Help the homeless

hello everyone its been a while since i posted anything been busy setting up and joining in with a new donation page with my crochet items one one project we are doing is working with the homeless

i read a newspaper report today of the north london police took away homeless peoples blankets food and belongings and i wanna help to give them back its cold out there and its gonna be a long winter so if u can help pls click the link provided thank you

http://www.gofundme.com/5vm5cc

my twinks AKA the rugrats

hello everyone thought i would show u a montage of my world enjoy

 these are my twins Aisha and umaira they will be 2yrs old on jan 10th they are my everything will add more pictures later :)

gifts for my husbands family i hope they like them :)

hey gang sorry i been AWOL for a while but im off on my jollys and going to meet my husbands family for the first time so been super busy making gifts for everyone im gonna post some pics for you so u can see what i been up to will post the links to the patterns too so if u see anything u like u know where to find it lol

fist gift i made was the happy hippo http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/happypotamus-the-happy-hippo-crochet-pattern

i thought what would be the perfect gift for a Muslim family that have everything so i got my thinking cap on and came up with a graph and made this even made the frame for it out of baby play pen old necklace and some glue lol

i though what gifts couls i make for all the girls so been working on some bags i still have 2 left to make though so will have to add them later 

 http://www.bobwilson123.org/uploads/1/6/3/0/16302954/solid_granny_square_bag_bobwilson123.pdf

http://vallieskids.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/diamond-granny-bag.html

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-bag-3

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bracelet-bag-3

this is the crocodile tears purse from the mikeysmail video tutorial on you tube 

 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fatter-version-of-the-fat-bag-by-samanta-maragno same pattern for top and bottom picture

 i always change the pattern to suit myself so your bag may turn out differnt  to mine some of the patterns i just used for inspiration 

i made a baby blanket for my ikkle baby cousin 

i dont have a pic for that as it was just a basic granny square with fluffy trim and flower motif 

i have a teddy started that i need to finish 2 more bags to make and some prayer caps and like 17 days left to make it wish me luck lol  

just a little update met the hubbys family in pakistan and dubai and they all loved there gifts one aunty loved hers so much she made me teach her how to crochet while i was there felt very proud of my work 

english translation to the summer bag

                                                            Summer bag

Original pattern from  http://www.jellina-creations.nl/2/post/2012/04/een-beetje-zomer-met-dit-sombere-weer.html

I have been given permission to translate the pattern into English for you

Tools needed

3.5mm hook
3 skeins of Lion brand cotton ease yarn ( normal worsted works up the same )
fabric to match colour scheme of your bag
yarn needle


African flower instructions can be found here
http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/african-flower-hexagon-crochet-tutorial.html

leave off the last round


for this bag you need 18 motifs follow the instructions from above link

then join them together so they match the picture below

once joined you need to sew up the 2 long sides like the picture below

once all sew together you can add the lining



to make the handle you need to chain 125 turn sc in each ch across

change colour at the end of each row and repeat each row till u have 10 rows finish off and line.

sew the handles on

the original pattern can also be found on the link below

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-bag-3


tips for sewing the motifs together

personally i just Wip stitch mine together with a needle and yarn or there is a alternative that can be found here

http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/african-flower-hexagon-join-as-you-go.html