As I have shared in my previous posts here, here and here; my crochet journey hasn’t been so long. Hardly 6 months, and a few projects old… And I’m questioning if in should continue or not. Here’s why. 2 days ago, I was feeling a bit agitated. I had a little headache, blurry vision, and…
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My rookie attempts at all things craft
My experiments with double strand crocheting – day#3
Continuing from where I left off, I did 10 rows, I get ~7 inches square. Now it’s a little too wide for shoulder and armhole depth is just about ok. Joining row: sc across till first corner, ch 6 and sl st into ch1 space of second corner. sc across till third corner, ch 6 and sl…
My experiment with double strand crocheting – day#1
I’m addicted to crocheting. I wish I could crochet for a living. No 9-to-5 job. Freedom of when to start, to work or not and seeing a (semi) beautiful project come along. Yes I’ll only be working on wearable for some more time before trying out jewellery etc. For simple reason that winter is around…
Perpetually Tentative
Tentative, this is exactly what our lives are. Don’t get me wrong. We all love to plan, down the most granular level item. We plan. Although, our planning has also become tentative. Being a programmer, I feel that my mind is also planning in a if-then-else, for-each, do-while manner. If this happens, then I will…
Two color topdown crochet cardigan
My first attempt of making a top down crochet cardigan was alright. Although it turned out to be a little too baggy for my size, people in my family really liked it. My sister a size bigger so I gifted it to her instead. All charged up with the positive feedback, I decided to make…
My new-found passion – Phase 2
So here I was, out of yarn and desperate to do more. I had 6-7 different colors of left over yarn and I started making rainblow clutch. Stuck again for supplies, I went my shop Amazon.in and bought this and this. I started making a bottom up small shell cardigan. It came out ok but…
My new-found Passion
So what keeps me busy after work. Of late, I have been hooked to the crochet hook, quite literally. It started when my younger sister brought a tiny bundle 25g of cotton yarn and a #13 hook and started to do her experiments with crocheting. She asked me for help when she was stuck. It…