Triangular Earrings - 3 Sided Granny Square

I wear a Triangle in my Ears

Oh my GOD the crochet earring bug  is driving me wild and I am in a spree of making earrings. I am searching for trimming designs, granny square motifs or anything which I could replicate as a single motif and use it for earrings

During my search I stumbled upon a triangular motif which can be used in Blankets  and I modified it to make 2 different triangular crochet earrings.

I used a No. 10 crochet cotton thread and used 1.9 hook and here goes the steps to make these earrings

• Crochet chain 5 into the basic slip knot. Join it into a ring using slip knot.

Round 1

•  Ch 3 (count as 1dc), 3dc in the ring, Ch2, 4dc in the ring,Ch2 4dc in the ring, Ch2 join with the slip stitch.Ch3 (Count as 1dc) turn

Round 2

• 3dc Ch2 4dc in the Ch2 space of round 1.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 1.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 1. Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Ch3(Count as 1dc) turn

Round 3- This makes the last triangle a wee bit bigger and also a bell shape

The Bell Shaped Triangle

• 3dc Ch2 4dc in the Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.
• Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Sl St in all the stitches until you come to a Corner.
• Ch 1 and fasten off.

Round 3- Aliter-This makes it a sharp triangle and a bit smaller.

3dc Ch1 space of round 2.

The Sharper Triangle

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc in the next Ch1 space of round 2.

Ch1, 4dc Ch2 4dc in the next Ch2 space of round 2.Ch1 and join with the starting Ch3 using sl st. Sl St in all the stitches until you come to a Corner.

Ch 1 and fasten off.

Slip the jump rings into the last sc and then the earrings is ready.

Both the Earrings near each other and we can spot the Subtle Difference

Spray starch and iron them to retain shape.

Crochet Earrings - The Gradual Shell Earrings

The Change in colour accentuates the Shell

My experiment with Knitting took me 3 months and inbetween knitting  I was crocheting headbands for my daughter. I stumbled upon a detailed video on crochet earrings and this made me search for videos on how to make crochet earrings. One video caught my eye as it used embroidery floss which I had in abundance. I tried it and it came out beautiful. It was the Wedges which I will blog later.  The best part I like about small projects is that I could finish them in an afternoon and also wear it immediately.

Voila How I loved those Wedge Earrings. It attracted many of my friends attention and I just wanted to make more. So this made me search and this One Virtuous Woman is simply awesome with her videos. I liked this simple earrings which I could crochet in an hour or two. I went shopping and bought 1.9mm hook and crochet 10 thread to make many more earrings.

The Wedges earrings is from this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X5BDn0FSs by onevirtuouswoman

or in YouTube we can search as "Tutorial Tuesday #37 Crochet Earrings ( The Gradual Shell Earrings)"

I am just replicating the steps in words. The video is detailed and anyone can crochet these earrings.

The Height can be adjusted to make it Small or Long

I used a Red  no. 10 crochet cotton thread and used 1.9 hook. I spent one of the Wonderful Wednesdays when my daughter spends extended time in her preschool in the library and just made these earrings in a jiffy and am blogging it right away. I will be going home adding my Jump ring and pair it with a red dress tomorrow. 

Here goes the tutorial's written steps

Pretty Shells

• Crochet chain 5 into the basic slip knot. Join it into a ring using slip knot.
• 10 sc into the ring. Ch 3 turn

Shell 1

•  3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ring, ch2, 4 dc into the ring. Turn.

Shell 2

•  Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 2 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 2 space)
• Ch 3, 3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ch 2 space ,ch2, 4 dc into the same ch 2 space. Turn.

You can create as many shells you want the length of the earrings to be

Penultimate Shell

• Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 2 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 2 space)
• Ch3 ,3 dc(with the 3 ch it is 4dc) into the ch 2 space, ch4 (instead of 2ch), 4 dc into the same ch 2 space. Turn.

Last Shell

• Slip stitch into the 4 dc and into the chain 4 space. ( we are moving the thread to the chain 4 space)
• Ch4 , 11 tc in the chain 4 space. ch3 Turn.
• sc in the next stitch, *ch3, sc in the next stitch* , repeat * till the end of all tc stitches. ch1 and fasten off. We can add beads in this step.
• Weave in the ends.

Slip the jump rings into the last sc and then the earrings is ready.

Spray starch and iron them to retain shape.

More Quilled Cards

Some more of the Quilled Cards that I Made

Handmade Quilled Cards

Atlast I had My Maiden Craft Fair on my Birthday 20th April 2013. My Cards for All Occasion was the one that was very successful. I got appreciation for my Quilling Craft. Some of the Cards I had Displayed are posted here.

 

Salmon cooked in Mushroom, Olive Sauce

Exploring Fish has now become my passion and I am always on a lookout for receipes with fish. I found this receipe in a magazine in YMCA lobby and modified it to suit my Spicy Indian Taste. This was a receipe for Tilapia but I tried it with Salmon and just loved it

The receipe eveolved and it just has a hint of the original receipe.

Ingredients:

• Onions
• Tomatoes
• Mushrooms
• Garlic
• Olives
• Chilli
• Cumin Powder
• Crushed Pepper
• Salt
• Olive Oil
• Mint Leaves 
• Salmon / Tilapia Fillets 

Procedure:

1. Chop Onion, Tomatoes, Musrooms and Olives finely.
2. To a Pan Add little Olive Oil and add the Onion. When it becomes transparent add the Mint leaves and Salt.
3. Add Tomatoes, Mushrooms and saute it.
4. Add Cumin Powder, Salt (if needed), and Pepper Powder.
5. Cover and cook the sauce in low flame until the flavours are blended and the sauce is boiling.
6. Gently place the fish fillets, spoon the sauce over and cover and cook it till the fish is flaky about 8-10min.

Serve it with Rice or Salad

Frocks

 

Green Frock with Pretty Laces

Butterflies and Flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 My liking to design and experiment has made me experiment many things and one of it was sewing. I have a 5 year old girl and sewing pretty clothes for her was one thing. These are some frocks I sewed last summer when i was in my Mom's for vacation. I picked the pattern from the frocks of my cousin's older daughter. Now I have my own sewing machine and would love to make many more frocks for her.

The Bodice has 3 Layers of Hakoba Lace



The Bodice is small and I have used a Satin Ribbon as Pipping



The Frock is Umbrella Cut

Bougainvillea - Quilling an Indian Beauty.

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The Ravishing Pink Bougainvillea

 

The Flamboyantly Colourful Bracts
of the Bougainvillea

A lot has been happening a couple of month. We have no car and this means I get to spend 4 days in  the library and this in turn means I get to get lots of me craft time and did lots more quilling, crocheting, knitting. I even volunteered in the Library to teach Quilling. My hubby has given an idea of joining Etsy and selling some of the things I make so as I get some hold on the time well spent or do a craft show.

So one of my quilled beauty is Bougainvillea. These flowers are found in dry regions and I have grown up seeing these flowers in different shades and hues. The actual flowerof the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. It is also called "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery.

 

This design is also from the book "A Guide to Quilling Flowers by Helen Walter". After sometime I had a chance to take this book to quill flowers again. I loved the magenta of the flower. I would love to make more in orange or in other colours.

 

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   Each flower is made of 3 pink diamonds. The 3 pink diamonds a glued together with points and sides touching so they form an upside down pyramid. Glue a white tight coil to the centre. Make as many flowers as needed
2. Glue the stems so as to make them fall as climbing shrubs.
3. Glue the leaves and the flowers.