Sunday, January 21, 2007
My Hubby's sweater is finished
well now its finally done. with lots of delays/fitting problems :(
first i was ( again) not able to finish it by dead line.
Second it took me a lot of time to finish the neck. I learnt to make that first time in my life from my MIL's sister. She was so sweet to offer to make it for me but i wanted to learn and get over the phobia of making a V shaped neck line.
Third It came out a little big for DH. For this I had thought i will try out all possible solutions and came up with the easiest.... dont do any this as of now ( smart of me to get away from making efforts ) here is how it looks on him. Its loose i agree but he can wear a loose fit at home.
Here is my Internet shy ( didnt want his pic on net ) hubby wearing it.
I wanted to make the sweater with all over fair isle pattern but he didnt want it. will make for myself or my sons some day.
Have cast on stitches for my son's hoodie sweater.
haven't knit a single row yet but will start it today for sure.
first i was ( again) not able to finish it by dead line.
Second it took me a lot of time to finish the neck. I learnt to make that first time in my life from my MIL's sister. She was so sweet to offer to make it for me but i wanted to learn and get over the phobia of making a V shaped neck line.
Third It came out a little big for DH. For this I had thought i will try out all possible solutions and came up with the easiest.... dont do any this as of now ( smart of me to get away from making efforts ) here is how it looks on him. Its loose i agree but he can wear a loose fit at home.
Here is my Internet shy ( didnt want his pic on net ) hubby wearing it.
I wanted to make the sweater with all over fair isle pattern but he didnt want it. will make for myself or my sons some day.
Have cast on stitches for my son's hoodie sweater.
haven't knit a single row yet but will start it today for sure.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
My Grandmother's needlework :)
well i had to click the pis of my grandmothers needle work. I haven't seen my grandmother. she passed away when my mother was in medical college but i have always felt a bonding..... don't know why? ever since i was a child i would love to keep her things with me and keep them safely and properly.
after my marriage i left them all with my mom and now whenever she finds something she passes them to me.
My grand father used to do embroidery with machines. some of his pupils had started their own business, the famous Ram Chandra Krisha Chand Sareewalle was one of them. My grand father was a freedom fighter so when Gandhiji said to burn all the forgein goods he burnt the machines too... Such was a power of one man. Why don't we have such leaders now, may be its our fault.... we all are so self centred that we would always want to keep our interest first and not try to follow someone who is selfless in action. instead call such a person "a fool". i am trying to improve on such thoughts and feelings, lets see how far i am able to go.
coming to my granny's needle work.she was very good at it. something my mother didn't inherit from her.. the talent i mean. she was never interested in it and till date she says the same.
This one has Vande Mataram embroidery on it. it is our national song.
You can get more information about The National Song Of India
http://www.hindujagruti.org/nation/vandemataram/
Here is another pillow she had made.
Every thing is in pure cotton and has now discolored. i am planning to keep them like this without washing as the cloth is too fragile. My granny must have made it in 1930s or 1940s.
Some mo fits of machine embroidery. these are from my grand fathers collection.
This one is my favourite
This is going to be a very long post :)
i bought few rose wood and bamboo knitting needles. and Boy they are so light. i have to get used to working on them so i will use them on my next projet.
dont they look great
And finally to the progress in the sweater i am making for my hubby. i have the deadline approaching 13th Jan. The festival of Lohri...
Lohri, is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a festival to worship fire. Lohri Festival is celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of Uttarayan. First Lohri is very important for the newly wed and the new born babies as it marks fertility. At night, people gather around the bonfire and throw til, puffed rice & popcorns into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional folk songs.
More about lohri at http://www.lohrifestival.org/harvest-festival-of-punjab.html
So the sweater has to be worn when we have bon fire.....
The back, completed,
The Front, almost done
Both the sleeves still to be worked upon.....
after my marriage i left them all with my mom and now whenever she finds something she passes them to me.
My grand father used to do embroidery with machines. some of his pupils had started their own business, the famous Ram Chandra Krisha Chand Sareewalle was one of them. My grand father was a freedom fighter so when Gandhiji said to burn all the forgein goods he burnt the machines too... Such was a power of one man. Why don't we have such leaders now, may be its our fault.... we all are so self centred that we would always want to keep our interest first and not try to follow someone who is selfless in action. instead call such a person "a fool". i am trying to improve on such thoughts and feelings, lets see how far i am able to go.
coming to my granny's needle work.she was very good at it. something my mother didn't inherit from her.. the talent i mean. she was never interested in it and till date she says the same.
This one has Vande Mataram embroidery on it. it is our national song.
You can get more information about The National Song Of India
http://www.hindujagruti.org/nation/vandemataram/
Here is another pillow she had made.
Every thing is in pure cotton and has now discolored. i am planning to keep them like this without washing as the cloth is too fragile. My granny must have made it in 1930s or 1940s.
Some mo fits of machine embroidery. these are from my grand fathers collection.
This one is my favourite
This is going to be a very long post :)
i bought few rose wood and bamboo knitting needles. and Boy they are so light. i have to get used to working on them so i will use them on my next projet.
dont they look great
And finally to the progress in the sweater i am making for my hubby. i have the deadline approaching 13th Jan. The festival of Lohri...
Lohri, is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a festival to worship fire. Lohri Festival is celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of Uttarayan. First Lohri is very important for the newly wed and the new born babies as it marks fertility. At night, people gather around the bonfire and throw til, puffed rice & popcorns into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional folk songs.
More about lohri at http://www.lohrifestival.org/harvest-festival-of-punjab.html
So the sweater has to be worn when we have bon fire.....
The back, completed,
The Front, almost done
Both the sleeves still to be worked upon.....
Monday, January 08, 2007
My trip to Taj
it was a nice vacation. we all had a nice time in Agra as it was sunny. the breeze was cold but the sun was out so we could have more fun.
i have added all the pics in the flicker for every one to see and u can post ur comments too.
there where many things that i kept on thinking when we were at the palaces.
Kings made such large palaces, no one could enter them and here we were standing and clicking snaps of the glory that was once not for a common man to see... the bed rooms and the secret tunnels ( which we too couldn't see but did get to see where it started from)
Then the Palaces where so huge but the rooms where so small. one king size bed would take up all the space. how did they manage. there was very little space for other furniture !!!! and also how did they manage to keep the clothes and jewels etc... may be the furniture etc got destroyed but one will still think where did they keep it. THE ROOMS R SO SMALL
then all the palaces where nice but there was no loo ??!!?? (hee hee) did they go to the open fields? there was a stable in Fatepur Shikeri and also a place for maids and workers but the King Akbar's palace was beautiful and so was his queens but there was no loo? ;-)
May be i am not so good in History and i need to brush up a lot. but the guides too where at loss on many things.
I the end the main thing i felt was we should remember ...... everything is a myth... we shall be alone in the other plane which is above this plane where we play our part as a child, spouse/companion and parent. all the wars and the palaces and houses r going to stay here on this earth. we came without anything in our hands and will leave like that. so why do we fight over land, food and power. nothing is static in this earth.
The kings of past ( of whole world ...) fought with others or each other for power, land, for the maximum percentage of their lives and that's what they are remembered for "Fighting" and the wealth they collected they made "palaces"..... for themselves... what happened to a common man and how was his life affected by all this. very less is known.
May be i am wrong and the lives of common man is known, but we don't get to know it till we dig on our own. Kings and Queens are glorified
i have added all the pics in the flicker for every one to see and u can post ur comments too.
there where many things that i kept on thinking when we were at the palaces.
Kings made such large palaces, no one could enter them and here we were standing and clicking snaps of the glory that was once not for a common man to see... the bed rooms and the secret tunnels ( which we too couldn't see but did get to see where it started from)
Then the Palaces where so huge but the rooms where so small. one king size bed would take up all the space. how did they manage. there was very little space for other furniture !!!! and also how did they manage to keep the clothes and jewels etc... may be the furniture etc got destroyed but one will still think where did they keep it. THE ROOMS R SO SMALL
then all the palaces where nice but there was no loo ??!!?? (hee hee) did they go to the open fields? there was a stable in Fatepur Shikeri and also a place for maids and workers but the King Akbar's palace was beautiful and so was his queens but there was no loo? ;-)
May be i am not so good in History and i need to brush up a lot. but the guides too where at loss on many things.
I the end the main thing i felt was we should remember ...... everything is a myth... we shall be alone in the other plane which is above this plane where we play our part as a child, spouse/companion and parent. all the wars and the palaces and houses r going to stay here on this earth. we came without anything in our hands and will leave like that. so why do we fight over land, food and power. nothing is static in this earth.
The kings of past ( of whole world ...) fought with others or each other for power, land, for the maximum percentage of their lives and that's what they are remembered for "Fighting" and the wealth they collected they made "palaces"..... for themselves... what happened to a common man and how was his life affected by all this. very less is known.
May be i am wrong and the lives of common man is known, but we don't get to know it till we dig on our own. Kings and Queens are glorified
