Granny Square-tastic!

Last time I mentioned Granny Squares... Well I've been doing a little bit each day and so I thought I'd share a few pics of what I've made so far.


I found a video on You Tube about how to make SunRise Granny Squares and so I got started. I'm planning to make a blanket of some kind with these and as I've only completed six, I've got a long way to go. Also there might be quite a variation in colour throughout, as I'm not sure I'll be able to match the colours I've been using so far.


Besides the crocheting, life has been continuing along. The weather in Mumbai seems a bit screwed up - It's meant to be moving towards winter, but it's really hot still. And to add to that, there was the biggest downpour on Monday evening; a proper storm with thunder and lightening resulting in my car becoming a paddling pool again!

Last night I had a bit of a scare as my dog was really unwell and had to be rushed to the vets. She ended up having two injections and has medicine to take three times a day for the next few days. After a good night's sleep she seems much better; she woke me up by sitting on me (all 27 kilograms of her) and licking my face (yeeeuucccchhhh - not a nice way to start the day!).

I have a busy crocheting weekend ahead, as next week is going to be crazy busy at work. I'm attending a workshop from Monday to Wednesday about accelerated learning techniques and at the same time have to complete material for a 4 hour training module that will start from the following week. I don't think I'll have any time for anything besides eat - work - sleep (and walk Coco) next week.


So I'd better make a move as I need some more green yarn so I can make a yellow and green SunRise Granny Squares...

Busy, busy, busy

I've been really quite busy lately. Not too busy for craft, journaling, zentangling or cooking, but I've been a bit behind in blogging about it all.

So back last month when I started hooking, I found these cute, Roly Poly Bunnies... only when I started I could tell this wasn't coming out quite right. So I keep putting off making the rest of it. I currently have a bit of a misshapen lump rather than a cute bunny head and body. And I'm a little confused about how to make the ears, so I'm waiting for a while until I get better at this sort of thing!


My next adventure was into Granny Hearts as I found a fab tutorial on The Royal Sister's blog. The one I made came out really well and added to my coaster collection. I really like the idea of creating a banner out of these, but I'm a bit impatient you see, and tend to hop, skip and jump through projects.


I then came back to Hawaiian Flowers and made another really bright flower... just got to work out what to do with them now!


When I journal, I often follow prompts and a couple of weeks back I'd journalled about what I wanted to learn in the near future. One of the things I'd listed was Knitting, but I thought it'd be some time before I got round to it. Obviously the fates thought otherwise, and as part of the pre-work for a workshop I'm due to attend soon, I was asked to spend about an hour trying to learn something new and share a few words about the experience on the workshop's community website. (My words were: Confused, Trial-and-Error with lot's of error!, Beaming :D)
This is what I've knitted so far and it's on the way to becoming a new pink collar for Coco!


Finally, this time last week (Sunday evening) I sat and made two more cute notebooks / mini-journals, as two of my fab ladies had birthdays this week. I'm really pleased with them, and they were well received :D


This week has mostly been spent working too hard and spending much of my very limited free-time cooking, reading, journaling and playing with Coco-doggie. Yesterday I got the hook and yarn back out and I've gone back to the Granny Square, but a different version. More news about that another time, coz I'm itching to get back to the hook!

Catch you next time...

Flowers are Blooming and Birds are Pooping

Yesterday I finished this beauty... haven't had a lot of time to crochet this week... must get back to it!


Finished this as was unable to watch Ice Age 3, as some random people held a big (and late) Navratri bash just outside my window and made so much noise I couldn't hear the TV!

Also a bird pooped on me yesterday - I'm hoping for some good luck now :D

Welcome to Claire's Crochet Quest...

I've been absolutely fascinated with many blogs from crafty people all over the world, so much so that I've been inspired to take up crochet! My Grandma (may she rest in peace) would have been proud of me :)

So anyway, I've been busy these last few days, getting the necessary materials and watching videos on line and downloading pdf files about 'How to Crochet' - and I'm hooked (pun intended).

So I've made a few things now, but this collar, for my dog Coco, was the first thing I made.


Collar:
Row 1: Ch 6, sc into 2nd ch from hook, continue to sc along rest of row. Turn.
Row 2 - last row: Ch 1, sc into 2nd sc from hook, continue to sc along rest of row. Turn.
Make it long enough for your doggies neck!
Button Hole: Ch 1, sc into 2nd sc from hook, sc into next st, ch enough to just fit over the button you're using, sc into 4th sc in row, sc into last st, sl st, end.
Sew button onto non-loop end of collar - fasten to doggie.


My stitches were too loose, which means that the whole thing has stretched out significantly, so I've ended up shortening it twice! Coco doesn't mind, coz she looks pretty.

The button I used had fallen off an old cardigan of mine. I'm glad I kept it!


More stuff coming soon!