Chaitra, the first month of Lunar calender and the first day of this month is celebrated as Gudhi-Padawa. In Maharashtra the special type of flag is arranged at every house, called GUDHI. A bright colourful silk cloth is tied to a Bamboo along with Mango leaves, Neem leaves, Sweet Garland called Gathi, flower garland etc.Tthen this is capped by some silver or copper pot on which haldi kumkum etc are placed and worshipped it as in next photo.
Gudhi is the main attraction of this day. It's a symbol of Victory and Happiness. So we made this Crochet Gudhi as the best Home decoration for this month.
This year many of my subscribers requested me to make Crochet Gudhi. First I thought that there is not sufficient time to make all these accessories of Gudhi. But then I struck that three items are already made.
1. Flower Garland: I made 5-6 garlands at the time of Ganesh Utsav, some of them....
For garlands: 2nd Aug 2020, 10th Aug 2020 or 21st Sep 2021.
For Kalash: 30 Apr 2020 and
Mango leaves: 7th May 2020.
Then I thought that I can do it within time and started from Gathi.
Gathi / Gathiya: is a special sweet for Gudi padawa. It is the garland made by suger blobs. In these days market is full of such Gathiya for sell. Now a days coloured Gathyas are also available.
So I made crochet Gathi with 4 ply yarn and 3.5 mm hook. I am also pleased as all my friends liked it very much.
Pattern:
Width of each motif (padak) 1.5”
R1: In a magic loop make dc 16, cl (First dc means ch3).
Make two such pieces.
Place wrong side on wrong side and work second round.
R2: (ch1, sl st 1 in next combined st) repeat around, BO.
Make such 5 0r 7 padak.
With thread in tapestry needle sew
them as shown in the video.
If you want to make Garland then make 12 motives, Sew 11 as
above and last motif as locket.
Many of my friends made these beautiful Gathiyas with white or coloured yarn.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
Hope you are doing well and making plans for Gudhi Padawa decoration or for Chaitra Haldi Kumkum decoration. When I was kid my mother used to make nice decoration for Chaitra Gauri and I used to see and help her. But at that time no camara so I missed all those memories to capture in camera. In decorating Chaitra Gauri mainly the seasonal fruits are used means Watermelon, Muskmelon, Unripe mango etc. Also there are special dishes made with these fruits like, Panh (cold drink of unripe mango) and Kairi Daal. Some ladies also sow seed which will plant quickly and makes greenary with that. This is also used for decoration.
To get an idea about the decorations ladies used to do for Chaitra Gauri, I shared some photos from Google.
Moreover as I explained in my post Crochet Gudhi part 1 that Gudhi is hosted mainly on the first day of this month. It's a symbol of Victory and Happiness. So we made this Crochet Gudhi as the best Home decoration for this month.
We have already made all accessories necessary for that means Gathiya, Neem leaves, Mango leaves, Kalash, Garland and Saree for Gudhi. Only I made embroidary (5) with dark yellow colour as shown in next picture.
Then I have purchased one sitting stand (Paat) and one of our family friend, Namdev helps me to fix wooden rod at the cetre of that.
Then I found golden ribbon in my stock and I wrapped it around the rod with fabric fevicol at the starting and at the end.
Then with the green cord already attached with the saree, I tied all accessories means Mango leaves, Neem leaves, Gathiya and Garland at the top end of wooden rod. Then placed (capped) the Kalash up side down. Finally plave a small flower at the top of the Kalash.
So decorate your home with the beautiful Gudhi here.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
Yes, this is also a part of Crochet Gudhi, about which I have explained in last post. In India Neem trees are found in abandance. It is very useful tree for health. It stimulates immune system and useful for rapid healing of skin diseases. It is tradition to eat small Neem leaves along with jegerry on the Gudi Padawa.
So to know the importance of Neem tree to new generation, it is the tradition to tie Neem branchlets to the Gudhi and worship it. Hence I made these Neem Branchlets for our Crochet Gudhi. Neem leaves are elongated and having serrated edges so I tried to get the same look.
Pattern: I used 4 ply yarn and 1.75 mm hook
Make Ch
10 for initial stem. Skip first ch and make sl st on each ch.
Then make 2 leaves of ch 10 on both sides.
Leaf of ch 10:
R1: Ch
10, skip first st, 1 sl st, 2sc, 1 hdc, 2dc, 1hdc, 2sc, (sl st in opposite side
st),
R2: ch1, sl st 1 in each st. Join with the initial stem by sc.
This row is same for all size of leaves.
Make one more leaf on other side at the same position. Join at the initial stem by sl st.
Ch 5
Then make two leaves of ch9 each as followes.
[Ch
9, skip first st, 1 sl st, 2sc, 1 hdc, 1dc, 1hdc, 2sc, (sl st in opposite side
st), ch1, sl st 1 in each st] twice.
Ch 5
Then make two leaves of ch 8 as followes,
[Ch
8, skip first st, 1 sl st, 2sc, 1 hdc, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc, (sl st in opposite side
st), ch1, sl st 1 in each st] twice.
Ch 5
Then make two leaves of ch 8 as followes,
[Ch
7, skip first st, 1 sl st, 1sc, 1 hdc, 2dc, 1hdc, 1sc, (sl st in opposite side
st), ch1, sl st 1 in each st] twice.
Ch 5
Ch
6 Leaf: skip first st, 1 sl st, 1sc, 2 hdc, 1sc, (sl st in opposite side st),
BO.
The following video with English subtitles may help you to make these branchlets.
You may also know that on this occassion a special type of flag is hosted on every house, called GUDHI. I had already published a post on my crochet Gudhi.
So it is a celebration of New Year and hence every one decides to decorate home and put a new door decor to welcome new year and hence I made this Toran.
It's 39" long and 11" wide. It's weight is 145 gm. I used Vardhaman Millenium Yellow, Red and Brown. But Green used is Oswal's Blue Star, little bit thin than Millenium. Hook used is 3.5 mm.
PATTERN: First let's make those Motives or flowers.
With Brown make R1: dc16 in magic loop, cl (First dc is ch3) (16). First dc is always ch3.
R2: (dc1, ch1) 16 times, cl (we have 16 dcs and 16 ch1-spaces). BO.
Join Yellow yarn at any ch1-sp. R3: [5dc-puff in ch1-sp, ch2] 16 times, cl, BO.
Join Green yarn at any ch2-sp R4: ch1, [ in ch2-sp make (sc1, ch3-picot by sl st, sc1 in same ch2-sp), in next ch2-sp make (dc4, ch3-picot by sl st, dc4)] rep 8 times, cl, BO. (We have 8 ch3-picots on upper side and 8 ch3-picot on lower side)Make such 6 motives or as per your need. Join as below noting the right side. Thread big beads in Red yarn and join Red yarn at ch3-picot on upper side.
R5: [in upper ch3-picot make (dc2, ch1, move 1 bead, ch1, dc2 ) , ch4, sc1 in next lower ch3-picot, ch4] repeat 6 times...... Then we have to join second motif (flower).
ch5, { Note: Here instead of ch 5 if you make ch10 then it will be easier while joining to toran patti, then this point also can be joint directly as 2 green petals} in upper ch3-picot of second motif make dc2, ch1, join (enlarge the working loop, remove hook, insert in the st behind the 6th bead of first motif and pass the working loop through it) with st behind the bead, ch1, dc2 in the same ch3-picot, ch4, sc 1 in next lower ch3-picot, ch4,
in next upper ch3-picot of second motif make dc2, ch1, join with st behind the bead, ch1, dc2 in the same ch3-picot, ch4, sc 1 in next lower ch3-picot, ch4,
Then again [in upper ch3-picot make (dc2, ch1, move 1 bead, ch1, dc2 ) , ch4, sc1 in next lower ch3-picot, ch4] repeat 6 times......
Repeat this till all motives are joined. BO.
TORAN PATTI: With Yellow make chs (odd in number) as per the required length of Toran. I made 191 but later I realised that 162-163 would be sufficient.
R1: (dc1, 4dc-puff in next ch, ch1) rep till end, BO.
{while making puff make 4 times long sts like dc, there are 9 sts on hook, YO pass through 8, YO pass through 2 sts}
Join Green yarn at first ch1-sp. R2: (dc2 in each gap between 2 puffs) till end, BO. Then join on other side and repeat same on other side.
Then repeat R2 with Red yarn on both sides. BO.
For decreasing the length of toran patti I folded on both sides and sew the ends and hide nearly 25-30 sts. Or you make live equal space on both sides and then place markers properly.
Then we have to join this Toran patti with those 6 motives. Beforre joining I have to fold on both sides nearly 10 sts and sew as my Patti is more long than that required. Then place markers suitably as to join. I skip 4 (dc2) groups in between 2 green petals that we have to join and in between two motives I have to skip 9 (dc2) groups.. At the mid of these 9 groups we shall join ch5-loop in between 2 motives.
Join Red yarn at first st on lower side.
R: ch1, sc1 in (7) sts, ch 8, join first dc1 of first motif by sc (as pointed in next photo) then sl st on those 8 chs to come back to Toran patti,
sc1 till marker (4), [join first green open petal, sc1 till other marker (7), join next open green petal, sc1 in (9) sts, ch 5, join ch5-loop, sl st in those ch5, sc1 till marker (9)] 5 times, sc 1 in each till till last open petal of last motif (7), join it, sc1 in (4) sts, ch8, join last open dc of last motif, sl st in each of these 8 sts, sc 1 in remaining (8) sts of toran patti.
LATKAN: I made puff flower Latkans which is matching to the whole Toran.
Puff- Flower: With grenn yarn make R1: in magic loop, tr 12, cl, BO. (First tr is ch4)
Join Yellow yarn at any space between two trebles. R2: ( in sp between 2 trebles make 4dc-puff, ch1) 6 times, cl. Sl st in next ch1-sp.
R3: ch3 (not considered as first dc),{(dc1 in ch1-sp, ch3-picot by sc in between 2 dcs) 2 times in each ch1-sp, 6 times, cl, BO.
Make 7 yellow and 7 red flowers. You can make 14 yellow and 7 red hanging 3 flowers at each place.
Sew these flowers with small white beads 10 beads for yellow flower and 20 for red flower. At corners we need 20 beads for yellow flower and 30 for red flower.
The beautiful Toran is here.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
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