the cabbage pattern dress

hi all,

how r you gals.. hope everyone is doing fine.. i ve crochet and knit less this few weeks due to several reason. one of it is i injured my hand, ( felt down stupidly at my parents house ,  kids spilt the drink on the floor) on the forth Aidil fitri and  the pain is still there, eventhoug after  massage by a masseur , especially at the elbow join and wrist. having a 2 years old attached to me most  of the time like a koala bear make it worst, i have to use the painful hand  to carry her around when the tantrum started...another reason is i was busy sewing new clothes for my 4 daugthers  for raya and open house after raya..i ve started many project though... but none of them completed ( sounds familiar...:-P )

 

I ve crochet this dress  about a year ago...  to display it on my yarn shop wall.So many people attracted to this dress but i refuse to sell because i know once i sell it, i will never make another one... the yarn that i use is a high quality ice yarn and fr the dress alone it took 1.5 ball of 100g yarn. i use cotton summer mercerized  yarn for this project.

 

unfortunately i have lost the pattern i ve print out from the internet 12 years back. Still have the the dress with me , i will try my best to write the pattern and share with  you...

material use: Indonesian cotton
hook no 5 (3mm)

1. ch 110
2.dc in the 4th ch from the hook.

simply sunhat ( Again?)

Before Ramadhan someone has order storybook hoodie for her 8 months baby. she wanted the baby , name Ilham to wear it in the hospital after the heart operation. oooh... at first i want to reject the order as i always emphasize.. i am a leisure crafter who craft at my own sweet time. i hate taking orders and meeting dateline. But after heard the story about the baby, my heart goes with him and i decided to take the order... the operation was on the 9th of july i just had 1 week to finish it. unfortunately 4 out of  that 7 days i was down  due to fever and diarhea, so left me only 3 days to finish the order. i managed to finish the order and time and send it together with the car pillow ( my first experiment with shape pillow). I really hope the baby and the mother will treasure it. The last news i heard was the baby is still in ICU but stabilized.

so.. this is the leftover yarn. The Lion brand  pound of love yarn my dear darling bought me in US last year served me better that i expected. with just 1 skein of yarn i ve made 2 storybook hoodie sweater , 1 1 for my 2 years old toddler and another 1 for Ilham. I also made 3 big roses for my daughter's teachers day present and a sunhat. With leftover from Ilham sweater i crochet the sunhat. The leftover just enough to make one ( i throw away about 10 meters leftover after the sunhat as i get sick of looking at the yarn for more than 1 year)

 i must admit that i really love this sunhat pattern .. i had made more than 10 of them and still like it. before. I left it to my shop assistant, mira  to decorate the sunhat with any decoration of her choice , but it still look plainly the same after a week. last monday, on Nuzul Quran holiday,  i was at the shop as both of my assistant on leave, only then i had a chance to garnish ( sounds delicious eh..?) the sun hat. i use felt flowers that has been premade by Nurul, my assistant and sew some buttons on it. so tadddaaa.... here it goes the purple pinky sunhat...like it? its available for sale at my shop, very reasonable price.

am so addicted with the hexagon (baby) sweater

dear all...

how are you and how's your day..? with today is just  1 day away from Ramadhan ...i would like to wish all muslim friends RAMADHAN KAREEM and hopefully this Ramadhan will  be a turning point to make us to be a better muslim.

i found a very very easy sweater pattern just a few days ago. actually  i have came across many pictures of this type of sweater but  all this while i thought that it is constructed from many granny square.. hmm... i am quite allergic to grannies ( square..:-) ) as i hate  to assemble the pieces together. But who knows ... it was not made from a rectangle granny square but a hexagon granny that require minimal stitching... to view some of the picture that you can google for this type of sweater click here : many crochet hexagon sweater pattern .

the sweater was made from 2 hexagon ( segienam) . for this one  i make it into 10 rows( round). i use DMC sunto yarn ( exactly 2 balls) cost me RM34 and some cotton ICE yarn i bought many2 years ago for the edge , before my 2nd daughter was born , and now she is 9 years oledy..:-P.... hehe...at last i manage to use to for something...***sigh**. The size is for 3 to 6 months... can go up more than that if you have a "petite" baby.. 

what i did is, crochet a hexagon

then make another 1. Fold  both hexagon into 2 ( to form half of the sweater). stitch 2 halves at the center back and on top of the sleeves.crochet around  another 5 or 7 rounds to make a colar  and edging... sew a button and ... tadaaaaa... you are done...

This is the diagram of 2 identical hexagons use to construct the sweater 

 i am so addicted with this simple sweater that i keep making a few more... and it is damn fast  , almost like crocheting a hat only...

crochet hook size and conversion

Hi ,

for sharing, tulip crochet hook sizes

No. Size (mm) Type/material 1/0-2/0 1.80-2.00 Steel 2/0-3/0 2.00-2.20 Aluminium 3/0-4/0 2.20-2.50 Aluminium/Steel 3/0-5/0 2.20-3.00 Aluminium/Steel 4/0-6/0 2.50-3.50 Aluminium 5/0-6/0 3.00-3.50 Aluminium 5/0-7/0 3.00-4.00 Aluminium 7/0-8/0 4.00-5.00 Aluminium 7.5/0-9/0 4.50-5.50 Aluminium 8/0-10/0 5.00-6.00 Aluminium

Item No. Ｓｉｚｅ (mm) Quality 1/0 1.80 Aluminium/Steel 2/0 2.00 Aluminium/Steel 3/0 2.20 Aluminium/Steel 4/0 2.50 Aluminium 5/0 3.00 Aluminium 6/0 3.50 Aluminium 7/0 4.00 Aluminium 7.5/0 4.50 Aluminium 8/0 5.00 Aluminium 9/0 5.50 Aluminium 10/0 6.00 Aluminium

Bunga kain(cloth flower)

Hi...salam semua... sungguh lama rasanya tak menjenguk kesini... adala dekat dua bulan dah... many thing happened lately.. sekang ni baru ada masa sikit nak mengupdate blog yang tak seberapa ni.so hari ni aku nam ambik kesempatan ni untuk share ngan korang semua cara untuk membuat bunga kain atau cloth flower yang sungguh mudah ini... pejam mata pun boleh buat( pejam sebelah je la...hehehe)

so antara kelengkapan yang diperlukan untuk membuat bunga ini:

1. Mestila kena ada kain dah namanya bunga kain. Kain tak kisah apa kain pun boleh pakai tapi yang akan nampak lebih klas sikit bila jadi bunga ni ialah kain satin , organza atau velvet.

2. gunting kain yang tajam, jarum dan benang untuk menjahit

3. seterika untuk iron kain sebelum dipotong supaya neat sikit

4. apa apa benda yang boleh menghasilkan bentuk bulat. dalam kes aku ni aku gunakan gelas plastik. tapi ada member aku gunakan cookies cutter pastu dia stamp atas big stamp pad then cop je atas kain...ok jugak sebab boleh save masa lukis bulatan tu.

5. butang atau manik sebagai hiasan.

Langkah-langkah (steps)

1. First Iron kain tu untuk menghilangkan segala kedutan. kalau tak berkedut tak payah la iron

2. tekap bentuk bulat  atas kain

3. buat sebanyak mana yang dipelukan. FYI satu kuntum bunga biasa menggunakan 5 bulatan.

3. Lipat bulatan kepada 2 bahagian

4. Lipat lagi kepada 2 bahagian hingga jadi suku bulatan. Iron kalau rajin supaya bentuknya stay (aku suggestkan iron..) Kat sini depend pada korang. kalau rajin korang boleh jahit bahagian lengkungan itu menggunakan mesin jahit kalau tak biar je camtu...aku tak jahit pun.

5. stelah dapat cukup kelopak yang diperlukan kita boleh mula cantumkan kelopak ni.

6. cantumkan dengan jahitan jelujur satu demi satu kelopak tersebut

7. setelah cukup lima kelopak ( atau jumlah kelopak yg korang nak) tarik ketat2 supaya semua kelopak  bertemu

8. cantumkan kelopak pertama dengan yang terakhir dan jahit.

9. kat tengah tu untuk  menghilangkan kesan jahitan boleh letak butang atau manik. boleh gunakan gam atau jahit.

10. untuk kemaskan bahagian bawah aku gunakan felt. yang ni kalau nak jadikan kerongsang boleh terus jahit atau gam pin kerongsang gunakan gam lilin.

tadaaaaa....siappun. boleh le dijadikan hiasan baju, buat kerongsang, letak kat cekak rambut, sepit dan sebagainya.... mudahkan...okeh..sila pejam mata dan buat versi korang punya....

sample dari  organza yang aku gunakan sebagai button my dear daughter shrug...

versi dari black velvet

basic crochet

Introduction

CROCHET is really quite easy to learn.  As in any handicraft, there just a few simple rules to follow during practice. Soon, you will be able to  make all the things here , for yourself or as presents for your family and friends. Later you will be able to work more difficult patterns , or even think up some new ones by yourself.

For your crochet you will need:

1.       A crochet hook size 5.00

2.       Several little balls of bright coloured double crepe ( or similar thickness) wool for practice

3.       A small pair of sharp scissors to cut the wool

4.       A blunt-ended wool needle with a big eye , for sewing up your work

5.       A ruler, or tape measure, marked in centimetres.

6.       A workbag, or box, to keep everything together, neatly and tidily

A few words of advice:

Always remember:

1.       Wash your hands and dry then well before crochet word begin

2.       Keep your fingers , hands and wrist quite relaxed, never stiff.

3.       Reverse the instructions if you are LEFT HENDED. That is, where the directions say RIGHT hand , use your LEFT , where the directions say LEFT , use your RIGHT. If you prop up this manual and place a small mirror opposite each picture the difference will be easier to follow.

4.       Keep the hooked-end facing you as you work. Never twiddle the hook around as you make a stitch.

5.       Form the habit of counting the stitches every row.It is so easy to miss one, especially the last stitch.

6.       Learn the shortened terms in crochet, called abbreviations, as you work through these pages. You will find a list of them on the inside back cover. Later on in the the manual, they are shown in brackets(…) against the full word.

First steps

Crochet begins with a slip loop which can be moved easily along the stem of the hook.

To make the slip loop

1.       In the left hand, take the end of  a ball of wool and form it into a ring. Hold the ring between your thumb and first finger, and drop the part leading to the ball down the back of the ring as shown(picture 1)

2.       Take the crochet hook in the other hand, holding it as you would a pencil, between thumb and first finger and at the  flattened  part of the stem (picture 2)

3.       Put the hooked end  right under the middle thread in the ring, catching the wool in the hooked end (picture 3)

4.       Now, keeping the loop on the hook, pull this middle thread through until the loop closes over the stem and slip easily along (picture 4 )

FAQ: jenis benang yang sesuai

Saya menerima soalan ini melalui sms dan ingin saya kongsi jawapan saya pada soalan ini untuk faedah bersama:

Salam.. sy nak buat sedikit pertanyaan ... sy nak mengait sweater n baby booties dan juga beg.. benang kait yang mana sesuai yer sbb sy baru nak mula mengait..

j: Benang kait yang sesuai untuk sweater n baby booties selalunya dari jenis wool atau wool+acrylic atau sport weight cotton atau bamboo atau mana2 campuran cotton. untuk sweater benang yang dipilih perlu memenuhi fungsi sweater iaitu memanaskan badan dan memberikan haba ketika sejuk. Benang untuk sweater juga perlu selesa kepada pemakainya terutamanya jika sweater tersebut untuk bayi kerana kulit bayi lebih sensitif. Antara benang yang boleh dicadangkan untuk sweater ialah:
1.http://www.melur.com/prod_detail.asp?owner=deenorh&category=ALL&item_id=513
2. http://www.melur.com/prod_detail.asp?owner=deenorh&category=ALL&item_id=498
3.http://www.melur.com/prod_detail.asp?owner=deenorh&category=ALL&item_id=491
4.http://www.melur.com/prod_detail.asp?owner=deenorh&category=ALL&item_id=480

Untuk booties pula ,oleh kerana kulit kaki yang lebih tahan berbanding dengan bahagian lain, jenis benang yang digunakan tidak perlu difikirkan sangat kerana kebanyakan benang boleh digunakan untuk mengait booties. Jenis akrilik biasa dari jenama tempatan seperti nona dan minlon juga boleh digunakan. Namun jenis worse weight 100% cotton seperti peach and creme menghansilkan booties yang lebih cantik dan menyerap peluh.

yg sy beli skrg adalah benang kait minlon yang kasar n cpt berbulu.. nak kait pon susah skit..

J: benang tempatan akrilik dari jenis minlon memang senang pecah dan cepat berbulu terutamanya jika dipakai berulangkali. Benang nona lebih menjadi pilihan kerana teksturnya yang lebih kemas berbanding dengan minlon.

boleh sy tau jenis apa yg sesuai n still available lg ke dlm katalog Deenor Haberdashery..?

J: katalog deenor haberdashery sentiasa di kemaskini dari masa kesemasa. jadi anda boleh mengetahui berapa bilangan item yang tersedia dikedai berdasarkan jumlah stok pada katalog. walaubagaimana pun jika item tersebut dibeli dikedai pada hari yang sama , kuantiti yang dibeli itu akan ditolak dari katalog pada hari berikutnya.

lagi 1 sy nak tanya kalo sy buat pembelian contohnya peach n creme -tropical sea rm 15 tu mksd nye segulung atau dalam sekotak ade berapa gulung..? itu sahaja sbb sy berminat nak mengorder n membeli benang kait ni..hehehe..TQ

J: kuantiti yang ditunjukkan di katalog deenor haberdashery ialah untuk segulung sahaja.