Detached chain woven stitch for TAST

Hi... 
     I think all of you enjoyed your week end..... And... after a very long time i took the embroidery needle in my hand and tried woven chain stitch for TAST for the first time. But pintangle page is not opening now... but uploaded my pics in stitch n fingers

http://pintangle.com/tag/woven-chain-stitch/

First i tried with anchor cotton embroidery but didn't came well so i tried again with the cone thread.... i can work easily with cone thread than cotton thread..... I'm not happy about the outcome but i'm happy that this is the first time i've participated in TAST... i'll wish to continue in participating so that i can be in touch with embroidery too :)

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Pineapple doily

Hello friends...
     This time I'm again with the same pineapple doily pattern. But I made small changes in the pattern. The look is not same when making doily using cotton thread an with the woolen thread with same pattern. the doily with cotton thread will be perfect but with wool there comes the ruffels. 

     So i reduced the in between regular chain gaps i.e if the pattren is 3dc 5ch3dc 5ch 3dc.... i reduced them into 3dc 3ch 3dc 3ch 3dc. This time my doily came with perfect shape. See the difference in the picture. So wnere ever you feel there is difference in shape reduce the chain gaps.....

This is the new one without ruffels

This is the first one with ruffels

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CROCHET DRAW STRING PURSE

Hello friends.....
       Here are some draw string purses which i made when i was in hospital with my athai [mom-in-law]. Actually i started doing this for Doctor's grandma... She often forget to take medicines in time. So i said i will do a draw string purse which she can keep the medicines all the time in her hip. She happily accepted. After seeing one purse doctor herself asked for some more string purses.Of course they brought it with a good pay. Here are the pictures. Actually its very simple we can do it with in an hour. I'll try to put the pattern soon.

I think you liked these purses...
will see you in my next post.....
take care

arulworks

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

Hello my dear friends,
     Once again i left a long gap in blogging.The reason is not a good one. I lost my loving  Mother-in-law on Feb 7th.

I already told you that she suffered from breast cancer. She too showed lot of improvement... but unexpectedly she died in a second... ohhhh can't forget those moments. She took extreme care for others but failed to take care of herself. She hided her small lump in the chest until she realized more pain... but in the mean time it became malignant tumor that went up to lymph. 
     She thought not to disturb her children but made a greatest mistake that could never be corrected. The lesson we learnt from her and all of us should learn is

1. Please do not hide any thing from your loved ones about your health issues
2. after 35 - 40 years do regular body check up especially women for breast and uterus cancer and men for prostrate cancer .. because they are very common... but check immediately if there are any differences in your health issues.
3. Do have basic knowledge about cancer for the sake of prevention.

"PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE"

    We realize 100% at this time.... We miss her each and every minute. The place of her became empty that can never filled. This is really a hard time for all of us to get back into our routine... We believe time will take care of the rest..... And i think here after i will be regular in my blogging activities 

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PONGAL KOLAM 2013

Hello all.... belated pongal wishes.... this pongal went so busy... I've done mostly all the works alone... especially drawing the kolam.... but this time i dont take much risk... i made it quickly with the help of 
sieve (mavu jalladai).... take a look on it.... 

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PRETTY PURSES...

Hello everybody.... this week started with lot of work.... and still going on busy.... But i need some "My time" so i'm here... Here are the two purses i made when i'm in hospital.... The first one is a Ripple purse.... This is the first time i tried the ripple stitch and i'm satisfied with the outcome and the second one is a simple half double crochet in back loops.... take a look on it...

I think you people like my purses..... the first on i gave it to the doctor a.... acctually sold it :)... the second one is still with me.... i'm thinking about the closure..... velcro or magnetic button.... i'll fix it soon.... see you in my next post.... 

with cheers and smiles
arulworks

ONCE AGAIN AWARDS TO CHEER ME

I should have posted this award even before..... sorry friends for posting this after a very long time....then.... i thank them for these awards.... they really cheered me up in this hectic time..... i got two awards from two fellow bloggers... take a look on my awards

• LIBSTER AWARD from ghazala - Enchanting Crafts 

• SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD - South India Food Recipes

Once again thanks a lot for these two well wishers for sharing these award..... 
I don't have time to visit all the posts frequently from my fellow bloggers.... so i pass these award for all bloggers who follow me.... 


with cheers
arulworks

COME BACK WITH A DOILY

Hello dear blogger friends..... 
     Sorry I could not meet all of you for past five months... really really i missed all your wonderful works... Actually my mother-in-law is detected with breast cancer from that time we were very busy in saving her from the disease.... We got good improvement in her health. We did not go for allopathy treatment... we are now treating her with naturopathy and siddha medicines.... So i stay with her in hospital.... occasionally we visit our home... So i couldn't do any of my crochet or any other craft works... but i got plenty of time in hospital.... for first two months we read almost all ramanichandran novels :) and other books from the nearest lending library...  

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SAREE RAG RUG FLOOR MAT

Here is another rag rug floor mat.... this one will be a gift for my sister in law's new house.... I think they will like it..... I've already made one with the wool thread... and you can find the pattern link there.... And i love this outcome.... from point to point its 30 and a half inch in diameter... My mom has many old sarees... if i go to my mom's home next week my first job will be tearing the sarees in to rag rugs :)..... planned to make many floor mats......

saree rag rug.....

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CROCHETED FLOOR MAT USING SAREE

     For a long time i'm thinking to crochet a floor mat recycling the old sarees.... Now throwing away my laziness i made one.... the cutting part grabs more work... I've done this with the help of my mother-in-law. I got some ruffles as i attached a different variety of saree for the outer part.... but still love this one..... take a look and give me ideas about this to improve.....

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LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD FROM 4TH PERSON

Hello Friends once again I got the liebster award from moushumi from luvcrafts.... thank you moushumi..... I happy that i'm getting the same award from the fourth person...... 

I'm happy to pass this award to these talented blogger friends.... 

1. BEENA'S CREATIONS
2. LEELA'S HOBBY
3. ANITHAKUMAR CRAFTS
4. USHA SRIKUMAR'S MUSINGS
5. LADY CRAFT

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C-MOM CHALLENGE - HEXAGON 3

Hello friends... here is my another hexagon for the C-MOM challenge... and the pattern is from here... I love this coz we can play with colors

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C-MOM CHALLENGE - HEXAGON 2

Hello friends.....
     Here is my 2nd post for the June C-MOM CHALLENGE. Again the pattern is from here..... Take a look.... i love this

HEXAGON - 2

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C-MOM CHALLENGE - HEXAGON

Hello friends.... I'm very happy  coz I've started my C-MOM challenge early..... this month i made my first hexagon..... and i have another interesting news too PONY company started their  Pony Craft Store  online where we can have many craft materials especially the crochet needles :) I think this is an useful information..... now we can see my first hexagon.... 

HEXAGON - 1

HERE IS THE LINK

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RECYCLED FABRIC PENCIL POUCH

Here is my gift to the neighbor kids.... its a pencil pouch.... its a recycled work too... i recycled my hubbys pant.... here is the outcome..... and the pattern is from here. As i'm with seviour 

USED 3D LINER TO WRITE THESE

CAN YOU SEE THE VELCRO

HERE IS THE LINING

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