Wednesday 20 February 2013

A Long Yet Productive Weekend

Long weekends in my case happen unexpectedly. After our happy V's day, I simply had to add a bit of cold, cough and a little fever in our life, so that we don't relax. Hey, I haven't been that badly ill, but unwell enough to skip my office yesterday. I hate being in such condition, because you can't actually do anything properly. Even crafting becomes so slow, and I didn't feel like doing any new posts. I'm sorry if I didn't comment on yours; I tried to visit your blogs and see what was going on there. And there were crafty things, homely things, flowers, colors, thoughts, books...I  enjoyed all those!
It's been my aim for a long time to create lovely covers for the boxes, in which, you know, you keep all those bits of this and that. I had made one, but at that time it took me so much efforts to crochet it, and still it came out way too broad for a box. Now being slightly more experienced in crochet, I made two of such covers in just a couple of hours, and they fitted perfectly well. Don't even ask me what I keep in these boxes, but everything is very useful :)
So those I made during first two days of my long weekend. How was Monday remarkable then? I had a Russian style lunch prepared with my very Russian hands! Indian food is very tasty, but honestly, I got bored of it these days and searched for a change in taste. The salad in smaller dish is sour cabbage, which is a Russian recipe too. It is very simple yet tasty product rich in vitamin C, and I can easily make it out of Indian cabbage and carrot. Those lettuce leaves is my garden's pride.
You must have looked at my next picture by now, but this isn't just a dishcloth you seeing. I've been dreaming of starting a crochet group in our city since the day I discovered all the advantages of this craft. Finally the first steps were made, and we had a gathering of the Crochet Lounge last weekend. There were only two of us, me and my friend J, nevertheless we enjoyed interaction and had such a great Sunday afternoon. We hope that our friends will join us this weekend.
This dishcloth is the first project we had as a home task (hehe). I never tried to crochet in the back loops before, so here is my wavy dish cloth :) Let's see what J will make.
Here is a poster I created for our Lounge. I might add more details about this project later or even change it, but it's going to be like this for the time being. I guess I will be making a weekly post about our activities and projects. I know there are many lovely crochet groups and communities out there, virtual and real, but there is nothing like this in our city,. Let's see how it goes, I'm very excited!
 Thanks for your nice comments on the last V's day's post, I'm happy to take you along with me always. Now I'm off to reading "Anna Dressed in Blood" story by Kendare Blake... yea, it's not only flowers and butterflies and... crochet :).
Have a nice day, dears, take care!

17 comments:

  1. I hope you're feeling better now, Anna! Being ill sucks because you get time off from work and chores but you can't enjoy it :( Your crochet covers are really cute, I love the bright colours. The russian salad looks yummy. I love sour cabbage salad too - I wonder if the Russian version is similar to the German one which is the one I know?
    I'll look forward to seeing more about your crochet meetings too :) Elisabeth x

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    1. I'm better now, thanks, Elisabeth :)And will be back to my WIP projects.
      Most probably, this is the same thing as the German one :) I bet we borrowed it from Germans only.
      Surely, thanks for support!
      (I wonder if my reply will go to your mail box?as i had a no-reply blog before..so let's see)

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  2. You have a really wponderful eye for colour. It's in your cooking as well as in your crochet. Hopfully that Russian salad will help with the cold and make you feel brighter. Thank you for popping over to my blog and being so sweet!

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    1. Aw..Rhissanna, thanks for this compliment! But I have real trouble deciding which colors match better, still confused about my Summer blanket color combinations.
      This salad helps, and it's so tasty (according to me, as many people don't like sour).

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  3. Hope you are doing well Anna! Your boxes look lovely and colourful!:) congrats for starting a new lounge! Looking forward to see your meetings and creations :)

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    1. I'm fine, Preeti, thanks!
      Now they are coloring my room a little :)
      Thanks once again, I hope this initiative will have success :)

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  4. I hope the cold is gone by now and you are back to normal. Thank you so much for your support and love! You always lighten up my day!
    Sending you wishes of health and lots of love!!

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  5. Congrats on the crochet lounge! Poor you, I can understand that you miss your native food. I have only moved to the adjoining state and not a day goes by without me remembering the variety of food available in Mumbai. Maybe you could teach us some Russian recipes. :)
    Have a nice week. Looking forward to lots of lovely projects from the lounge.

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    1. HI, Sangeetha! I'm sure you can understand me then. Well, I had come up with some Russian recipes in my previous posts, you can just check them out :)
      Thanks for support!

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  6. Želim ti brzo ozdravljenje!
    Kako lepo znaš da složiš boje,divne su kutije!!
    Pozdrav!:)

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  7. I wish I could come to your Crochet Lounge. What a great idea! I'm glad you are feeling better. I've started with a bit of a scratchy throat. Very aggravating to say the least. Just hope it doesn't get worse. Your container covers are lovely. Always nice to beautify things with yarn and hook. Best wishes, Tammy

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  8. How cool to start a crochet group - may it go from strength to strength and provide you with lots of support, friendship, colour, inspiration and happiness!
    Ali x

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  9. Awe..Hope you are feeling better and the yum home food has given you some comfort! I totally understand by being bored with "indian" food...as as Indian i myself get bored n love the Chinese, English and other non-indian recepies! Your crochet covers look very colorful. Great to see you take the initiative and start a crochet lounge. I am sure it will be lotsa fun n colorful!

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  10. You been busy, luv. Hope you are feeling better, and can get back to the normal speed of things. I love the cover you made for the boxes, and that jar is soothing. I'm very jealous of the lettuce, and the food looks delicious. A crochet group, too? Busy indeed. I hope you have a world of fun ;-)

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    1. I've been, but it actually seems so...
      Thanks, Magaly, I hope you are better now.

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  11. Sorry you've been unwell. I hope the vitamins in your delicious looking Russian salad helped your recovery. :-) I love the pot covers, they are so pretty amd colourful.

    Gillian x

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  12. Very productive indeed! Hope you are feeling better now. Your Russian food looks delicious. The dishcloth is lovely. Nice idea to start a crochet group. Looking forward to more projects from your group.

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