Door Decor (Toran) Completed:

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Hi friends,
Wow! apart from all this busy schedule, I completed this Door Decor (Toran). After a long time I have done this Tunisian crochet project.

Because cross stitch design goes very well with Tunisian crochet, so I decided to make some thing and have a cross stitch design on that. The yarn I had, was quite bulky so I decided to make Toran. It was wonderful experience to work with Tunisian crochet hook newly.

I started with 20 sts for 6" width then went on doing to and fro Tunisian simple stitch till the length became 3 ft with white Caron Bulky Yarn.

Now my search went on for cross stitch alphabets for writing WELCOME. But my requirements (about height of the letters) and my liking didn't give me any design (though there are so many online). So I decided to have my own as per my requirement and here I tried (fig 2).

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 Took one note book with small crosses on that

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like graph and had some letters on that. I thought that M is not necessary because just flip W and we get M, then E is already there. So now all set for cross stitch embroidery but when I made it. That O looked slim compare to other letters. I kept it's width 6 cross, same as other letters but then I made it 7 cross width and every thing was OK. See fig 3.

It is well known that Tunisian crochet work always get curved so I made simple half double crochet border with red colour. Still the door decor looked incomplete. Lastly I made simple tassels of one red and one white thread and it looked wonderful. I know that I could make it more beautiful with puff curves at it's bottom as I had made for my earlier toran, (I may post that Toran in my next post) but here it's OK

You may refer this video with English subtitles.

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Tunisian Crochet

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Hi friends,
Last week I again tried Tunisian crochet. Nearly before one year I made a sample with our usual crochet hook. I liked it but could not go further due to that hook. I searched for the Tunisian hook in our local market but could not find.

Then just before coming to USA my sister bought Tunisian crochet hook for me from Pune, a bigger city than us where she lived. Now I have a set of Tunisian crochet hook with 11 hooks of different sizes. See fig 2. Don't know why at that time I didn't have an idea of purchasing online from Amazon because I think, I am not very much use to, for online purchase rarely I purchase online.

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Newly bought Tunisian hook inspired me to start it again. I again started from A, B, C  ... of Tunisian crochet and made sample, see fig 1. Then I also saw, how to change different colour yarn and how to bind off. See fig 3.

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Then I also made one beautiful design in Tunisian crochet style. It looks like our Stockinette stitch in Knitting. See fig 4.

Now I think to work out some piece in Tunisian crochet. I have started one door decor (Toran) in Tunisian because I felt that cross stitch letters will go very well on this. I plan to make white door decor (Toran) and write WELCOME on that by cross stitch embroidery. Let us see, when it will complete?

Fig 5 that door decor. It is nice white colour but don't know why it looks like this in the photo (may be due to yellow light here).

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Happy creativity.
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Knitted Baby Set 18

Simple Baby Set:

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Hello friends,
Here is one of my sets, I made for my little, cute grand daughter.
The yarn used here is shaded yarn. One skein is sufficient for the set. It is Bernat Baby yarn. First I made cap, a very simple usual pattern whose You tube video I am sharing below. Though it is in Marathi, but it has subtitles in English so no problem for any one.

Then I made sweater which I knit top-down type. It looks cute but for the colour symmetry I have to struggle much. Particularly for sleeves, as I wanted to bring symmetric colours for both sleeves. The colour of the yarn coming in a queue, I have to put aside and knit with the colour I wanted.

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It was in simple Raglan cut sweater for 6-9 months. It's beauty is due to the colours.

Sweater video is also uploaded below.

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Wrapping the Yarn

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Hi friends,
Sorry that I haven't posted since 25 days. As written in my last post I was busy in a small baby (my grand daughter) entered in our family.

So when I was preparing for USA, I wanted to carry some of my yarns with me so that when ever I have time I can knit or crochet. Because we cannot purchase the yarn here, as soon as we stepped up in USA.

The yarns available with me were all in hanks form (as in fig 1). So I wished to make their balls for carrying to USA. But oh! God! it was so tedious work to do in all my busy schedule. Moreover

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my legs were paining in making the balls from these hanks because we have to sit on ground in the position as in fig 2 and then make a ball from hank.

Then at once I realised that the arms of easy chair can be used for this.
See how it helps me in my packing. (fig 3)

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Sine 2006, this easy chair is at home but this use of it, is a new invention for me.

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Knitted Baby Dress 17

Baby Dress Completed

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Hello friends,

Finally the yoke type sweater mentioned in my last post is completed. It looks so beautiful!! (Fig 1) that the cute grand daughter will look gorgeous in this.

I started with 74 sts, leave 6 sts for button band and buttonhole band. The design I have selected for the increase strips is very simple but beautiful. See fig 2.

Started with 74 sts then 6 rows in Garter stitch as a neck band.

As I wished that the designed strips should appear more in the front portion so I divided the sts as,
74= 6 button band + 4 front + 6 design+ 5 sleeve + 6 design + 20 back+ 6 design+ 5 sleeve+ 6 design + 4 other front + 6 button hole band. Put markers.

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For increase, take yarn over before and after each marker
For the design, fig 3,  (describe about 6 sts left for design only) all other sts as for Stockinette stitch,
R 1: YO, K 1, P 1, K 2, P 1, K 1, YO
R 2: All P
R 3: YO, K1, P1, K1, YO, K1, P1, K1, YO,
R 4: All P
R 5: YO, K1, P1, Slip 1, K2, Pass the slip st over these knitted 2 sts, P1, K1, YO,
R 6: All P

After 8 times increase the total sts became 202. See fig 2. Four rows are worked as all K.

Then out of 202 sts 39 + 39 are kept for two sleeves and they are bind off. The remaining 124 sts are worked together. Here 10 sts are increased uniformly. ( But later I thought that I should increase more sts for better shape).

After the total height for neck band is 12 inches 8 rows of Garter st are worked.

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Then all sts are bind off. Buttons are sewed at proper places and the result is as in fig 1.

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Baby Dress:

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Hello friends,

I know that I am posting after a long gap. In between I have a great news of the arrival of my new grand daughter "Kanika". My daughter in law gave birth to a cute baby on 11th Feb. and I am little bit busy in that.

No need to say that I am in USA (Phoenix) and enjoying the time with my grand son and newly born grand daughter.

I arrived here on 18th Jan and since then made many baby sets and I will publish them as the time permits. Here is the last baby dress I have started and is incomplete till today.

When we come to USA, shift ourselves, we cannot bring all things with us, for example all yarns, all needles, all show buttons etc and then we fall in little bit trouble. I am in same phase. Crossing so many hurdles and enjoying the creativity.

This Vardhamaan yarn I brought with me from India so that my free time should not be waste. Moreover it suits a cute pink baby, so I decided to make baby dress. The pattern is not new but I have selected a new design around the increases at four places. My yoke is about to complete. Let us see, when I finish this.


Till then ETC, Enjoy the Creativity.

Crochet Purse 10

Crochet Purse as a New Year's Gift to Your Beloved

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Hi Friends,
I have made this beautiful purse as a gift for my friend on new years occasion. It is very simple.
I made it with loop stitch in crochet with bulky yarn and 3.5 mm crochet hook.
Two similar parts are made and then joined. Lastly the linen and zip are sewed.
I am also sharing my video, how to make Loop Stitch? It is in Marathi language but has English subtitle.

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