Alka and Arts

Friday, July 19, 2024

Crochet Garland Type 8, Flowers on Leaves

Hello friends,

Festival season about to start in India. So let's make this beautiful Garland for Ganeshji, Kanha or any idol or any frame. This is totally different Garland. Most of the garlands we made are of flowers but this is first time we are making garland on Leaf Based.

It's length is 15" + cord as long as you wish. I used 3.5 mm crochet hook for leaves and 2.5 mm for flowers (as I need small flowers). Yarn used red Heart.

PATTERN:

CORD: With green yarn make ch4, 3dc-puff in first ch, chs 50 for cord to tie the garland.

LEAF: ch 15, [form second ch make sl st1, sc1, hdc1, dc1, extended dc 1, tr3,

ext dc 1, dc1, hdc1, sc1, sl st in last ch, TURN,

get working yarn behind, from other side sc1, hdc1, dc1, ext dc1, tr3,

ext dc1, dc1, hdc1, sc1, sl st in opposite side's st]. (One leaf complete).

Ch 15 and repeat [ to ] to make second leaf (one ch remains unworked).

Go on making leaves as much as you want the length of Garland when made doubled. I made 8 leaves.

Lastly make chs 50+4. Then 3dc-puff in 4th ch from hook, BO.

Now join green yarn at the sl st of first leaf. Go on making sl sts from the middle of leaf, ch1, then repeat for next leaf. By this we get better look, as well as leaves are not twisted.

Then join the yarn at centre (4 leaves on both sides) and the make one leaf as a centre of the garland.

FLOWER: With red yarn and 2.5 mm hook. In a magic loop (make ch2, incomplete dc, YO, pass through both of them, ch1-picot by sl st, ch2, sl st in magic loop) one petal made. Repeat and make 6 petals, BO.

Where to sew the flower, is your choice. You can sew at the centre on the leaf or you can sew at the jount of two leaves. You can have bead at the centre of each flower or you can also have bead at plathe joint of leaves and flower at centre of leaf.

The beautiful and different garland is here.

The following video with English subtitles may be useful for you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Crochet Shopping Bag with Granny Square

Hello friends,

First time I made this Beautiful Big Shopping Bag with Granny Squares. It is made by Cream color which is Red Heart and Brown which is "I love this yarn" and 3.5 mm hook. It's size is 16" x 11" x 5.5".

PATTERN: With brown

R1: dc 16 in magic loop, cl (16)

R2: (2dctog in one st, ch1)16 times, cl. Join cream color yarn at any st.

R3: (4dctog in ch1-sp, ch2) 16 times, cl. Join brown yarn in ch2-sp.

R4: [(tr3, ch 3, tr3) in ch2-sp (it's corner), (dc3 in next ch2-sp) 3 times] 4 times, cl.

R5: [(dc3, ch2, dc3) at ch3-sp of corner, dc3 in each gap between two dc3 groups] 4 times, cl.

Make such 19 granny squares. Now sew two grannies as follows,...

By cream color yarn, insert hook in right hand granny, sl st, then insert hook in corresponding st of left hand granny and sl st....

First sew all vertical lines and then all horizontal lines. Make two pieces of 3x2 grannies.

Then sew two grannies to each other that is 2x1 and sew them to one piece 3x2 by hdc in each st.

Then make a piece of 3x1 grannies and sew it to the base by hdc.

Lastly make the border to the top open out line by sc in each st. Make 5 rounds.

One handle is bought whose length is nearly equal to the middle granny square.

Sew it with sc . First count that how many stitches it will take to cover. Then from front side divide the remaining sts in two parts and sew it in the middle.

Then remaining scs then second handle on other side.

The sew nice lining of cotton cloth from inside actually 1" less than the height of the bag, so that load places in the bag will not disturb the shape of the bag.

I have yet to sew the lining.

The beautiful and sturdy bag is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Crochet Mobile Handle, Mobile Holder or Keychain

Hello friends,

Since three months, I am in USA at my son's home. When I was in India, most of the time when I went out side I have one big bag (actually I use to say POTADI, means a big container in which we can put number of things) with me containing so may things, ofcourse along with all cards, money etc Here in USA I have to carry only my mobile. To hold mobile in fingers also seems to be a work (?), may be age factor😥. I didn't bring any mobile bag with me. So I think that perhaps I may have mobile bag, then I realised that actually not the whole mobile bag is needed only some HANDLE to my mobile (!) and here is it's simple output.

It is truely said that "NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION" and my need gives birth to this mobile holder.

Initially I made very simple handle with loop of chains to hold the mobile just like keychain, but that too became thick to pass through the small hole of mobile. So then I only made loop of yarn and it works.

Pattern: Very very simple... You have never seen such simple and small pattern of any project.

Make a ring of chs 50.

R1: dc 1 in each ch. (First dc means ch3)

Keep the yarn end to form a loop to attach mobile.

For decoration just make very small flower or I made small Heart as follows....

In a magic loop make, (ch2, tr3, dc3, ch2, dc3, tr3, ch2, sl st) in magic loop, cl. BO with yarn end to sew this to the strip.

Simple keychain or mobile handle (or holder) is ready.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Beautiful Crochet Doily

Hello friends,

Here is my new Doily which I just loved. Ofcourse this combination may not like some friends but it is just the available yarns here I have. It will look beautiful with any of your favorite color combination.

I use yarns and 3.5 mm hook. I know that all of these yarns recommend 5 mm hook and then the doily will come out big also but in order that my subscribers who will make it with wool / yarns available in India should have the same measires when they will make it.

It's diameter is 30".

PATTERN: With Pink yarn,

R1: dc 12 in magic loop, cl (12), first dc is always ch3.

R2: dc2 in each st, cl (24)

R3: (dc1 in one st, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (36)

R4: (dc1 in 2 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (48)

R5: (dc1 in 3 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (60)

R6: (dc1 in 4 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (72) BO.

Join Green yarn at any st.

R7: [(dc1, ch2, dc1)V made, in one st, ch1, skip 3 sts then in next st] 18 times, cl.

Sl st till ch2-sp of V.

R8: [(dc2, ch2, dc2)shell, in ch2-sp, ch1] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of shell.

R9: [shell on shell, ch2] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R10: same as R9

R11: [shell on shell, ch3] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R12: [shell on shell, ch4] 18 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp of

R13: [shell on shell, ch5] 18 times, cl, BO.

Join pink yarn in ch2-sp of any shell. We recount this petal pattern from R1, R2,....

R1: [6dc-popcorn, ch2, dc7 in ch5-sp, dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc3 in ch2-sp, dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc7 in ch5-sp, ch2] 9 times, cl. (total 21 dcs, 9 popcorns)

R2: 6dc-popcorn in ch2-sp (after popcorn in R1), [ch2, skip first 2 dc sts, dc1 in each of the 17 sts, skip last 2 dc-sts, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch4, popcorn in next ch2-sp] rep till end, lastly, ch2, dc17, ch2, popcorn in next ch2-sp, ch4, join by sl st the first popcorn made.

Sl st in ch2-sp.

R3: [popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, skip first and last 2 dcs, dc1 in each of dcs 13 in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc1 in ch4-sp, ch2, dc1 in same ch4-sp, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2] rep till end, lastly popcorn ch2, dc1 in ch4-sp, ch2, dc1 in same sp, ch2, cl by sl st in first popcorn.

sl st in ch2-sp.

R4: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last 2 dc-sts, make dc 1 on each of the 9 dc-sts, in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc1 in top of the popcorn, ch2, dc on dc-st, ch2, dc on dc-st, ch2, dc 1 on the top of popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (7ch2-spaces).

Sl st in ch2-sp.

R5: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last 2 dc-sts, make dc 1 on each of the 5 dc-sts, in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc-st) 4 times, ch2, dc on popcorn top, ch2] rep till end, cl. (7 ch2-spaces in between 2 popcorns)

R6: [popcorn, ch2, skip first and last dc-sts, make 3dc-tog in between, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc-st) 6 times, ch2, dc on popcorn top, ch2] rep till end, cl. (9 ch2-spaces in between two popcorns)

R7: [popcorn in ch2-sp before 3dc-tog, ch2, dc on top of the popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc) 8 times, ch2, dc on top of the popcorn, ch2, popcorn in ch2-sp after popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (11 ch2-spaces in between two popcorns).

R8:[popcorn in ch2-sp in between two popcorns of previous round, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, (ch2, dc on dc) 10 times, ch2, dc on top of popcorn, ch2] rep till end, cl. (11 open windows, 2 half open windows, that is 13 ch2-spaces in between 2 popcorns).