Hand Dyed Wool Yarns

I bought this yarn from e-bay about three weeks ago, so after a looong wait finally its arrived. Haven't decide what i am going to do with this yarn yet, but i guest a vest or sweater is suitable since the materials is wool. Each yarn weight about 100g and each color come in three hanks. This yarn is slightly felting similar to a few yarn i bought at Daiso, but still i like the color selection. :))

love the color ;)))

What a busy Month!!

This is what happen when you got so many things to do and so little time to spend. I supposed to finish my husband raglan sweater this month and my daughter granny square. But instead of working on both project i wrote out a new 'Kufi Hat Pattern'. Well the pattern quite simple and easy and currently i'm still running a  test in Ravelry. Once its finished being tested i'm going to put it up for sale probably on June.

My Simple and easy Kufi Hat

 Now here come the busy part. I'm running a test pattern in Ravelry, got raglan sweater to knit,granny squares to crochet and i even volunteer to test other designers pattern at the same time. Phewww!! To add to the busy list last week a customer ask me to knit an adult size vest and at the same time i'm working on a new beanie pattern which i manage to wrote out only two sizes newborn and baby.  I am going to add two more sizes toddler and child but before that i need to concentrate working on  the vest.

New beanie ...pattern in the making :)

But don't be surprise if next month i add another new pattern in my thing-to-do list. To be honest i even have a flower pattern in my head and if only i can squeeze some time to write it out.

Thanks for reading everyone!!

L.O.V.E

~Asma Lina ~ The Color of Yarns

Crossed Cable Tutorial

I notice a few crocheter having trouble with my pattern Simple Cable Beanie, especially when it came to rnd-4 (where the Crossed Cable start). So i did this tutorials and hope it can help you to understand the pattern better. :)


For the 'crossed cable' i use in the pattern is worked by chain 1, skip one stitch, making front post stitch, chain 1,  then going back and make front post stitch around skipped stitch.

Step 1 - ch1, skip first st/dc, fpdc in next stitch.

Step 2 - ch1, fpdc in previously skipped stitch

That its, one Crossed cable made. Yeay!! 

 There's another tutorial you can refer in Crochet Spot for better explanation and clearer pictures. But in that tutorials the Crossed cable are made by using 4 stitches and fptc (front post treble crochet) technique.

Happy crocheting friends !!!!

~Asma Lina ~The Color of Yarns ~

What I've been Doing Lately

While waiting for my testers to finish their testing, this is what I've been doing lately; a granny square and a shawls . The shawl pattern is been request by a friend of mine, and currently i am working on it. Even though  i'm not sure when i will finish writing the pattern, since it quite difficult compare to the beanie/hat pattern but i won't give up. I manage to write up to row-30 and i will continue to write a few more rows. 

The granny square is what i love the most, its simple and easy to do. I gonna make a few more of  this square and joined them later. Will snap a photo once its finish!! ;)

Happy crocheting friends !!

~Asma Lina ~ The Color of Yarns~

Pattern Testers Needed

I just finish wrote out my Cable Beanie pattern and need a tester. I need to ensure that my pattern are easy to understand, so currently i'm looking for at least 3 crocheter to test the pattern. This Cable Beanie are totally different with my other Simple Cable Beanie (which someone had told me its not simple enough ), and i am  not recommend it for a beginner crocheter. 

So if you are interested to be my tester, just leave me your email address or you can email me at asmalina_omar@yahoo.com . Remember you are not allowed to sell the pattern , but you can sell the finished products made from it. 

L.O.V.E

~AsmaLina~ The Color of Yarns~

FREE PATTERN: Simple Cable Beanie - Pattern 1

CROCHET SIMPLE CABLE BEANIE
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Materials : 2.00mm crochet hook
 Yarns of your choice (I’m using fingering/4-ply acrylic yarn -soft pink ) & ribbon
Apprx finish dimension - 13" x 5"

Abbreviations:
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ch - chain
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
fpdc - front post double crochet
bpdc - back post double crochet
st/sts - stitch/stitches
sp - space

Intructions:

Make  a Magic ring

Rnd 1 - ch2(count as 1st hdc),15hdc into the ring.Join

Rnd 2 - ch4, dc in next st, (*ch1, 1dc) in next sts, repeat step *, end with ch1 join into 3rd ch from ch4.

Rnd 3 - ch3, dc in same st, (*skip ch1 sp , ch1, 2dc on next dc) rpt step from*.Join

Rnd 4 - ch3, 2dc in next st, skip ch1 sp (work crossed cable *ch1,skip first dc, fpdc on next dc,ch1, fpdc on previously  skipped st,ch1, dc in next dc,2dc in next st ) repeat step *. Join

Rnd 5 - ch3, dc in next 2dc, skip ch1 sp (*ch2,fpdc in fpdc, ch1, fpdc in  fpdc, ch2, dc in next 3dc) rpt step * .Join

Rnd 6 - ch3, dc in next dc,2dc in next st, skip ch2 sp (*ch2,skip the first fpdc, fpdc in next fpdc,ch1,fpdc in previous skipped st,ch2, dc in next 2dc, 2dc in next st) rpt step *.Join

Rnd 7- ch3, dc in next 3dc, skip ch2 sp (*ch2, fpdc in fpdc,ch1,fpdc in fpdc,ch2, dc in each 4dc) repeat step *.Join

Rnd 8 – ch3, dc in each 3dc, skip ch2 sp (*ch2, skip the first fpdc,fpdc in next fpdc,ch1,fpdc in previous skipped st,ch2,dc in each 4dc) repeat step *.Join

Rnd 9 and 11 – Repeat step from Rnd 7

Rnd 10 – Repeat step from Rnd 8

Rnd 12 - ch3, dc around, make 2dc in ch2 sp.Join

Rnd 13 - ch1, make 1fpdc from prvs ch3,(*bpdc in next st, fpdc in next st) rpt step *.Join

Rnd 14 - ch1, sc around.Join

Fasten off and weave in ends. Add ribbon at row 11.

*Original design by AsmaLina. For your personal use only. You can make and gift or sell the finished product. You cannot post these pattern or redistribute in any way.

~Asma Lina~ The Color of Yarns~

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Crochet Simple Cable Beanie

I've made this beanie last month but never got a chance to post it here. It just a simple pattern and i made it for my cousin newborn daughter DHIA (hope she like it).Will try to write the pattern soon, but currently i'm busy with my customers order. So be patience friends!! 

L.O.V.E

~AsmaLina ~ The Color of Yarns~