What I've Been Up To

                       Hello there! There are a lot of cobwebs in here. Did I hear crickets, too? I'm very sorry for abandoning this blog for more than three months. I've been concentrating on my photography and Instagram lately. You should join me on there if you haven't, yet.

 

Here are some photos that has something to do with yarns that I've posted in Instagram. 

 Only this rabbit was not made by me. It was a gift from my lovely friend Juliana Yap a few years back. Isn't she adorable?? I'll let you have a look at these photos now. I'll meet you at the end.

Hi again. At first I posted updates about my crochet projects on Instagram but now I've changed direction. This blog will see more of my photography journey instead of just crochet. I hope you don't mind about this too much.

Surprisingly, a lot of my photos were featured by great photography hubs there. I'm just starting out and still finding my niche but my confidence has been boosted so much that I'm going to buy a DSLR and or an Iphone soon so that I can take better photos.

I'm very excited in this new journey of mine and I hope you will support me along the way.
Thank you for visiting and I'll see you soon!

Aisyah

Triangle Circles Progress & Project 30 Nature #8

 Hello again! It's growing slowly but surely. Slowly because I spend around only 30 minutes a day with it. I'm too busy reading! Surely because I intend to finish it. It's quite addicting to crochet, that is if I weren't so absorbed with my reading. Hehehe..

Project 30 Nature #8

'Til tomorrow, take care.

Aisyah

Triangle Circles & Project 30 Nature #4

Hello! Yesterday it was a star-in-a-circle-in-a-square, today it's triangles-in-a-circle. I just knew that I was going to make these when I saw the pattern at Atty*s. Her blog is awesome with lots of free patterns! 

I'm not sure yet what this will be but I'm aiming for a bed cover. I subtracted and added a few things. In the second round, I chained 1 instead of 3 because when I added a third row and it looked too holey. I added the third round because the triangle turned out too small for my liking. The third round is like this - 1dc in all the dc between corners, 2dc before and after every trc, and in all corners, make 2trc, ch3, 2trc. At first, I struggled a bit with the joining but I figured it out after a while.You can find the pattern here.

Project 30 Nature #4

Two versions of the original after being PicMonkeyed. I love the above photo with the linen background.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely day!

Aisyah

Can You Say Superman? And Project 30 Nature #3

 I swear I didn't plan the color scheme. I only realized that I was using Superman's colors while crocheting with the blue yarn. What is going on in my brain with these superheroes??

I found this star in a square pattern on Facebook. I might continue making more squares to be made into a cushion cover since it's solid and sturdy. Or I might not because it is a bit of a fiddly pattern. We'll see.

 

Oh my...

Project 30 Nature #3

These are some dried leaves of a mango tree behind my house. They remind me of autumn and it is autumn in some parts of the world now. 

Thanks for visiting. See you soon.

Aisyah

Pajama Bottom, Batman & Sunburst

 Hi! All you lovely peolple out there! Here is my newest project which is a Sunburst granny square blanket or lapghan depending on my mood on how big I want to make it. The color inspiration came from my new pajama bottom. I just love the colors! By the way, that isn't yellow but mustard which I also love.

 And this is my progress so far. If I wanted to use this blanket during this coming monsoon season, I need to work faster.

 Those two circles reminds me of minions eyes.

Yesterday, out of the blue, my husband asked me if I knew of any store that sells batman costumes. That had me blinking. I asked him costumes with the cape on? Yes, he replied. I ask again, whatever for? He said..I think I want to be Batman. Hahahaha..of all things! Then I look at what I'm crocheting, why..these are Batman's colors! So, I'm going to name this blanket the Batman Sunburst Blanket. Or Lapghan.

 

 Same, yes? How mighty he looks..

 This tiny daisy I found beside my house keeps up with the color scheme.

I've always loved photography although I've never had a professional camera before. That's in my bucket list. I am aiming to do a photography project with a theme soon. Maybe anything to do with nature. Maybe I'll start with this daisy. Yes! That's it! I'm excited now!

Ok, that's all for now, I'll post again real soon. Take care and thanks for stopping by :)

Aisyah

The Popcorn Train - Cozy Cottage Popcorn Pillow

 Hello! Since I've been on the 'bubbles/bobbles/popcorns' train crocheting patterns with 'bubbles/bobbles/popcorns' stitches recently, I figured why not run with the theme. So, here is my version of the Cozy Cottage Crochet Popcorn Pillow by Craft Yarn Council.

 

Why did I change colors you ask? Weeell..Iranoutoftheblueyarns. So I improvised. I already had the back panel just hanging out waiting to be useful. It all came together in the end. I think the bright orange makes the pattern stand out, don't you? I used Milk Cotton yarns for the front panel and our local Nona yarns for the back.

 I did something a bit different with the closure. I added a couple rows at the top and added loops for the buttons. Next time, I'll add more rows instead of just three. The light blue yarn was just sitting near the front panel when I suddenly thought about a place somewhere far away, and decided to add it to the pillow.

 Santa Fe. The color inspiration for this pillow. I just love it!

So, now I'm off to read for awhile. Not sure if I'll be productive then. Just wait and see...Thanks for stopping by!

Aisyah

My Knobby Cushion Cover

 Actually, the pattern is called Textured Bubble Stitch by MyPicot. This pattern is pretty but it can be a tad boring after a while(for me, that is). I frogged four times at the beginning because as usual I didn't read the pattern properly. I know, I know, my bad. You should know, if you're going to do this pattern, that you have to turn your work after every row.

 

You can see the 'knobby' bits from this angle. So, to run with the theme of bubbles, I did a pom pom edging. Fun! I've used this edging three times now, all for cushion covers. It's real easy to do. You can find the pattern here.

 

I used dark purple yarns for the edging as it highlights all the colors of the cushion cover.

  

The back view. Just a simple granny square.

Now, I trying to figure out what I'm going to crochet or knit next. I have so many patterns that I can't choose one! Oh my...

Aisyah

A Corner-to-Corner Baby Blanket

 Hello! After seeing a lot of crocheters making this C2C blanket on Pinterest, I had to make one, too. I love how easy and fast it goes. I watched a video on Youtube and a couple of tutorials I found for the pattern but I never finished them so..on and on I go. Mistake! I only noticed after almost finishing the second ball of yarn that it's never ending! What is going on?! Then I realized that I have to decrease when I get to the length that I want. So don't make the same mistake I made if you're interested in making this type of blanket as well :p

 The yarn is called Alize Sekerim. I thought that two balls of them was enough to make a baby blanket but alas it wasn't so..I had to improvised by using an almost similar colored yarns which was from the same company, Alize Burcum.

 

I chose this simple and pretty border after trying out another one which was frilly and just didn't match with the blanket pattern. I had second thoughts about the bold orange color but I think it works with the overall color scheme, don't you?

Okay! I'm almost finished with another project which is a cushion cover. Hopefully it'll be finished today so that I can show you tomorrow. See you then!

Aisyah

Still Past Projects - Bags

Hello again :) These are bags I've crocheted in recent months and I have to say this bag is my favorite. I forgot where I got the square pattern from but you could Google 'Chrysanthemum granny square' or something like that.

Another pic of the back and lining.

A bag I started a long time ago but just had the mood to attached the handle and sew the lining. I made up my own design using the Catherine's Wheel stitch pattern.

I love the colors of this bag! And the yarn, too, which is the Milk Cotton yarn from China. I followed a pattern from a Japanese book. I forget from which book it was.

I saw a friend's tutorial on how to sew the lining for a bag shaped like this and I did quite well, if I'd say so myself.

This bag was crocheted a few years ago but I only attached the lining recently.

My own pattern which mainly comprised of dc and ch1. Simple.

I bought a cheap sewing machine a few months ago and my first projects were these small pouches. I still have to practice sewing the zipper part which can get frustrating when they don't turn out the way I wanted them to.

I got ambitious and tried my hand at patchwork. It was almost perfect.

And lastly, a too long with a zipper small opening pouch but it's perfect for storing crochet hooks. I haven't been using my sewing machine in a while but you haven't seen the last of my 'new' sewing skills!

Have a great weekend
and take care!

Aisyah