Oh I'm late

Hello all,

I am late to show you my little fairy which I have stitched for the smalls SAL.  Somehow I was feeling lazy to do a blog post.  I overcame my laziness today and I am ready to show you my little fairy for last month.

 

I have completed 7 fairies so far.  Only 5 more to go.  Also, I have started to crochet a blanket in the Jan 15th of this year.  I have started it in a plan of doing one square per day. As per the plan it is going on.  Some days I used to do more than one square.  And so far I have completed 60 squares.  

In my next post I will be posting the new design for this month.  Till then, Happy crocheting. 

Crochet sofa seat cover - Finished

Hello all

It's time for a Ta da moment.  Yes I have finished the sofa seat cover.  

(Click on the pictures for larger image)

This weekend I have joined all the squares and made three rectangular pieces.  I used flat slip st join.

  Then worked 2 rounds of double crochet around each piece and then joined those pieces with slip stitch with wrong sides facing each other(i.e, the sl stitch on the right side).  It gives a nice joined seam for the two pieces.  Then made a round of dc around and crocheted a simple border for the front side.  For the border I followed this tutorial in youtube.  That's it.  Sofa seat cover done.

One last snap of my sofa seat cover.

For the whole project I have used local brand acrylic yarn and a 3.5mm hook.

Want to see the details of the squares used here. Visit here and here.

I am happy that I have completed it before christmas and I have started to crochet the other sleeper seat(It's a L shaped sofa).  For that I am not doing square but started off with hexagons adding a little bit of colour in each hexagon along with brown and cream.  I will try to finish it before christmas but that is not on my priority list.  The next priority is to finish a few embroidered bands which I have started. 

I have finished two of my cross stitched pieces into ornaments and I will come up with that and a crocheted doily in my next post.   Till then, happy crocheting.

Crochet squares - second set

Hello all,

Just a quick post today.  These are second set of squares made for my sofa seat cover.

Here are the links(from top left, flower button granny is repeated once)

Smooth fox flower button granny

Smooth fox charity square

Posy wheel square

Primavera flower square

Smooth fox May flower square

Pattern mum

Smooth fox celtic granny

I have started to join these squares and expecting to this project will be finished within this week.  After that I will be trying to finish the projects which are halfway within this year end(except Mega cross stitch and granny stripe blanket), so that I can start some thing new in the new year.  Will be back with another finish in my next post.  Till then happy crocheting and have a nice day.

Crochet squares - First set

Hai dear friends,

Thanks for your lovely comments in my previous.  During last month when I crochet some purses for the sale in my church I had 5 FO in a week and I from that time onwards I was feeling crochet as my comfort zone.  But I always wanted to do embroidery than crochet.  I had some embroidery projects on my hand and when I get bored I switched over to crochet.  

Last month we bought a sofa.  It was beige color and the seat of the sofa needs a cover.  Other wise it will become shabby soon, coz both of my kids being naughty boys.  They used to jump over it and sometimes I will go crazy When I see them doing such things.  Also we cannot stop the kids from doing such naughty things coz as parents we can only be happy, if they are active doing such things,  If they sit in one place for  more than 10 mins or if they lie down on the sofa I will be keep on asking what happened to you? So me and DH allows them to do such things at home to a certain limit.

So,coming on to the crochet side, I decided to crochet a cover for my sofa seat.  I wanted to embroider one.  Since it will take a long time I decided to crochet a cover, in an idea to finish it before christmas.  I started with different granny squares which I have bookmarked ages ago and I have finished ten of them.  Here are they.

Links to the patterns

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1) Circle of Friends - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circle-of-friends-square

2) Charming square - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/charming---6-square

3) Long wave crochet stitch - http://www.marlybird.com/long-wave-crochet-stitch/

4) Center cross square - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/center-cross-square

5) Grecian tiles - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grecian-tiles-afghan

6) Mitred granny square - http://karenwiederhold.blogspot.in/2013/02/mitred-granny-square-blanket-free.html

7) Little dhalia - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-dahlia

8) 6-7-8 square - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/6-7-8-square

9) Blooming granny square - http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-crochet-the-blooming-granny-square/

10) Maybelle flower square -

                    http://myrosevalley.blogspot.in/2013/02/the-maybelle-crochet-flower.html

                 http://myrosevalley.blogspot.in/2013/06/maybelle-square-crochet-pattern.html

Totally I need 45 to 50  squares(rough calculation).  I thought of alternating these squares with traditional granny square in dark color.  This is for the 3 seater.  I am going to do it as a single piece by joining these squares.  Then for the single seat(I call it as sleeper seat) I am planning to do shell stitch or v stitch.  

That's all for now.  Will meet you with an embroidery finish in my next post.  Till then, Happy crocheting.