My 1st Tryst with Homespun Lion Brand

Yarn : Lion Brand – Homespun

98% Acrylic, 2% Polyester

Bulky 5

Weight : 6oz/170g

Color : 375 Candy Apple

Needles : 10 US/6mm

Machine Washable/Machine Dryable.

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I saw Amy crocheting a beautiful blue scarf today… her fingers were moving faster than my eyes could blink! 😀 I hope to be that fast some day!!

The yarn was so soft and stretchy… I took to it immediately and went to Walmart & got the only red Homespun yarn available.

 

Lion Brand - Homespun Yarn #375 Candy Apple

I began knitting the scarf in garter stitch, casting on 16 stitches and knit to the end of the yarn which came up to 6 feet long! Here is Sanju Jaanu 😀 a dear friend, wearing my first knitting gift ever! Hope you loved it, hon! 😉

Sanjeeda wearing my first knitted gift : a red scarf 😀

The feel & touch of this yarn is soooooo soft and snuggly warm! I think I’m going to knit a blue one for myself now! 😀

~Amy Brandon~

Met her first time… last year… as my daughter’s Girl Scout Leader. 😀

And as time passed by, I got to learn about the many facets of this fascinating & phenomenal Amy Brandon! 😉

From what I’ve seen & what I know… she’s a wonderful wife & a great mom!!

She has inspired & encouraged my family & me to consider & pursue homeschooling for my daughter Nazu.

She is enormously talented… how many women can use sewing, quilting, knitting & crocheting needles so effortlessly & flawlessly??? 😯

She has a huge heart (and I don’t mean just literally!) 😛 Really, her generosity and her kindness totally baffle me & humble me… I know it was/is hard for her to understand me, my moods & my mind initially, but she has always looked beyond my faults & mistakes and never ever treated me with the slightest discriminatory attitude. (Do remember that I live in Texas 😆 )

There were times when I so badly needed to vent… she heard me out with patience and sent me home with her “purls” of wisdom 😉

I feel so thankful to her for all of that…

But today, I’m even more grateful to her… because this day she will don on another role … and become my knitting teacher!!! Yay 😀 😀 😀

Thanx Amy, I owe you, Big Time, babe!! 😉

And I pray, that God protects your sanity every minute you are with me 😆 amen!!!

Bag It Pls :))

After crocheting the two scarves, with much confidence I decided to make a bag… heck, I made two!! 😆

Yes, I used the Super Saver yarn from Red Heart again.

Here’s the blue bag:

 

Now when I think about it, I should’ve used yarn that was bulkier, because soft yarn can only made soft bags 😀

Think, Lubi!! Think 😛

Oh! I just noticed 😀 Nazu’s wearing the lil’ head-band in the pic above… yes, that’s the very 1st thing I ever crocheted 😆

Look, here’s the red bag:

My tryst with Crocheting…

Some 4yrs ago, I was introduced to crocheting and I took to it quite rapidly than I had with knitting.

Once I learnt the basics of crocheting from my friends Nabila & Fijula, I got busy shopping for yarn & needles and creating few things for my lil’ Nazu of 7yrs.

Here’s a cute a lil’ scarf that easily shows off all my learning amidst all the falters 😀

It has uneven count of stitches & gaping holes that appeared surprisingly but I managed to make it all in 3 days’ time! I used the Super Saver yarn from Red Heart.

 

Isn’t she a doll? 😆 Yup! That’s my cutie patootie baby doll! 😉

Here’s another scarf that I made right after, in less than 2 days 😀 and this one turned out Perfect!! 😀 Yay!!

Attack!! It’s the Knit Bug :))

It’s no secret that I’ve always been fascinated by the craft of knitting.

Innumerable times I’ve stopped in my tracks, and with complete awe & admiration, stared at these women clicking away their knitting needles so effortlessly.

I’ve even pestered one of my favorite knitters to teach me very early on. Guess who??? 😉 Yup!!

Sept 2001, on my first visit to Canada, my cousin Abiha gave me a few lessons on “knit & purl” which were forgotten faster than the time I took to learn them! 😀

I luv’d the idea of pulling a thread this way n that… and being able to create something that was wearable! (my definition of knitting, haa!)

Anyhow, I didn’t go beyond this, back then. (Abiha, recognize it?! 😉 ) And recently I found this pink yarn buried deep down in my yarn basket and lost somewhere in the darkness of my closet.

Yes, it’s time I made good use of it! 😀