The Creative Side of So

I suddenly had the urge to try out a new pattern and went scourging for it at the ravelry site where people post free patterns for testing (with deadlines of course). I found this extremely pretty shawlette pattern and I had lots of scrap yarn lying around after my Bavarian Crochet Yarn Eater blanket project. Its a pretty crescent shaped shawlette. I did mine with lots of color, but you can also do it in a single color. It shot out pretty fast and had simple basic instructions - not complicated at all. Find pics of the finished project during blocking. I started this project on Aug 22nd and finished it on Sep 6th and I worked only in the night. No time in the mornings, since I am off to work. So its a very fast quick project to delve into.

After a long long time, I am back to crafting. The most interesting thing that I wanted to start AND complete was the cathedral window patchwork. All my friends in the craft meet-up had completed some amazing looking projects and I fell in love with the concept instantly. Cathedral Window project is basically a hand stitched patchwork, which comprises of contrasting pieces of cloth for the background and foreground, stitched so that it creates an illusion of small windows in the completed project. Of course, some people would prefer to machine stitch it, but the effect is so much better when its hand stitched. I started it off a month back and did the base in a plain pista green colored cloth and in the meet-up, when everyone met, I got the instructions from them on how to proceed with the coloured pieces for the foreground to depict the windows. Here are some pics from the project. Close Up View of the cathedral window Look at the bottom: Starting the cathedral window stitc