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 started this carryall bag somewhere around June and completed it last week. The bumps you see at the joins partly because I used different weights of yarn and partly because I couldn't handle the single crochet joins properly.

I found a matching fabric for the lining. It goes perfect with the bag. I hand stitched the lining to the bag which was not fun. Thanks to Alice for writing up such a wonderful tutorial for sewing the lining to the crocheted bag. I followed the same method for sewing lining to the pencil pouch I made a few months ago.

I crocheted the handles instead of attaching horseshoe-shaped handles.

I wish I could get rid of those bumpy joins other than that I love it and going to carry my colorful carryall!

Pattern & details later... !

There are so many of us who love Ingrid's Wood & Wool Stools. I've been wanting to make my version for quite some time now. So this past week I finally started to make a granny cover for an old table I painted black & white last year. I'm loving it!

I've collected some twigs and thinking of adorning them with some crocheted leaves & flowers, the idea which has also been floating around in the blogland for quite some time now. See them here & here.

If you have made something similar, share them with me. I would love to see your creations!

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 fell in love with these Mary Jane slippers in last October, started making them in November, completed them in February and started wearing them in March and sharing them with you in April... so you see its not easy for me to make slippers or as a matter of fact anything which I make for myself.

I used Bernat cotton yarn to make this pair. They are soft, cute and I love to wear them around. I gave them their first ride in a washing machine and they look all new once again. The pattern is lovely & easy to follow and I feel the author is so generous to offer such an amazing pattern for free.

I already have gift demands for these slippers so I hope to make some more pairs soon, inshaAllah.

These granny slippers I made in November and since this pair was a gift for an aunt it had to be completed in time. But this is a super quick & lovely pattern and I do hope to make a pair for myself too (yeah I still hope to make another pair of slippers for myself!). You can find the pattern here on The Royal Sisters

I'm working on some gifts these days and I hope to come back soon and share the latest projects with you.

Update: The slippers are no more soft after I've washed them. I guess Bernat Cotton Yarn gets really rough after washing.

Without going into the long story of my absense from this little bloggy space of mine I would like to show you the baby gifts I & my friend, Nayab made last week for our mutual friend's new born daughter, baby Mysha (cutiepie!). I wanted to make something very special for her but I ended up making these little things. You have lots of options in choosing colours & patterns when you are making gifts for a little girl but I was terribly stuck up with a work project and I got only two days to work on these gifts but thankfully they were done on time, ummm okay, I completed the other hat later and sent it on Monday before she left the town.

Baby Cloche Pattern here. Mitts Pattern here.

Newborn Baby Booties Pattern here

Ugly photos ? huh! Well you should be thankful that I managed to take photos as I forgot to take the photo of the other hat I made. Yeah yeah, I have a blog and I know I wouldn't be able to write a post without a picture but even then I forgot to take the photo of the other hat. So it happens and I wish & hope it never happens again!. By the way I used this pattern for the other hat.

I was going through the pictures of the other baby gifts I've had made during my 2 years long crochet career (if you want to call it that!) and felt like sharing with you. I'm showing the pictures here and will hopefully add the pattern links later sometime.

Its a boy's hat ! Its a *blurry car shot* so bear with it.

Blogged here

I'm leaving you with the same wish of coming back here soon. Have a nice day ahead!

It did not turn out as good as I thought it to be. I first saw it here, her flowers & pot are so nice & tidy. The position of my flowers looks quite messed up. And above all it was my first time making french knots and offcourse I did a mess. I tried to take some neat photos but no it wasn't my day I guess. So you have to bear with the bad photos. Its going to be a gift for a very special Aunt, hope she likes it !

Oh this cutie pie is one of the gifts I've made for one of my friend's wedding. I wanted to make a cosmetic pouch and used this DROPS Design mini bag & Sarah's bag patterns to come up with this version.

The other gift I made for her is this scarf. Again its Sarah's pattern. Btw her patterns are very nice and many of them are free. You can check out her blog or ravelry url to see the patterns. I seriously want to say her a big thanks for sharing her several nice patterns for free. This scarf works up VERY quickly. I increased the width and started with 28 chains. I'm also going to make this scarf for me inshaAllah. Hoepfully its going to be a pink one.

The best part of the pattern is the scallop like edging it creates.

The only issue you find about shell pattern scarfs is the different edges. I did not know untill now that you can straighten out the edges by staggering the stitches. You can see Teresa's Tutorial here to see how to use this technique to staighten out the edges.

There is one more gift which is a matching mini pouch with the scarf. But its still "under construction". I will hopefully show you when its ready to be photographed.

Soooo now when the gifts are ready I can get back to working on my blanket which I still haven't shown you and which is very bad of me !

I also have couple of more personal projects in my mind which I can't wait to start. I wish I had more time to crochet !

I will be waiting for your comments. You may have bad things to say about the pot but come on you can try to say something good about the pouch & the scarf they are not bad or atleast I have to say this because these are the gifts and I dont want to make myself feel guilty about making bad gifts for a friend's wedding =D

I'm back after another (long) blog silence!  Even though I work from home keeping up with my crafty projects & this little blog is not an easy affair. I try my best to manange my time but even then there are a few things which always lag behind and my blog is one of those poor things.

Lets get to the title of the post before something else drags my attention and I put this post in the drafts again! (Oh yeah I do that a lot!)

My affair with Starling Handbag started last year when I saw this for the first time here. It was then when I didn't have aluminium crochet hooks and all I know was how to make chains. Ahhhh poor days !

I had been dreaming about making this "kyuuto bag" since Alice released the pattern. Since my crochet skills are quite limited these crochet-a-long-video tutorials made by Alice for Starling Handbag were very helpful. This was one of the crochet projects I REALLY enjoyed working on.

Other intimidating tasks were to sew & attach the lining to the bag. I cannot say enough thanks to Alice for writing amazing tutorials for sewing & attaching the lining. I've learned so many new things while making the lining for the bag. The technique Alice showed to attach the lining is simply AWESOME. I mean its such a neat way of sewing fabric to your crocheted piece. I think now I have an idea about hand sewing the fabric backs to my cushions.

I could'nt come up with any super idea of embelishing my starling handbag but still I love that little flower on the bottom right of the bag. I love many embellishment ideas from Alice's Peep Shows but the simple bags Alice made with ecro color shown in the written pattern stayed on my mind. I think there is something special with Starling Handbag pattern when its made with ecro.

Here is a glimpse of the inside of the bag. I couldn't find magnetic snaps so I used the sew-on snaps. I think I want to try attaching a zip to my next bag. Lets see if my sewing skills allows me to do that.

Ahhhhh and I finished the post..... Yay......!! I will be waiting for your comments about my little starling!