Saturday, July 31, 2021

Friendship Bands Simple:

Hi, Here are two more friendship bands which are very simple and can be made in just 10-15 minutes. Means it is eleventh hour ready handmade band. We are always too busy in our scheduled work and don't remember one day before that tomorrow is Friendship day. When our mobile reminds then in the morning we come to know that, ohh! if today is friendship day, what can I gift to my friends? So don't worry you can gift hand made beautiful bracelet / friendship band and your friend will be overwhelmed with joy. Such a simple and beautiful pattern these are!!! Blue Band: R1: ch4, dc 1 in first ch, (ch4, dc 1 in a st just like picot joining) repeat till required length (preferably odd number of loops. I made 15 loops.
R2:(dc6 in loop, join by sc1 in next loop) rep till end. (Note first dc means ch3).
When completed from both sides it will look as in fig 1. Watch the following video, with English subtitles, Yellow with Wooden beads:The wooden beads are very light weightand in bright colours. Pattern: R1: ch5, YO, insert bead, insert the hook in first ch, YO, get one st, get the st out through the bead, pass the st through one st on hook, now there are 2 sts on hook, tr in first ch (lower) that is YO twice insert in first ch, (YO passthrough 2 sts) 2 times, YO pass through 3 sts. ch1, sc 8 on one side, sc 8 on other side, cl by sl st with first sc-st. Again ch5, YO, thread the bead, insert in first ch, YO get one st and pass the st through the bead and one st on hook, YO twice insert in first ch, YO get a st out (5 sts), (YO pass through 2 sts) twice, YO pass through remaining 3 sts, ch1, sc 8 on one side, then 8 sc on other side covering the single thread on back.
Repeat this till the required length.
Make chains of 6inches and attach bead at last on both sides. The beautiful friendship band/ Bracelet / rakhi is ready. The following video with English subtitles may help you. ETC: Enjoy the creativity.

Friday, July 30, 2021

Friendship Band with Breaded Design: Bracelet / Rakhi

Hello friends, Happy friendship day to all of you. how are you all? For friendship day I made 3-4 friendship bands. Second use of friendship band is that girls / ladies can use this as a bangle or bracelet.
This breaded friendship band is very simple and looks beautiful. I use 4 ply yarn, one button and 1.75 mm crochet hook. It's length 9" and weight 5 gm. Pattern: R1: Make ch5, db tr 1 in first ch, one loop is made, (ch5, db tr in a stitch just like picot, see figure) rep till the required length. You may watch the video for help.
R2: Make sc8 on each db tr at corner turn and make 8 sc on other side also means chains side, BO.
A strip of loops is made. Now make a similar strip by other colour also.
Now place one strip over other and (pass the bottom strip through the loop of top strip) repeat this throughout.
The beautiful breaded band is ready. Now sew one button to the first loop. Fix last loop of other end by sewing 2-3 stitches and keep last loop open to pass the button. The following video with English subtitles may help you. ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Friday, July 23, 2021

Small Doily (Ganapati aasan 3)

Friends, how are you. In India there is flood situation in many cities, we are safe in that way, thanks God. I do care for all my friends, followers and subscribers living in those cities and I pray for their safe life. Here I made new small doily for Ganapati festival as (Aasan for Ganapati). Its simple. I have designed all these small doilies for Ganapati in such a way that when we keep Ganapati idol at centre, that central part is hidden so more emphasis is given particularly to borders. Just as in first and second Aasan you may have noted. This one is also having simple central part and bell shaped border. Pattern: White R1: In mag loop make, (dc1, ch1)12 times, cl. Pink R2: (dc1 on each dc, dc 2 in ch1-sp,) rep, cl, (36 sts).
White R3: (dc1 in 2 sts, ch1, skip 1 st) rep till end, cl (12 ch1-sp).
Pink R4: (dc1 on both dc-sts, dc 2 in ch1-sp) rep, cl (48 sts).
White R5: (dc 1 in first dc-st, dc2 in next dc-st, ch2, skip 2 sts) rep, cl (12 ch2 spaces).
Pink R6: (dc1 on 3 dc-sts, dc 3 in next ch2-sp) rep, cl, (72 sts).
White R7: (dc1 in 2 sts, dc2 in next st, ch3, skip 3 sts) rep, cl. (12 ch3- spaces).
Pink R8: (dc 1 on 4 dc-sts, dc4 in ch3-sp) rep, cl (96 sts).
Pink R9: (dc1, ch2, skip 1 sts) rep, cl (48 windows formed).
Pink and White R10: [{ch3, sl st on next dc-st, TURN, ch3, dc 4 in ch3-sp, TURN little bit and make dc 5 on previous rounds dc, join by sl st where initial ch3 are joined}. Repeat { to } with white yarn] rep [to] till end, cl.
After completeing the round it will look as in figure 1. The following video with English subtitles may help you. ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Crochet Small Doily: Ganapati Aasan 2

Hi, This is second Ganapati Aasan, Rug to place Ganapati idol. This is beautiful and most of the subscribers of my channel loved this and hundreds of them made it. Pattern: R1: With white, In a magic loop make (puff 1, ch2) 6 times, cl R2: [(puff1, ch2, puff1) in ch2-sp, ch2] 6 times, cl.
Join green yarn at any ch2-space between 2 puffs in same gap. R3: [(puff1, ch3, puff1) in same gap, ch3, sc1 in next gap, ch3] rep till end, cl.
R4: Join yellow at ch3-sp, [puff 3 in the sp, ch4, sc 1 on sc st, ch4] rep till end, cl.
Join white yarn at the space before 3 puffs, R5: [(sc1, ch1) 3 times, sc1 after 3 puffs, ch 3, puff 1 on green sc-st, ch3] rep till end, cl.
R6: sl st in ch1-sp, [( puff1, ch2) in each ch1-sp, puff 1 in ch3-sp, ch2, puff 1 on puff, ch2, puff1 on ch3-sp, ch2] rep till end, cl.
R7: Join green yarn in any ch2-sp, ( puff1 in ch2-sp, ch2) rep till end, cl.
R8: sc 1 in next sp, then on the ch2-sp which is above the two white puffs one over the other make,( sc1, ch1) 5 times, sc 1 in next sp, ch3, sc 1 in next sp] rep, cl.
Flower: join yellow yarn at the first ch1-sp, (puff1 in the ch1-sp) 5 times,
Remove hook, insert it in the top st of first puff and pass the working loop through it,
make ch2 (not as dc), in each space between two puffs make (dc1, ch3, sc1 on dc) 2 times, cl.
Make such flower in each sp where we made, (sc1, ch1) 5 times. The beautiful Aasan for Ganapati Bappa is ready. The following video with English subtitles may help you, ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Monday, July 19, 2021

Crochet Simple Small Doily: Ganapati Aasan 1

Hello friends, After the month of Shrawan (in which month Raksh bandhan is there) there is Gauri Ganapati festival about which I have written in my post on 19th Aug 2020. This year I decoded to make 8-9 or if possible 10 doilies as Ganapati Aasan (Rug to place Ganapati idol). Some of them I decided to make small some medium and some big, as per the need of different families. Generally we bring small idol of Ganeshji, so I made some doilies just having 8-9 inches diameter. This is one of them and it is very very simple just beginner crocheter can also make this. I used 4 ply yarn and 3.5 mm hook. Its diameter is just 8.5" and weight 18 gm. Pattern: Make a ring of ch 6. R1: (dc1, ch1) 14 times, cl, first dc means always ch3. Sl st in ch1-gap,
R2: (dc2 in gap, ch1) 14 times, cl. Sl st in ch1-gap,
R3: (dc3 in gap, ch1) 14 times, cl. Sl st in ch1-gap,
R4: (dc4 in gap, ch1) 14 times, cl. Sl st in ch1-gap,
R5: (dc5 in gap, ch1) 14 times, cl. Sl st till the middle dc out of %dcs reached.
R6: (sc1 in between dcs 2 and 3, ch6, sc 1 in between dcs 3 and 4, ch2, sc 1 in ch1-gap of previous round, ch2) 14 times, cl.
R7:[ (dc5, ch3-picot, dc5) in the loop, (petal made) sc1 on sc of previous round] 14 times, cl
Join yellow yarn in between first and second dc of any petal. Use 1.75 mm hook. R8:{ [(sc1, ch1) in gap between dcs] 5 times, (sc1, ch2, sc1) in ch3-picot, (ch1, sc1 in gap) 5 times} 14 times, cl.
R9: Sl st in each st of round 1 (working yarn will be on back side), cl.
R10: same as round 9 after round 2 of red yarn.
Then I sewed bunch of 3 small beads at each petal-corner. The beautiful doily is ready here. ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

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