my creative space,,,,,,,,,,,

Just a few days back i came to know about our creative spaces through a fellow blogger. Thought of giving it a go and here i am posting my entry for this week. ALHUMDULILLAH, most of my incomplete projects had the chance to be completed this week. i decided to experiment crochet combined with the indian attire. The result - crocheted shalwar khameez.

i don't take the credit for the stitching of the dress as my tailor did that for me, ALHUMDULILLAH. 
The shirt and the sleeves are bordered with a crocheted diamond motif lace, the pattern of which you can find here. ALHUMDULILLAH, the lace of granny stitches on the neckline of the shirt and on the ends of the shalwar are an original pattern that i formed playing along with the yarn trying to give it a different edging.

edging on shalwar

shalwar

neckline crocheted border

now, for the dupatta, i tacked randomly crocheted flowers. The flowers are crocheted magnifying the pattern found here to just the first round, the completed dress was gorgeous, ALHUMDULILLAH.

Summary: Shalwar are loose pajama-like trousers, khameez is a long shirt and dupatta is a long scarf that is worn over both shoulders.

crocheted flower

dupatta

granny's sweater

Last month as it was chilling cold in india my granny asked me if i could try to make her a sweater, so i gave it a thought and attempted it. This is how it turned out. ALHUMDULILLAH it fitted her well and she liked it a lot.

front buttoned up with black rose buttons with blue sl sts at the edges

added a little yellow rose with black edging on the collar

the back of sweater

I started off using a pattern for a cardigan that i found interesting at http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/berme/berme.html but added a few touches of my own by removing the curves, sleeves and the biiiiiiiiiiiiiggggg collar, adjusting the width according to my granny's measurements and adding two lines of v-stitch in between of two contrasting colors (as you can see) and even adding the rose buttons.

folded

parcelled