crocheted newborn baby set.

ALHUMDULILLAH, the crocheted baby set that i was making using the pattern of mint green set from ravelry was a success. The pattern can be found here.

I made a few changes to it,

 

* instead of elastic bands i used a crocheted drawstring.
* folded and stitched the top crocheted few lines of the pant for the drawstring to go through.
* crocheted using two different colours.
* didn't add the edging of the cap because it was not suitable for a boy instead added a plain sc edging.

busy as a bee !

ALHUMDULILLAH, the past few weeks went very busy hence i was unable to update my blog. But now i have a list of interesting posts to publish, INSHAALLAH. Most of you who live where i live will be knowing about the summer festival thats going on here - global cultural fair by aramco, weekly fireworks, dolphin show, circus and interactive shows at the malls, etc. INSHAALLAH, i will be posting some of the event's pics/videos but for now here is some of my crochet work that i was busy in simultaneously. These are diamond shaped kiddy purses.

The back of the purses are made of normal hexagons which were made following no pattern, ALHUMDULILLAH. The flowery hexagons are crocheted using the pattern from colour in a simple life. i surfed the net for a simple bag strap but didn't find any so i simply crocheted a chain of desired length with two colors of yarn, turned, double crocheted all the way thru from the 4th chain and the mission for quick simple strap was completed, ALHUMDULILLAH.

colors galore, SUBHANALLAH !!!!!!

While arranging our new home, MASHAALLAH, the flower cushion that i had crocheted earlier ended up in the living area. The colours were definitely not going together.

 so i decided to make another cushion with similar color combination.

with my dad's creative help MASHAALLAH i got the right colors to go ahead with the cushion, ALHUMDULILLAH.

and you might be thinking what happened to the colorful cushy, well it keeps on shifting rooms, lol. 

crocheted door peephole cover

In between of experiencing nostalgia of leaving a residence and excitement of shifting to a new abode, ALHUMDULILLAH, i finally got time to blog. My crochet was hibernating for about a month or two. This week i started crocheting again, ALHUMDULILLAH. My first completed project of this week is a cover for door peephole. Inspired by my younger sister's idea, MASHAALLAH, i decided to make a crocheted rose cover for this door's peephole.  

I crocheted the rose using two different coloured yarn together.

and tucked the rose on the door with a golden board pin just above the peephole. It could be slided sideways to peep out if someone's at the door. ALHUMDULILLAH, very convenient.



close-up

inside view

crocheted play cubes

I usually like to visit the toy section of a store (no i do not throw tantrums to buy them) but it reminds me of childhood days, the innocent desires to own a particular eyecatcher, the pleasure of seeing a new interesting toy. The baby toys aisle is the best. Play blocks are very common in those places but they are mostly made of soft fabric and have some cartoon faces or couple of alphabets on them. So, i decided to gift a handmade crocheted play cube to my baby niece (S3), MASHAALLAH. The plan was to make 5 cubes having all the letters individually of both Arabic and English on each side with a picture relating to the english letters. The result turned out good, ALHUMDULILLAH.

Heres the written pattern for the play cubes:
ch 13, sc in second ch from hk. sc in all the ch sp till the end.

Turn, ch 1, sc in all the sc sp from 1 st round till the last sc. Repeat from * to ** till 12 rows are formed.

Now with a different colour, join in any corner edge with a sl st. ch 2, 1 dc in same sp. now continue all the way around with 1 dc in each ch sp and 2 dc at the edges, join with a sl st in the top of the beginning ch 2. don't finish off. 

start with ch 2, 1 dc at the corner edge and continue with 1 dc in each sp with 2 dc in the corners. join with a sl st at the top of the beginning ch 2 of this round. Finish off. Make 6 sides of the cube in this way.

Take a square block of hard sponge. Now placing the crocheted sides on this block, join the sides to each other with sc through all sides. you can embroider any design, alphabets or numbers on the crocheted sides before joining on the sponge block.

ALHUMDULILLAH, this is an original pattern and is under rights of mib trends. So, if you have to share please link back, do not copy, type and write any part of the pattern without written consent from mib trends.

day 1: colour lovers - 3KCBWDAY1 (k&c blog week)

Just for a second, lets ponder what it would be like if life was colourless. ALHUMDULILLAH, ALLAH gave us the sight, sense, and the ability to combine these colours to form beautiful results. Whereever we glance there are samples of colourful combinations, SubhaanALLAH.

 i usually get inspired subconsciously by all the colours around me.

mango

mango colours
(although the pic doesn't do justice to the colours)

any guesses what this resembles

pineapple crochet bottle cover

There is no particular colour combination that i implement in my crochet. Sometimes it has extreme diversity of colours.........

vibrant colours

b&w

and i do take a lot of colourful advice from my family, MASHAALLAH. Thanks to ALLAH, i am able to create all this colourful projects which inspire me to make more and more and more.......................

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a cap for a little lass, MASHAALLAH.

This is a girl version of the cap found in accompaniments of a layette. I added a girly edging to it which gives it a feminine touch.

Heres the pattern for this simple and quick edging:

Join in any ch sp with a sl st,  sc in the same sp, (hdc, 2dc, hdc) in the same sp, sc in next, *(sc,hdc,2dc,hdc) in the next, sc in the next sp** and repeat from * to ** till u reach the beginning sc. sl st into the first sc and finish off.

two more of the hexagon series clothing.

These are the other two clothing items from the kid's hexagonal attire. This is a frock with the neckline of hexagons. The hexagons are of the same pattern used in the hexagon toddler shirt. Then there is a couple of dc layers, followed by v-sts all the way till the bottom and seven rounds of shell sts to finish off. This dress was crocheted for my eldest niece(s1), MASHAALLAH.

Its paired with this hair scrunchie, a big rose attached to a hair rubber band.

MASHAALLAH, this one is my favourite. Its all hexagons (again same pattern used) filled in with half hexagons at the bottom. The edging is of scanty fringes, giving it a cowboyish feel.

This is a readymade fabric head band to go with it. I attached a crocheted rose and it went perfectly with the shirt, ALHUMDULILLAH. This is a baby shirt which was designed for my third little niece(s3), MASHAALLAH.

plarn bag.........

This was something unusual for me. i had never tried or even heard about plarn but when i saw the crocheted things made out of plarn i thought why not give it a try. ALHUMDULILLAH, the bag turned out really good.

plarn made of plastic shopping bags.

i added a crocheted yarn flower and used a black ribbon as handles.

the pattern is a modified version of recycled plarn net market bag.

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

ALHUMDULILLAH, i was inspired to make a pop-out rounds cushion cover for completing my version of the blooming flower cushion by attic24. Now, it can be used as a double sided cushion, MASHAALLAH.

pattern for the pop-out rounds cushion : crochet away till the 2nd round as the original pattern suggests for the blooming flower cushion by attic24.

3rd round: join a new colour in any of the back loops of the 2nd round, work in the back loops only for all rounds. ch3, dc (us crochet terms) in the same st, 1 dc in the next *2dc's into next st, 1dc into next st* till u reach the end of round, join with a slst in the 3rd ch of the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.

4th round: join a different colour with a slst, where you finished round 3. Now woking in back loops, ch 3, dc in next st, 1 dc in each st till the end of round, join with in the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.

5th round:  join a new colour in of the back loop of the 4nd round. ch3, dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next *2dc's into next st, 1dc each into next 2 sts* till u reach the end of round, join with a slst in the 3rd ch of the beginning ch-3. Fasten off. 

6th round:  join a different colour with a slst, where you finished round 5. Now woking in back loops, ch 3, dc in next st, 1 dc in each st till the end of round, join with in the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.

7th round: join a new colour in of the back loop of the 6th round. ch3, dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next *2dc's into next st, 1dc each into next 3 sts* till u reach the end of round, join with a slst in the 3rd ch of the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.

8th round: join a different colour with a slst, where you finished round 7. Now woking in back loops, ch 3, dc in next st, 1 dc in each st till the end of round, join with in the beginning ch-3. Fasten off. Continue in this manner till you reach the desired cushion size, 1 round of dc's each and 1 round of increase alternately. If you want to join this to the blooming flower cushion end with the petal round mentioned in the original pattern . INSHAALLAH, visit/join at ALHUMDULILLAH-ana-Muslim.blogspot.com for more upcoming patterns.

my mom from whom i inherited most of my creativity, MASHAALLAH, decided that i should attach a round mirror piece in the empty center space of the cushion, so both sides of the cushion got a small mirror attached in the center.

To attach the mirror piece: take a small piece of square cloth about 1 inch in size, glue the mirror piece in the center of the square cloth piece. Before joining the cushion sides together, stitch the cloth piece with the mirror in the center from the back of each cushion side.

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accompaniments of a layette........

ALHUMDULILLAH, finally got a chance to crochet this. For a long time, i wanted to crochet something cute and tiny. Its a baby hat with a pompom, tiny little shoes and a pair of mittens.

These shoes are a modified version of baby boy slipons, pattern found here by crochetdreamz. I wanted a pair of shoes but liked this version of slipons, so first made them as slipons and then added 2 layers of hdc's at the back leaving 4 ch sp gap in between the flap and the hdc layers at the ankle. Then joined the front flap and the ankle hdc layer by a ch of 2.

The hat pattern can be found here but i removed the fringe knot trim and the ties. The mittens are crocheted using pattern from here. I added blue colour sl sts to match.

a medley of creativity, ALHUMDULILLAH.

This is a beautiful hand-crocheted gift MASHAALLAH, from my qala (mother's sister), JAZAKALLAH Khair to her. Its a sienna blue shawl.

hmmmmmmm.......homemade cheesecake, was DeLiCiOuS tOtAlLy, ALHUMDULILLAH.

MASHAALLAH, my eldest niece's 'make a candle' school project.

These are some of the hawaiian flowers (pattern here) that i started but don't have any basic project in mind to fit them in. First thought of making a blanket/afghan, then decided to use them as a tablecloth, still not clicking. any ideas ??????

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