About 3 years ago, I crocheted this poncho for my daughter S and fell in love with the cotton yarn, Lily's Sugar and Cream (pattern on their website). This yarn comes in such happy colors. I like having a few extra skeins in the house, just like that.
What to do when life throws a bunch of tangled balls of yarn at you? Make more of these ponchos! Working on knitting and crochet projects has a meditative effect and helps me find my center during those times when a perspective/priority check is in order. Have you tried to knit/crochet and worry at the same time? Makes for an interesting exercise. You will find that you actually have to stop what you are doing to create worrisome thoughts. I liked this pattern so much that I felt that this needed to be made in every color combination possible and every little girl ought to have one of these. I crocheted more, some in solids and others in three colors like the one in the picture, as gifts to many children of friends and relatives.
On a completely different note . . .
Flashback: Poncho reminds me of neighborhood S Aunty. She had crocheted one for her daughter Putti (nickname) and one for me! It was in a different pattern, complete with pom-poms. Back in those days and in that place, it was called "Cape". On cold days in the Malnad area, we wore it to elementary school on top of our white and blue uniform. Putti and I used to walk to school together everyday and I was secretly happy whenever she ran late (which was quite often by the way) because then, we would get a ride on her dad's Scooter instead of walking 45 mins. So I did not mind helping her finish getting ready for school. I have older sisters and older brother, Putti filled the spot of a younger sister. Her brother and I once had a 'uppu-khara' eating competition. (uppu+khara=salt+red chili powder mixture, used with raw mangoes or guava). I shall leave the consequence of that competition to your imagination.
ओ ओ ओ ओ बचपन के दिन भुलान देना . . .
What to do when life throws a bunch of tangled balls of yarn at you? Make more of these ponchos! Working on knitting and crochet projects has a meditative effect and helps me find my center during those times when a perspective/priority check is in order. Have you tried to knit/crochet and worry at the same time? Makes for an interesting exercise. You will find that you actually have to stop what you are doing to create worrisome thoughts. I liked this pattern so much that I felt that this needed to be made in every color combination possible and every little girl ought to have one of these. I crocheted more, some in solids and others in three colors like the one in the picture, as gifts to many children of friends and relatives.
On a completely different note . . .
Flashback: Poncho reminds me of neighborhood S Aunty. She had crocheted one for her daughter Putti (nickname) and one for me! It was in a different pattern, complete with pom-poms. Back in those days and in that place, it was called "Cape". On cold days in the Malnad area, we wore it to elementary school on top of our white and blue uniform. Putti and I used to walk to school together everyday and I was secretly happy whenever she ran late (which was quite often by the way) because then, we would get a ride on her dad's Scooter instead of walking 45 mins. So I did not mind helping her finish getting ready for school. I have older sisters and older brother, Putti filled the spot of a younger sister. Her brother and I once had a 'uppu-khara' eating competition. (uppu+khara=salt+red chili powder mixture, used with raw mangoes or guava). I shall leave the consequence of that competition to your imagination.
ओ ओ ओ ओ बचपन के दिन भुलान देना . . .
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