Crochet bags - old patterns, new look

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I felt that some of the patterns in my shops needed a makeover. The photos had to be replaced with new ones. The old ones were dull and unattractive.

The striped owl bag from here...

 And the drawstring bag from here...

Did some more sketching. I guess I am improving. My favourite subject to sketch is food. Next is buildings, but so far I haven't had any success with sketching buildings. I don't seem to get the perspectives right. So for now I'll practice with food, then may be if I am still into sketching, I'll progress to buildings.

Have a nice day!

  

A rug from scrap yarns

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Hello everyone! Before I tell you about this new project I want to thank you all for your comments on my doodles and sketches. I am more confident now. I am not that bad after all!

Last weekend we made a short 3-day trip to Madhya Pradesh. We visited Gwalior and lesser known tourist destinations like Orchha, and Chitrakoot. It was good to take a break but we couldn't cover all the places and I was a bit disappointed that the places that we missed were the ones that were on the top of my "must see" list.

If you are interested in seeing more travel pics you can visit my photo blog. 

Coming to my latest crochet project, what do you think of this pile of mess?

This is my collection of finished and unfinished projects. While working on patterns for my shop normally I end up with 4 or 5 finished items for each pattern. I always give away the good ones to friends and the pile that you see above are the leftovers and the not so good ones or incomplete ones. The pile has been getting bigger and bigger and I didn't know what to do with it. I don't enjoy doing anything huge, so I had been putting away this thought of making an afghan or rug but there was no other way that I could use these yarns and I didn't have the heart to throw them away. That's lot of yarn!

So yesterday I finally made up my mind to crochet a rug. I pulled all the stuff out and dumped them all into a large bucket. The bucket is overflowing. I completed about 10 rows yesterday. The rug is going to be 42 inches wide without a border. 

My hands are pretty full at this time and I don't even know if I would ever complete it but it's fun and I'm loving it.   

Doodling and tangling

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That's what I had been doing the past few days. I know doodling but I didn't know there was something called tangling. I came to know about Zentangle through Pinterest. It is a very interesting form of doodling consisting of several patterns which are repeated to create an art.

It is very addictive and the best thing is you don't even need to know how to draw. So since I have been trying to stay away from crocheting for a few more days (though now and then I do pick up my hook and yarn, can't help it) I find myself getting more and more addicted to tangling and I should admit that this is not at all going to help improve my neck and shoulder pain.

After days of black and white doodling I was yearning for colors. So I bought myself a set of color pencils and started sketching some pictures that I could color. I admit I am no good in sketching but that is not going to stop me.

It may not be a masterpiece but I love the above sketch a lot. I found a photo of this orange scooter parked in front of a green door in Pinterest and fell in love with it.

I hope I'll improve with practice.