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The unusually nicer January is over. We are heading up to Valentines day in February. Thinking back of january, guess, a lot of things were made...All those caps, few hearts, a finished baby blanket...A very crocheted January!

Yes, it was a happry very crochety January.

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The weekend was pretty nice, but busy. I was able to borrow few crochet books from the library though. Kiddu was off to downtown with friends. Since her exams are done and the classes begin only on Friday, she is very happy. I have to confess that I am a bit scared when she want to go to downtown with friends. But I have to let her learn to fly...by herself, I think.

So again another Monday, I am pretty mcuh free to myself to crochet...'The Made in Canada' cotton yarn is just waiting for a project. With the dusty rose cotton yarn, I made few placemats. They are about 6 inches diameter. I made a set of 6. Got enough time to steam block and take pictures too.

This is the picture of the set. I just put them one on top of another.

Also, remember the last week's work in progress? I finished that one. the photo I took didn't turn out well. But it is a successful baby blanket of size 28X28 inches. I will post the picture another time during the week.

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I was not doing that much crochet the last week. But, I am glad that I was able to fix a necklace for some one. It was an old necklace, but it was her one of her favs.This time I remembered to take a picture.

Since the blog heading is Work in progress, there should be a project in progress right?The soft acrylic yarns were calling my name when I was in Walmart. Who could resist such pastel softy baby yarns?? Especially when they were on bit of the "sale" side!! So I picked three balls. Then,started working on this pale green, baby pink and white blanket Granny square it is...and going to be a baby blanket.(No, I am not pregnant.) I haven't made a blanket for a long time.Still don't know why am I making it. It is just a kind of "you have to do it"kind of project, you know?

Haven't just figured how to make a border for this one. Right now, it is just the feeling of soft yarn moving through the fingers and getting in to a granny square blanket....

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I love crocheting. I have a stash of yarn and threads. But I wasn't paying much attention to where the yarn is made until recently.To be exact, till I saw Diane Sawyer of ABC was making calls to " Buy America". Then I started looking where the products are made. That is where I started to notice that most of the yarn I am buying is not made in this part of the world.

A recent visit to the Zellers at the Cedarbrae mall, surprised me with the Made in Canada yarns. Unlike Wallmart, they have mill ends made in Canada. Also, I saw the Promofill acrylyc blend for $0.99 for 70 grams. It is a thinner yarn, and I am thinking of using a 3mm hook to start a new project soon. I also bought 2 packs of mill ends in cotton, thinking of making something for the upcoming craft show.

Hope, to post some pictures soon...

Here is the crocheted cap, I promised in the previous blog entry. I finished it yesterday and added to the shop

Also, there is a happy news to share....I got 50 likes on myFacebook page. Thanks to all people who like my page.

Happy New Year everybody. December was very busy. The Christmas, the gifts, phone calls....and to make it worse, I got a craft block...I can't even believe it, I really got a craft block.

Good for me, I am coming out of it. Started crocheting yesterday. Made a few caps. Not so bad, I guess.

That one is really nice I guess. Because, when kiddoo saw it she wanted to wear it. Then the question is "Can I take it?" So she is going to have it. I am thinking of adding it to Bindu Designs as a "made to order" so that I can make one when someone needs one.

I made another black and white one, but a little different from the above one. Black and white is always classy and in style, right? The folded brim makes it better.

There is another cap made in green. It is finished but the picture is not taken yet. I needed to get nicer pictures to put them on the shop. I am going to add a bit of embellishments to the green cap.

My hubby bought a GPS few months back. I was glad when he asked me to create a cover for it. I wanted to create that seamless look. He insisted it must be black. So, I started crocheting....re doing...again crocheting....Finally, I made something he can use.

Then I thought, fine, I can make more using the same technique. Then I got all those cotton threads So I started making the small crocheted pouches. I added them to my Etsy Shop. Some I used to give small things to people...like jewelry to my niece...a little something to a friend, along with the earrings to surprise a customer...

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I am all into creating crocheted Face Cloths. They are very fun to make and nice to use. Just the little scrubber effect...still soft...Want to get a peek of all the scrubbies I made? Head over to the shop.

I am glad that I sold few of my lip balm cozies and one yarn necklace.

There are people to make quilts from your favorite T-shirts. But I think they are expensive. There are many ideas online to create some thing from those old t-shirts, without spending much money and time. Since the money is already spent on the T-shirts, it is not good to just put them in the trash.

This flower is made by Jeanne, and can be found here. She has an Etsy shop too.

I saw the T-shirt transformed in to a sideways shirt by Irish Attic.The descriptions are not that clear.

\irish Attic mentioned that the shiirt was inspired by the book, "99 ways to cut, sew, trim and tie your T-shirt".

With a sewing machine, making a headband with T-shirt will be easy.This one is from Lunch Hour Crafts, by Natasha. Isn't it pretty to have a nice t-shirt head band while working out? Natasha's Etsy shop is "Lunch Hour Crafts"

Then, there is the about.com tutorial to create a halter top from a t-shirt. This is the link

Before finishing todays Bindu Blogs, I would love to show this cute and easy T-shirt scarf by bonafideboho.

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