Crochet Hairpin Lace

Crochet hairpin laces are done using the crochet hairpin (also known as U-Pin). They are pretty easy to make and looks elegant. It takes very little time to complete even a large shawl. The hairpin is available in different sizes. Here is a shawl that I made using the crochet hairpin size 5. Basically you have to work on a simple crochet pattern using this pin and join the edges of each of the crochet lines worked to form a shawl or a quilt. I have used two colors, pink and pearl white.

Diya decoration

Diyas (Lamps, Vilakku) are extensively used during Deepavali (Diwali) and Karthigai Deepam festivals. It is made out of different materials like glass, terracotta, mud, porcelain, plastic, brass, silver, etc. The one which I used here is a glass bowl and the Diya inside the bowl is made of plastic and was readily available in the shops during Diwali. They are called floating Diyas or floating lamps. It is floating Diya. I have filled the glass bowl with water and added rose petals to give it an auspicious and festive look. I have filled the Diya with oil and lighted it using a medium sized wick.

Flowers

These are some of the pictures of beautiful flowers that we captured in our camera.

Marapachi Dolls

Another set of Marapachi dolls decorated in a different style. This is how these dolls looked before decoration. They are actually one of the smallest of sizes available.

Before decoration:

The dolls looked really very cute after decoration.

After decoration:

The girl's hairstyle, a simple plait decorated with some tiny flower billais. Billais are ornaments used to decorate the hair.

Kolams (kolam 2)

Kolam 2

This is a pulli kolam. Pulli means dot. This kolam can be drawn in both your front yard and the pooja room. I will create and share two simple video tutorials below to help beginners who are new to kolams on how to keep the dots for this kolam (first video) and then the second video on how to draw the kolam pattern (will upload later).

Ishwarya Kolam

Ishwarya Kolam

Kolam or rangoli are designs or patterns drawn in India in the front yard of the house or inside the pooja room. They are an integral part almost in every household. They are considered both auspicious and also used as decorative aspect during festivals or every day. For every day, a simple kolam is drawn but during festivals large kolams are drawn. They are drawn using dots (pulli or chukke) and then interconnecting those dots to make a beautiful pattern. They are mostly logical in design.

It is a welcome symbol and also a tradition that is followed since ages in India.

Ishwarya kolam is a kolam or rangoli drawn on Fridays in the pooja room. It is considered as auspicious to draw this kolam in the pooja room. Ensure that you do not draw it on your front yard because it is sacred and people should restrain from stamping it. You could draw it rice flour (arasi maavu or akki ittu) if you are comfortable drawing using it. Or else you could use a white chalk piece to draw this kolam. Here, I have drawn it on a paper using a sketch pen.

Keep visiting this blog for more kolams :)