The Creative Side of So

Chhavi poses in her new cap The past few days have been really sunny here in Mangalore (yes, I said sunny, even during the monsoons. Otherwise its always always and I repeat always raining in monsoon season). I thought that to avoid a sunstroke, its good to put a cap on Chhavi, when she's dropped to and picked up from her play school. I had a cap of mine lying around, but it proved too big for her (even on the tightest setting. Of course, I bought a very cute one online which had some cartoons and stuff (it said 3 - 8 yrs), but that turned out to be very small for her (a 2 yr 8 month old). I wonder how its gonna fit a 3 yr old, let alone an 8 yr old !!! Anyways, I had some multi-color cotton thread lying around and decided to put my knitting / crochet talent to some good use. Woollen would be too much in this already scorching heat. So I went on a quest to find some good patterns and decided on this one here . Its a fun and easy project which got over p...

Here is the latest project that I finished - a multicolor scarf for my friend who lives in Jammu... I bet its gonna be very cold there soon... So I will be sending it across asap. When I started this scarf and the other one that I posted here, I had thought I would finish it off pretty soon, because most of the scarves were completed even before I left from the US. Almost a year has been gone by without opening the bag of wool and needles !! However it really dint take me that long to finish working on this and the dotted one and both of them turned out awesome !! I am proud of my talent and I owe it all to my mom who got it from her mom. Its a pleasure to see finished knitting / crochet products at last. Here are some more pics - Close-up view of the pattern Dotted Scarf (right) and Multicolor scarf (left) More soon. - So

When I was planning to leave US and return to India, as a memoir for my close friends, I decided to knit them some scarves, what since it was winter and all. Moreover, all of my friends love scarves and wear them all the time. So, it was a perfect parting gift for them all :) However I couldnt finish any of the scarves on time... so I decided I'll finish it in India and mail it to them. Even after coming to India though, it took me a long time to settle down and finally restart my half-done projects... I had one bag full of wool, selections from each of my friends for their own scarves. As of now, I am working on 2 very different scarves - one with multi-color yarn and one with dotted yarn.