc on next dc,2 ch, skip 1 ch ]*. Repeat * to * 8 times, join with sl st to first st.
4.    *[1 dc on first dc, 2 dc on 2^nd dc, 1 dc on 3^rd dc,3 ch, skip 2 ch ]*. Repeat * to * 8 times, join with sl st to first st
5.    dc on each st. Repeat this all around , join with sl st to first st.
6.    *[4 ch, skip 1 dc, 1 sl st on next ]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st. 

Note:  Always substitute first dc in a row with 3 chains.

  

CROCHET INTRODUCTION

Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, woolen thread, or other material strands using a crochet. Basic materials required for crochet are a hook and some woolen threads. It is an interesting craft. There are different basic crochet stitches to learn. Learning is a little difficult but once you got the knowledge and skill you will create wonderful things out of this.

I don’t know how to teach each and every stitches and steps so better you can search it in the internet. There are lots of “free crochet patterns for beginners” are available.

Some most common stitches which we uses in the patterns are chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet, half single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, triple crochet etc. By using these we can make shell stitch, puff stitch, V stitch etc.

Using crochet we can make a number of things like table mats, doilies, bags, pouches, dolls, coasters, hair bands etc.

Once you have learned the basic stitches, you will start your first pattern. The crochet patterns are written using many abbreviations and terms, which reduce the space and make patterns easier to read.

Basic stitch	Abbreviation
Chain	Ch
Slip stitch	Sl st
Single crochet	Sc
Half double crochet	Hdc
Double crochet	Dc
Triple crochet	Tr or trc
Repeat	Rep

I will share some of my work with you...........

MY NEW CREATION - ORCHID (Nylon Craft)

This is one of my new works. When I was making the flowers using the nylon material I thought why should try one orchid with this………

Next day I start my work and within half day one bunch of orchid flower is ready……..

Making of this orchid is very simple as the other one. For this we need:  nylon cloth (here I am using white and dark pink color), wire (golden / silver), glue, stamens, green flower tape, thread, tissue paper, scissor.

How to make:-

 ·  Take the wire and cut it into pieces of       3”length. (For one flower we need 6 petals ,one petal will be little larger than the others)

 ·  Loop the wire around any round things like small bottles. ( Here I have used the same gum bottle’s cap)

 ·  Remember that one petal is differing from others. For that we have to take one refill of the pen and wind the wire over it. Now we will get a spring. Then pull the both ends and we will get a zigzag wire. Loop the wire as mention above.

 ·  Divide the petals (3+2+1) or (5+1). 3 Petals will be wrapped with dark pink nylon, 2 petals and the zigzag one with white nylon. Or 5 petals with pink and zigzag with white nylon.

 ·  Shape the petals by pulling and pushing.

 ·  Next is the arrangement of petals. First we have to take the zigzag one, that is the innermost petal, and attach a stamen on it with the help of the thread. Then take the 2 white petals and attach it around the first one. Next is the outer layer of 3 pink petals, attach them around the white petals with thread.

 ·  Now your flower is ready, make 5 or more flowers like this.

 ·  We need buds for our orchid, so for that take some tissue paper strips and wrap around a piece of wire and cover it with nylon cloth. Now the buds are also ready.

 ·  Arrange the flowers and buds on a thick wire and wrap the flower tape around it.

 ·  Look the orchid is ready………

   Please try it and leave the comments…………………

TISSUE PAPER - ROSE

Tissue paper is a very less expensive material for the craft. We can make different types of flowers using this. There are different colors of tissue papers available in the market. But I didn't get the colored one so I am using the white one.

There are so many methods to make the tissue flowers. Here I am showing a simple one that everyone can try this. 

                                                           

Materials required for this tissue rose are:Tissue Papers (different colors), Gum, Wire, Green Floral Tape, and Scissors. 

First of all we have to cut the tissue paper into several f lower shaped petals (fig 1). For that we need a cut out of flower on a thick paper. By placing this over the tissue we can cut the petals easily and all of them will be in the same size and shape.

fig 1

Second step is to make the stem o the flower. For this we have to take a small piece of tissue and wrap around the tip of the wire with the help of gum. Leave it for some seconds to dry. After that make small holes at the center of each petal. Then insert the other end of the wire through the petals. First layer should be very close to the tissue that we wrapped earlier.  For that apply some glue on the petal and press it smoothly from its sides. Like this way take 5 or more petals and arrange it.

The last step is the wrapping of floral tape around the wire. You 

can also attach leaves over it.  Arrange these flowers in a vase....

IS IT SIMPLE ONE ….

PLEASE TRY IT…..

SIMPLE GIFT FROM A SISTER

After making a mobile pouch for my mummy the next is definitely one for my sister. She wants a pouch of some attractive colors. So I told her to select the colors. She went to the shop and brought some blue and violet colored woolen threads. By using that I made a double colored pouch and stitch a small crochet flower over the flap.

She likes that very much. I used some slip stitches, single crochet and shell stitches for this pouch. I think it looks better than the previous ones.

I made one more for my cousin sister. In that I used the same stitches in a different pattern. In this also I have attached one crochet flower with a bead at the center and one chain on the top left.

If you know crochet, you can try different stitches in different pattern and make beautiful pouches, bags etc with this.