MEHENDI

Whenever i start drawing mehendi the first and foremost design comes to my mind is Mango or paisley design... So this time I tried to draw mehendi without the mango design.... how it looks????

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GARDENING - PREPARING PANCHAGAVYA PART 2

Hello friends.....
     Here is the continuation of Panchagavya preparation. Sorry the post was delayed. And for the people who did not see the previous post here is the panchagavya preparation part 1 

On the fifth day 

We took the cow-dung gee mix and added 2 liters of milk, 2 liters of curd and 5 liters of Cow's urine and mixed well with a bamboo stick first then by hand.

curd

Fresh milk and sorry i could not capture the picture of cow's urine as my cam  had no charge

Took 2 kg of jaggery and broke it into pieces with hammer.

Jagerry

Then in a large vessel took the tender coconut water and smashed the banana in this. 

Then added the jaggery too in this mixture and mixed well These provides nutrient to the microbes and enhance the growth. Then added the above mix in the cow dung gee mix.


At last added 2 teaspoon full of dry yeast. again enhances the growth.

 All the ingredients are added now and stirred thoroughly for at-least 15 minutes.  

Then stir the panghagavya every day in morning and evening minimum 50 times clock wise and 50 times anti-clock wise for proper aeration. that will enhance the growth of microbes.

stirring process twice daily 

On 16th day panchagavya is ready to use. We can take 20 to 30 ml of panchagavya and mix with 1 liter of water and apply to soil or can spray on leaves... but before spraying should filter the mixture.

Now Our plants are eagerly waiting for their nutrient rich food. 

Till then happy gardening :)

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GARDENING - PREPARING PANCHAGAVYA - PART-1

Hiiiii
     To day i'm very happy that i'm a step ahead in my gardening.... i want my garden with healthier plants organically.... when i searched about this... i got the excellent  Indian remedy PANCHAGAVYAM.... Which is prepared from five materials that we get from the cow... This one is proved to be very much effective for agriculture.. please do google it to know more about this. 


     Me and my neighbour want to buy if it is available in ready... but we did not get in our place... so we decided to prepare our-self with the help of this video.... from now i'll post how we prepare the panchagavya 

THINGS NEEDED:

FOR THE FIRST DAY WE NEED:

COW DUNG - 5 KG

COW'S GEE - 1/2 KG

ON FIFTH DAY WE NEED:

COW'S MILK - 2 L

COW'S URINE - 5 L

CURD - 2 L

YEAST - 2 TEASPOON

TENDER COCONUT - 2 L

BANANA - 1/2 KG

JAGERRY - 2 KG

STEP - 1

Took 5 kg of cow's dung and mixed with cow's gee thoroughly 

Then kept in a bucket closed with a cloth

Let this mixture be away from the sun in shadow for 4 days 


If you want to prepare in small amount  here is the measurement:

FOR THE FIRST DAY WE NEED:


COW DUNG - 1 KG
COW'S GEE - 100 gm


ON FIFTH DAY WE NEED:


COW'S MILK - 400 ml
COW'S URINE - 1 l
CURD - 400 ml
YEAST - 1/2 TEASPOON
TENDER COCONUT - 400 ml
BANANA - 100 gm
JAGERRY - 400 gm

important:
We should not use the Buffalo's products... only cow.

with smiles...
arulworks

CROCHET - MOTIF OF THE MONTH (C-MOM)

Hi... 
     This time I'm coming with the challenge for the crochet lovers... In this challenge every month end i will post a topic, we should crochet minimum 5 different motif designs in the given topic. 
    This is open to all, any one who is interested in learning and experimenting crochet can join in C-MOM. I hope the C-MOM will lead us to learn lot of fun in creating new designs.


C-MOM challenge for the month of APRIL2012 is SQUARE. Its easy na???? try to do different types if square motifs.... For the next challenge i will announce it in the last week of April.


RULES:

1. One should do minimum of 5 different motifs in the given topic and maximum is countless (There is plenty of time so that even busy people can take part without any tension)
2. Please do not post other's work as yours. Yes of course you can learn from tutorials but do not copy other's photographs and respect copy rights. 
3. post your works within the month end date.

That's all about the rules....


REQUEST:

1. Make your motifs, take the photographs and post it on your blog or flicker or picasa or any other site and comment on this page with your full link (i.e web address), so that i will put your link in  PARTICIPANTS LIST that will help people to visit your site
2. Do write about C-MOM in your blog or click  in your social networking site... the buttons are just below the post.... so that this challenge will spread and many people can take part in this.
3. If you don't have any blog or any thing... even then you can take part,  mail to me... but your work will not be shared to all... so do join in any of the above means
4. To know the challenge every month follow this blog or subscribe by email.

That's all for now... 

I Wish this challenge to travel a long way... Just yesterday this idea came in to my mind when i saw this blog. Thanks to her. But i want to make more simple so i started this C-MOM. I need all your  wishes.

Any other suggestions are always welcome... coz i'm still learning about these blog things.... 


Crochet as many square designs you can.... learn.... create.... enjoy.....


with smiles....

arul

BABY DRESS FOR THE CUTE GIRL.....

hello dear ones... here is my another post... that gave me more happiness 


    yesterday is my sister's son Boghit's birthday.... so i decided to send a gift.. i bought a doll (building blocks) to him.... but there is a cute little angel maroona 5 months old... i want to give something to her too... so decided to stitch a dress to her.... with this idea i googled.... here i got the beautiful pdf pattern... i just extended another 1/2 " and stitched this

I stitched this with my blouse bit one is full and another is a left over one
I did not add piping... as i sewed this in a hurry....

I know this is not perfect one but..... I've done this in very little time... i've used straight, back , buttonhole and french knots

Still there were some leftover bits.... So i tried another one.... by altering  the pattern and added the lace with the glittery button.. this lace is from a rubber band i bought when i was studying 6th or 7th .... i saved this for these many years... but i like this helped here.... :)

This became a mess..... with stem stitch in times it became back stitch too.... :(

here is the cutout pattern....
thanks to made-by-rae.com 

http://www.made-by-rae.com

I'm happy that Boghit liked this dress and he called it as rabbit dress.... asked to wear the rabbit dress first.... and very very happy that courier went in time... 

With this happy mood i'll soon meet you in my next post

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KITCHEN WASTE COMPOSTER

Hello dear ones.... 
Its been long time i took my crochet hooks.... but i'm busy with some other interesting things.... Yes... i'm busy with my gardening and my mind is dwelling around this all the time.... i'm  gardening (a small balcony garden) for more than 3 years I've learnt lot of do's and don'ts in this after killing many plants.. But with the help of my neighbor i learnt many things... thanks to her... still learning... 
     All my plants are in pots... plastic cans and some buckets... as i have to carry these things when we construct our own house {don't know when :(} my plants  badly in need of some nutrients to my garden... i'm not interested in chemicals so i searched about composting... although I've already done it earlier as trial I need the proper method. Then I got to know about the panchagavya and the kitchen waste composter. I got a tamil video on panchagavya soon i'm going to make it with the help of my neighbour.... then the much more interesting fact KAMBHA the kitchen waste composter from DAILY DUMP.. 
     After reading about the kambha carefully i made my own kambha with the waste pots in my home.... as it will take a very loooong time if i want to buy one more than that i'm very much interested in recycling... 

my own kitchen waste composter with top pot A and bottom pot B

for aeration i made holes in pot B

top pot A with holes in the bottom

pot A on pot B 

dry leaves in bottom pot B

I made holes using this tool and the stone near that

Also i have tried planting the rose shoots in this small piece of land in side of our house... first time planting in the land other than pots etc,. Daily i'm praying for this one to produce root.

rose shoot planting with help of this  link 

     who ever likes gardening will definitely like this kambha... these daily dump website has many informative things regarding composting... I this this post will be useful to all gardeners. meet you in my next post probably with crocheting...
until then have a happy week
arulworks

MEHENDI

Hello friends...... after a very long time I've put mehendi in my hands for a marriage.... here is the design....... I got tired after drawing the design in the palm... so a very simple design in the front side....

simple design

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CROCHET EASY DOILY

Hello Friends here is my another doily.... Its a very easy pattern.... but i had some problem with this pattern first coz in this pattern all the treble crochet were our double crochet.... because of this my doily became a hat at first.... later i understood that then it was ok... though I changed the last round.... now take a look... and here is the pattren

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NEW BORN SWEATER AND BONNET

Hello Dear ones.... 
     Here is my crochet new born sweater.... This was the first sweater and bonnet of mine i made loooooooong back..... but i made the emblishment last week..... how does it look??? i got the pattern from net... but i changed the counts..... and sorry..... i don't have the link but its the basic model can get the pattern easily or can click my another sweater there is a pattern

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Large Catherine wheel Purse

     Hello dear ones..... last week was filled with lots of work..... marriages...... hospitals....... so no time to breath.... now again in routine work..... ready to post my another work.... This is the large Catherine wheel stitch... i love this pattern... worked a little piece... like all times it became a purse :)... I've made an easy lining to this and added a Velcro ... All is well but i couldn't get the original color in my camera... Anybody have idea to take a snap with the original color please help me.
     
Waiting for your comments... and i have lot of things to post.... see u in my next post..... happy crocheting.


Here is the tutorial Audio and video

stitching the lining

hemming the lining

finished lining

joining the purse in the right side itself

Velcro 

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PINEAPPLE DOILY AND SPIKE BONNET

Hello dear ones... here is my another pineapple doily.... I love this one because of its look and the easy pattern. But this doily has some ruffles i don't know..... it may be because the pattern is for the cotton thread but I've used wool thread.... So Please share if there is any idea for this problem.... anyhow... how does it look? pattern is HERE

Here is the spike bonnet for the new born.... i tried it of my own...sorry for the picture quality

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YELLOW DOILY AND FLOWER HAIR BANDS

Hello friends.... Past one month I've been working on some doilies and in some little things using the scrap wool.... here is another doily... its very easy to work... i worked in an evening..... i loved that and this pattern tend me to do more... can expect more doilies in this pattern coz of its simplicity and takes less time.... here is the doily.... and HERE is the pattern

I've made some flower hair bands using the scrap... sorry for the picture quality...

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LIEBSTER AWARD

Hi friends..... Happy to meet u all after a little break.... but with an award from three blogger friends.... i feel very happy to receive this award from vijima, Ramvino and Nithyama... This is really really motivational for me....  but sorry for all of them coz i took very long time to post this in my blog..... Once again i thank them all for their love and appreciation to me.... the award is here.... This is given to those who are very talented and cretive in blogging but has less than 200 followers.... so do pass this award to creative bloggers with less than 200 followers... 

Thanks to Vijima... Nithyama and Ramvino

And... i'm very much happy to pass this award to these creators....


DEEPI
She is very creative in using little things colorful thats makes me cheerful


MALAR
Her recepies are really healthy and native

KAVIN
Her sewing talent is very neat that every one want to learn sewing


DIVYA
She is very creative in making jewels with all materials


ANUSUYA
She is very much talented in her embroidery... very neat and perfect finishing

Once again thanks for the loved ones and wishes who receive this award


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CROCHET TINY GIFT POUCH WITH STRINGS

CROCHET TINY GIFT POUCH WITH STRINGS

I made this a while back…. My hubby got a gold coin for a gift without a gift box…. But I don’t want to give that without packing… so I decided to make this tiny string pouch while travelling…. I’m happy with the outcome… simple but beautiful.

Here is the free pattern

·         Do a magic ring or ch 6

·         Round 1: Ch 3(count as 1^st dc) & 7 dc into the ring. Total 8. Join with sl st to the 1^st Ch 3

·         Round 2: 2 dc in each dc. Total 16 dc’s

·         Round 3: dc in each dc. Total 16 dc’s

·         Round 4 & 5: dc in each dc.

·         Round 6: Ch 4(1dc plus ch1) *skip a dc, dc in next dc, ch 1) repeat from. Join with sl st to the 1^st Ch 3

·         Round 7: sl st to the Ch 1 space. Ch3, 4 dc in the Ch 1 space & make 5 dc in every Ch 1 space. Join with sl st to the 1^st Ch 3

For strings:

          Make two Ch 25 and join these in the Ch 1 space of the pouch to use as draw string

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