This jacket is one of those things which I thought to make instantly. I wasn't sure about which color I was going to choose but there were only a few colors available in the yarn I was going to replace for Lion Brand's Cotton Ease. I usually do not go for any shades of blue but this is the first thing I made myself in blue.

It's a quick pattern if you feel okay sewing the pieces together in the end. I didn't care about sewing the pieces initially but after completing this jacket I'm gonna choose only those patterns which are made in one piece or with minimal sewing. What actually made me mad were the "holes" along the seam lines where sleeves are joined. I wanted those "holes" and I couldn't figure out which sewing method produces such holes along the raglan sleeves. I started a forum thread over here on Ravelry to get the ideas. I got many valuable ideas about general sewing of sweater pieces together but no one could figure out how those holes are made. That was totally an ugh moment and at last I gave up on the holes and sewed the pieces by using a combination of backsitch seam + some nonsense sewing method of my own which I'm unable to explain.

The seams turned out okay but without the holes along the seam lines which are quite visible in the pattern picture. I would love to know if anyone of you can tell me what kind of sewing method can produce holes along the seam lines of such raglan sleeves. I will try to take a clear closeup shot of the seam line which can show you exactly how my seams turned out.

One of my friends has requested me to make a similar jacket for her and the little girl I'm teaching crochet is also going to make one for herself. So you are going to see couple of more essential jackets around!

P.S. I took all the photos above at the same time, in the same room and with the same light but each one has different hues & contrast levels. Ugh!

I did not have an idea how wonderful you feel after completing your first ever blanket in the Crochet World! I took way too much time to complete this afghan but thankfully the Summer got delayed in my part of the world and I got the chance to snuggle in my little blankie after completing it in the beginning of March.

I took so many photos while I was working on it but never posted here so I've sorted out just a few of them to share with you today.

I'm leaving you with these photos and will be back soon to show you the Wedding Gifts I'm working on for a friend.

Pattern: Southwest Passage Afghan from The Ultimate Book of Scrap Afghans

Pattern Review: Super easy & lovely pattern.

I made this sweet bag for a very sweet little girl. She chose the yarn & color herself.

You can get the pattern here

A simple, quick & lovely pattern!

I was super excited to present it to her and she was super happy to recieve it!

The pleasure of making gifts with your own hands is simply out of this world and the look of gratitude you get on the faces of your loved ones cannot be explianed in words.

It was so much fun to make this quick basket. I crocheted it with two strands of 4 ply yarn held together. I was kind of cursing myself after I bought this yarn as I wasn't sure what should I make with it but this yarn is almost perfect to make baskets, specially granny baskets. Since I've found a perfect use of this yarn I'm cursing myself why didn't I buy more balls of it! 

Pattern here

Currently its holding my little balls of yarn and other tidbits which I love to see around. I think this basket can be used to hold virtually anything. You can store your little ones' toys, your cosmetics, and offcourse your yarn & other craft supplies.

See you later !

Am I happy ? Oh yes so much! I finally made something by following a Magazine Pattern. Last year in April when I started learning crochet, the most intimidating task was to understand crochet patterns. And I thought that would take me ages when I will finally be able to understand & follow patterns from magazines.

I'm happy it took me only a year to finally have my crochet project done from a magazine. This pretty dress pattern is from Crochet Today May/June 2009 issue.

When I made my first girly dress a few months back, one of my friends requested to make one for her daughter also. I tried to adjust the pattern for a 2 year old but couldn't managed to do so. So I started looking for some other easy & cute girly dress patterns and this one finally got my attention. I instantly decided to give it a try. Though the pattern's description says its a quick dress but I didn't find it quick. Its an easy pattern but doesn't work up quickly since each row of skirt involves several different rounds to work.

Though it was time consuming but the finished dress makes it totally worth it as this dress turned out to be one of my favorite projects so far. I wish cute Maha & her Mommy also find it lovely & cute!

I would love to know what do you think of this dress ! And let me know if anyone of you have tried this pattern.

I hope you all are having a productive & calm weekend! (mine was quite unmanaged & listless!)