My crochet

I have been crocheting a lot these days, but as usual I am too lazy to take pics and even lazier when it comes to uploading them. This is the first of the many that I have completed in July and August. I hope I can be more regular in sharing my crochet..isn't that why I started this?!..I know the "Brag" factor plays a very big role in this! These are the doilies I have made as DAL's (doily-alongs) with the ladies on Gathering Threads

This was the first DAL, mine is pretty unimaginative, I loved the way Brenda used colour, to make this a stunning doily.
I gave mine away to one of my colleagues as a gift.Brenda has inspired me to make this one again, I just might get bold enough to experiment with colour changes.

I made DAL II in a slightly thicker thread, I have a few balls in this thread in different colours. The thread is slightly thicker than #10 and I have always put off using this thinking that the doilies will not pretty.

I quite like the look of this one despite the thicker thread. I am now planning on using this as an appliqué on cushion covers. I hope to eventually make a set of 5 cushion covers using similar sized doilies for appliqués.

AAAAAAAARGHHHHH!
This had to happen!..I finally get around to updating my blog. ….spend time uploading photos…and then a power outage....makes me lose every thing!
So I am going to try posting in smaller segments..hopefully the connection will not die on me again

Exchanges

I love exchanges, the thrill of making crochet items, and planning the other things to go in the puffy. Mailing it and then waiting for the postman to see what someone has made so lovingly for you. So when Yasmin organised a doily exchange in Crochet India I jumped right in. I had two partners Pearlin and Lori.
Pearlin's puffy reached me in July....and did she spoil me silly
This is the doily she made for me











and she added such lovely things to the puffy to make it just perfect.
You made my day Pearlin!...

It's been raining crochet gifts

July was a wonderful month...it rained crochet gifts.
Yasmin just took my breath away, she sent me such a wonderful puffy with the Nylon thread I was dying to try out. I have been dreaming purses ever since this came in the mail. Thank you Yasmin ...what a wonderful friend you are.

Puffy number two came from Swapna, she very generously shopped for me on her visit to Guwahati, and I finally got to see what Chennile was all about. Discovered it feels like velvet that has been cut up..nice smooth yarn. The label says Vardhaman..so I went trawling the yarn shops here...and got the deadly blank look which I have come to hate. Finally met a sales girl in Groverson's in Pratap Market who asked me check back in October to see if they get it in this season's stock.

She has also very generously sent me a ball of Bernat chenille, sending me a ball of 'furrin' yarn which most of us are ready to kill for! and Boucle...

Now time for me to play with all the lovely threads and yarn