Pinkilicious Princess Dress

This is my latest baby dress designed for little princess to wear. I fell in love with all the girly pink of it. It is done in soft baby cotton yarn and the flowers are all handmade. Even the little hairband ! Working on thes eon more colours. Do let me know what you think. I displayed this one at the Craft fair in Al Ain Mall and was so happy to see that it was well liked and almost instantly whisked away soon after display.

2013 and crochet baby hat

2013 Already ..... I was out of town vacationing when the year changed and I was hoping to come back with a great big , picture heavy post of my holidays etc....Well, that didn't happen. The silly usb with all the pics is still avoiding me . Waited all this time...no more. Time to move on. A lot happened , mostly good , and we had a great time all in all. Couple of weddings , social events, medical issues and a short trip to Ooty, my birthday , the new year etc.... Anyways ,it's good to be back home and settled into to the usual routine. I have a few projects I'm working on currently, almost done. Some are done but haven't yet reached my friends so cannot post pictures yet. So I leave you with a picture...... This is a picture of a baby hat I had finished just before I left. It has removable flowers to match with different outfits. Now I'm toying with the idea fo designing a little outfit to go with it and booties too.

Baby crochet

I crocheted this little dress for a new little baby. I can hardly wait to see the sweetie pie wearing it. And since the baby has her name begin with the letter 'V' , I decided to make her a Quilled one for her. I'm glad the parents loved both the gifts. This style of quilling is not my usual type. I do more of the dolls and 3D things but I did enjoy doing this one. So much that I think I'll just go ahead and do a few more of these. I have already started on another project using this technique and it is such fun. I'm always grateful for the feed back from my blog friends. Do let me know what you think.

Granny Ripple Baby Blanket

There is something so sweet about baby stuff, don't you think. They look so cute and tiny little things are so fast to crochet as well. This one of course is not a tiny little thing but being a granny ripple pattern it was a pretty quick to do.
I've used Bernat Softee baby yarn. And I just love the softness of this blanket. Had to stop myself from cuddling into it :). It's a simple pattern but loved working on it.

Knit MaryJane booties
This is my second pair of knit booties. I must say, this pattern though classified as easy and beginners, gave me a little bit of a tough time. I couldn't figure out the instructions and had to leave it for while and picked it up again after a week and it made sense! I'm proud of this one because I managed to get this done with no help at all and didn't give up even after frogging it out 2 times. I'm glad I stuck on until I understood the instructions properly. Although I must admit that it can turn out much better ...my knitting isn't all that smooth yet. The pattern is HERE But this was a good project and I learn't a few things :
1.to 'make one ' - left slant as well as the right slant

2.to slip, slip , knit decrease

3.to join yarn yarn at a particular point and knit from there onwards - this is the first time I've done this

4.to make a botton hole.

5.to accept that frogging out ( I hate it ) is a learning process and I cannot avoid it atleast not while I'm still learning! Maybe later on when I know knitting well enough I can get adventurous and avoid frogging out my work.

6.to use a stitch holder

7. Knitting needs constant counting !

My New Design- Halter top

Another attempt at designing. Actually, it won't be right to call it my own design as I've used Thata's Square pattern - of Dinamic Crochet , for designing this top. It was for Block contest at Jd's Craft blog. The contest was fun and all the entries were so pretty. Although I didn't win a prize , it was fun to create.

I've been working on some contests presently and haven't had the time to be online much. Not just crocheting but having guests and entertaining and having a great time in general. I have a few more FOs to show off...stay tuned. Another contest entry almost done.....will post it in a couple of days.

It has been a productive month :)
I have many Fo to show. On theknitting front too I've couple of projects done and I 'm trying to learn new stitches. Quite a few knitted squares are already complete.
As always, making baby clothes makes me very happy ....I wonder why? It just feels so wonderful to make cute little things for tiny little ones. Anyways, here is the latest set:

I was in love with this layette at first sight. It's just too cute and has turned out pretty niceas well. The pattern is called 'Say it Flowers' designed by Sandra Abbate. There was a little jacket to go with it but it's too hot out here for that so I skipped it. And here you are , the pictures individually. The dress:

The Bonnet: I love the open circular part at the back of the bonnet. And the Huge Bow.

And my personal favourite - the booties!!!

I could not resist adding on a Bottle cover :) !!