Crochet Baby Blanket for World Record

A group of highly enthusiastic Indian women under the able guidance of Ms. Subashri Natarajan an MBA and an avid crocheter since the age of 10, have taken upon themselves the task of crocheting 5000 blankets measuring upto a total of 5000 square meters with the aim of setting a new world record and making a name for themselves in the Guinness World Records.

The current record set by South Africa in April 2015 stands at 3377square meters and Subashri and her team hope to break this record.

The Group "Mother India's Crochet Queens" set up in August 2015, by Subashri comprises of nearly a 1000 Indian women from all parts of the world all aged between 8 years to 85 years, all sharing the same passion for crochet.

The pictures below are from Indians on UAE.

Candle Holders

I simply loved making these holders, experimenting with cotton threads, cords etc.  I found cotton threads to be the best.  It did involve lots of, had to stiffen the project, dry it and then stick on the crystals.

I did turn out to be quite cool.  I have written partial pattern for teal candle holder.  I say partial as the skirt of teal holder is from another blog.  Holder base is a handwritten drawing. Over here I have to say that I have no experience in writing patterns!

Pattern for teal:

This has been made for oval candles.  You will need to adjust.  Feel free to leave comments or you can write to me on anjana_bhatia@hotmail.com

Base:

Chain 10

Row 1: 2 sc in 2 chain from hook.  Sc in next 7 st, 2 sc in last chain.  Work around the other side.  Sc in next 7 st.  Mark the last stitch as end of row as I am not joining.

Row 2: 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 2sc.  Place your marker here

Row 3: sc in next 2sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next 2 sc

Row 4: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc

Row 5: sc in next 2sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 7 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 7 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 7 sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in next 5 sc

Row 6: sc in next 2 sc, 2sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next 16 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in next 14 sc.

Row 7 to 10 – sc around in each sc.

after row 10 I have followed the below diagram:

For Skirt I have taken the pattern from another blog:  http://celenaa.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/03/26551996.html

Flair Vest

It's been a long time..but I am back to blogging.   It was always running in my mind but just time crunch.

As I give away or sell most of my stuff, this is the first apparel I have done for my self - actually took time to do something for self

Thus flair vest pattern has been taken from Crochet Magazine.

I have used baby yarn which is 60% cotton and 40% acrylic.  18 inches in length.

The color choice is more of what I had in my stash :)

What do you think?

Scarppy Wall Art

I was following this Bernat pattern to start making baby blanket "From the Middle Baby Blanket".

Pattern

Of course I did not have this bernat yarn, and I was determined to do this.  I used up all the scarp / left over yarns I had.  It is an absolute beauty!

Still thinking what to use is as - baby blanket? Floor Mat or Wall Art (My Favorite)

Reflective Yarn Beanie Hat

My Last Project in 2014

I know.. I am so late in updating the blog.  If I look back I really have no valid reason not to update considering I have done quite a bit so far!

Here is the last project I did.  The special part of this one is that it is made of reflective yarn where in the yarn itself reflects light when flash is on!

This is made with red heart reflective yarn and uses basic beanie hat pattern

Hat with flash light on