A poem by St. Ephrem

All kinds of storms trouble me,
and you have been kinder to the Ark.

Only waves surrounded it,
but ramps & weapons & waves surround me.

O Helmsman of the Ark, be my pilot on dry land!
You gave the Ark rest on the haven of a mountain,
Give me rest in the haven of my walls.

.......beautiful poem......Praise you...LORD

No projects to flaunt :(

I have not started any new crochet projects, neither have I anything to complete too :(

I am a bit busy now, My in laws have joined us for a period of 3 months, to enjoi Kuwait, so now i keep them company ..no time to crochet....hope i wont forget my crochet skills....errr...i dont have "skills" as such.....

so its like every weekend we go out to any place (very few places to chill out here)...

n soon it will be repetitions.....

but if u have company any place any no. of times is gud i feel....

Last to last week we had gone to Entertainment city , Doha, and had a gud time.

We just got time to get into the Roller Coaster , the train coaster, then the train and 2 water jouneys...n saw two 4d movies

here is a pic ..(not clear) of the roller coaster area

Do you feel its a desert..phew...!!! luk at the shrubs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then here are pics of the view from Kuwait Towers

This is at a height of 120 m. There is a revolving restaurant above and a viewing sphere. If u are in Kuwait, U will visit this place min 50 times....whoever comes to our house to c kuwait...we take em here, obviously we also go along with them....n so 50 times or more :)

neways c ya wit more pics...

........of not my crochet projects for the time being, but of our trips

Not RIP yet!!!!!

i really tot my blog wud be restin in peace... hee hee, its been sooo long since i gave a post...!!!
but i dint have any new projects to flaunt ....
n guess who is to blame for that lag in my projects????... its a new KNIFE..
yes, i got a new knife from LuLu hypermarket, it luked gud, n so, but turned out to be a villain, i inaugrated it cuttin my left hnd ring finger edge, i was preserving the part which got off for a few days.. Phew!!!

so i cudn take on with my dear hobby coz of a Knife!!!
n now its healed, i got another knife new one yest..... from LuLu itself....n yeah.... I GOT CUT AGIAN!!!!! n this time on my right hand thumb! not as severe as the first one though..
hmmm..... i have decided to be happy with my old knives oly...
OLD IS GOLD!!!!

Surprise B'day Party!!

yes.....a surprise Bday party!!!

was a real surprise...i was s happy seein the cake ..yummmy!!! :)

yippie...yippie..My First Baby Dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooh.......Finally , lemme show all of you my first attempt on a baby dress..

i did it 2day..just in one go.....i just got hooked up....wanted to finish n them oly get up.... I was that excited when i understood that te pattern is comin up correctly..

so my dream come true.....A clothing!..

lemme tell u , this has sure given me a confidence to try other cool patterns.

I got the pattern from whitney's blog....thx whitney :)

Heres the link

http://whittsknits.blogspot.com/2007/07/free-pattern-pink-petals-baby-dress.html

The lill shoes!

The shoes which i had been working on for Mysa baby

Baby caps

I finished crocheting my baby caps....actually i wanted to make oly one for my friends baby....Baby Mysa. (Mysa means "smile").

But my dimensions got wrong. n instead of making a cap for a 9 month old , i made it for a just born ..hee hee..well , blunders of a beginner crocheter!!!!

The yarn is very beautiful.... i cudn resist making a cool belt for myself too....i am done with it but have to stitch on the buckles...then wil post it.

i cant wait to present the baby cap to lill Mysa.. :) hope she likes it!!!!

The Handmade Tag :)

Melissa got me into this game...n i had fun 2 these few days, tryin to make these tags..

As I am a new blogger n so hv hardly any followers, except the very talented Tanya :)(n shes already one of the tag game winners :P), so I do not know how much i wil be successful in propogating this game, but neways lemme display my items .....

ok...let me copy paste the rules of the game....

Requirements:

1. You have to be crafty and willing to make three handmade gifts

2. You must have a blog that you post to regularly

Here's how it works:

I will randomly select three people to receive a handmade gift set from me.
They then have to post this game on their blog offering a handmade item(s) of their own to three people and so on.

My handmade gift set will include:

1. A round pouch.

2. A hanger cover

3. A hip belt.

To enter, simply leave a comment on this post at the earliest saying you would like to play. Please include your first name and a link to your blog. I will randomly choose three people and announce them . hope this wud be fun!!!

The shop...finally!!!!!!!!!!

yes..its been some time since i posted sumthin on my blog..i know. But i got a bit busy n i was making the handmade tags 2!...so am all geared up to post my handmade tags today..jus gotta take a pic n post...rest everythin done....
n one gud news...i finally found a shop here in Kuwait where u get fabulous yarn!
we had a dinner party yest nite n we thot we will take a walk bak home ....n on the way i discovered the place. i immediately leapt in....n saw such beautiful collections of yarn that i actually thot i will buy the whole shop..err well since my husband was tre..i had to limit ny choices. Mnaged to get an Afghan crochet needle 2..yippie....!
i jus cant wait to get started with the new yarns....
but i am havin an interview next week n am pretty tensed abt it..which means i have to sit in a place n STUDY!!!!..which also means NO CROCHET..phew....sounds very very difficult n impossible.....but don hv a choice....hmmmm
alrite.....so my next post is goin to be the tags .......
c ya...

Crochet Scarf

I finished my Crochet scarf...my first one ever...it came out bettr than i thot.....i did this with eyelash yarn .


First i had a pretty tough time with the yarn, but somebody helped me n gave me the tip that eyelash yarn shud b used along with normal yarn..and yes..Things became easy..


Actually , this particular yarn is havin a slight shiny texture too but i guess one cant make it out in the pic...


I am extremely happy with the fringes 2.... :)


But now my eyelash yarn is almost over n i don have any diff colour of this yarn 2 :( n i donno wre to find them in Kuwait, so mayb i hav to wait till my next trip to india.....


i simply love this fancy yarn ,n now i hv lost intrest in any other yarns ...


well..it happens.. hee hee..

i got a pretty gud feedback on this scarf n so i hav a gud mind to try more :)

ok....c ya guys :)

Granny square!!!

well..i have mangaed to do this bigger granny square to be used as a tablecloth ..my mom wanted one ...

it dint come out as beautiful as i tot...

Pics of my projects

There are not many...but a very few crochet projects that i have done, starting from my skool dayz....




















picture 1- is my first ever crochet in my life,the bigger mat,


it was with the help of my crafts teacher,mrs petronia madam that i did it.that was in 8th std.

i was so excited abt my new hobby that i used to do crochet crochet even in the class hours..hee hee.
That is the oly picture I have of the initial dayz of crochet....at that time I had made many and gifted to all my favourite aunts!:)



The below pictures, as u can c of the mat which i attempted after 7 long years. I din know to change colours in between before, ..well !crafts madam hadn't taught us that..

so i learned it from U-tube and it worked!
I think the project is not too bad considering the gap of 7 years!

































The next picture is a Granny square which i attempted for the first time after the gap..learning from U tube itself....

This smaller granny square has given me some confidence so as to start a bigger one..right now working on that.....

REDISCOVERING CROCHET

So i have rediscovered my Crochet talents! well the break was pretty large...around 7 yeras..
phew ..what and all happened in 7 loooong years..
i got an Engineering Degree..i got an excellent job....i got a remarkable promotion...n ya..i quit tat excellent career.. n i got MARRIED too..
phew lots n lots happenin...
n now started crocheting 2..hee hee.
currnetly i am working on a table mat ..my mom wanted one..its in the colour combination of maroon and black..
i am making it in a granny square pattern...got it from u tube....there they show each n every stitcheds ..so its kinda easy..n its coming out well 2....

i had also done on a trial basis ..a round mat and a tiny granny square...
n i hope i wil get lotsa patterns soon...i am working hard..u kno...!:P....surfing for crochet patterns and helpful blogs online..
i wud b very happy indeed if some of u guys crazy on crochet can lend me a hand..
c ya all soon with photos of my projects soon..

vidya

THE NEW BLOGGER

Yes...finally i started to blog....
i was never actually thinking of starting u know...but i guess 'boredom" can do wonders..
right now feeling a bit bored sitting at home..doin nothin..ok...eating n sleeping excluded!
but ..i guess ..tats te same here in cochin or in kuwait....hee hee

well ...today is a special day...a gud one and a sad one..
gud because its my sis-in-law's kid's bday....she is turning 4 today!..pretty big huh!
and bad ..because it gives very sad memories of a friend of mine..Jeevan....its his 3rd death anniversary today...

A bday and a death anniversary.........
weird...but i guess tats life..it gets weird all the time.....!