Nishka's Christmas present

I made this for Nishka for Christmas this year. I crocheted it during my recent travels, on flights and waiting at airports! I had bought the wool in Aizwal...a lovely light, soft and spangley 3 ply! The design was simple and something I created on my own. It moved really quickly but was difficult to crochet with as it was a textured wool, and wasn't really meant for crochet where one has to work so much more with knots.

Quick crochet for Sufi

Nitasha said Mumbai was having some freaky cold weather....so please could I make something for Sufi ASAP!!!! So these were 2 quick pieces put together while I was travelling on holiday. The green one is a favourite design that I have used for Sufi's mother it self, when she was a little girl....so I knew the pattern by heart! The other was using whatever 'soft' wool I could find at home and using granny squares as a base! Aunty Pam had made a similar one for Tash when she was about 6. There was always something knitted or crocheted for the girls when we went home to Delhi for Christmas, either jerseys or a blanket....wish we had recorded that!

Nafisa's blanket

Since this blog is about recording and sharing all my 'needle work' stuff.....I thought I would post a picture of a blanket I made for Nafisa a few years ago, in her last year in college. She wanted a blanket with no corners!!!!!It was fun to do, and I was able to use up a lot of my scraps of wool as well, to make this very bright blanket......Nafisa loves it!

Sufi's soft rattle

I made this for Sufi as she is 4 months old and just beginning to reach out and hold her rattle. I got the pattern from the net. I am amazed at the generosity of people on the net, the way ideas for sewing, and patterns are shared! These are from scraps of felt I had lying around!

Zahaan's blanket

Finally, I am being able to add something to this blog. I am so taken up with my painting that any free time I get, that's what I want to do!!! But I really do love crocheting and all the other needle work thingies...that I do need to plan my time better and have time for it ALL!
A crocheted blanket for Ketan and Vera's Zahaan. Nothing very grand, just used all my wonderfully bright bits of wool, which I seem to have so much of! Just simple granny squares which I can do in my sleep! Like the result!

Childhood memories!

Rifka went accross to my mother's place and took pictures of some of the 'bits' I had embroidered and crocheted when I was a child! What a very sweet gesture! I suppose all parents keep things their children have made, I'm grateful to mine for keeping these bits! It has brought back so many memories...

I was taught to crochet by a grand aunt when I was quite small. Must have been around 8 years old....we were about to go on a train journey, Calcutta to Bombay...3 days and 2 nights, so she decided to 'equip' me with the skills of cross stitch to keep myself busy....I will always bless her for that.
This was the piece that came out of that train journey, after many mistakes and trying hard to keep accurate spaces!

These next 2 were presents for my mother...I must have been around 10! I remember using my maths exercise book in which I drew the design of this tea cosie cover!

I loved doing this one of 'Grumpy'. I can still feel the sense of pride and achivement when I actually finished a whole picture...that also of one of my most favourite characters from Snow White!
                                     
Not sure where I learnt to crochet...possibly self taught...but it is something I really love to still do. These are also early piecies.... the green dressing table set was a birthday gift for my mother. Not sure when I did the pink mat...but I have a few myself...so must have been when I was in college.
                                       

 

Finally......

I have been wanting to create separate blogs for my painting and for my needlework. Finally its been done....thanks to Nafisa who has sat patiently helping me along! Have transferred all my needlework posts from the 1st blog...and hence all the posts are dated under one heading!