tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:42:53 +0000Knit, Crochet, Everything Yarns & More...http://essknits.blogspot.com/essknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)Blogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7399546244013817650Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:26:00 +00002009-08-23T06:11:33.894-04:00HiI am moving my blog to http://yarnside.blogspot.com to accomodate more of the stuff I talk about. All the posts on this one will be deleted in two weeks. Please update your bookmarks and feed options. I will be moving all the links to my videos, designs etc over there in the meantime.My ravelry profile has also changed from eSSKnits to YarnSide.See you there.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/KP74mL4YXXQ/blog-moving.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-moving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-2727501118530584206Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:32:00 +00002009-06-08T21:33:55.670-04:00Free PatterncrochetMy DesignsI remember when I had made my Thrifty Camera Cozy and taken it to office, one of my colleagues Stephanie had asked me to make one for her too. I promised to make her one instantly and even started one in pink. However, I did not like how it turned out so I frogged it. Later on with the turn of events, it so happened that now its been a year, I have moved to California from New York and Stephanie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/mLKYPv8cQwE/stash-buster-camera-cozy.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)1http://essknits.blogspot.com/2009/06/stash-buster-camera-cozy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-930423087595925379Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:57:00 +00002009-06-02T02:32:42.862-04:00TravelWarning: Photo heavy post.All the while we were in NY/ NJ I used to read blogs about the fun people had at the Maker Faire and wondered if I would get a chance to see it.Well this weekend was my chance and I made sure I used it. I dragged everyone at home along with me... MIL, FIL, Hubby and Baby :D and we all had great fun.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/Z7YKjN2AU-g/i-went-to-maker-faire.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)4http://essknits.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-went-to-maker-faire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7691479899639870822Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:11:00 +00002009-04-29T15:33:51.418-04:00knitbabyand so does life... Baby is growing in all ways and has started responding to everything he sees :)Meanwhile, my knitting/ crocheting has also been going on. I will try and talk about all of them in subsequent posts.For today I present baby leggings. Ravelry Link here. Web Link here. This is a lovely pattern by Ruth Bendig and has kept my baby warm for days (yeah right, cause he grew out of them http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/wx0nrfzRQ3s/time-goes-on.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2009/04/time-goes-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-5620613430320368559Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:04:00 +00002009-02-02T19:54:05.070-05:00Free PatternbabyAll Good News today !!!Meet our son !Since you can understand how much time I must have at hand to write a post, I am only sharing the basic recipe of the hats I made for him.Abbreviations:K  KnitP PurlK2tog Knit 2 stitches togetherRequirements:Sock or Worsted Weight yarn4 dpns or circular needles in appropriate size.Main Body of HatRow 1: Cast on a multiple of 4 stitches. I cast on 64 stitches http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/NaKc0EEUzMI/hey-baby.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)7http://essknits.blogspot.com/2009/02/hey-baby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-3851953769827182048Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:35:00 +00002009-01-08T01:31:58.459-05:00knitcrochetbabyA Very Happy New Year to all who read this post. Wish you and family a prosperous year ahead.Also, many thanks to you guys to leave your thoughts on my last post. The moving company has not found my stuff yet so we are gonna have to claim insurance and settle for peanuts in reimbursement for all my stuff, since we decided not to take special insurance before moving. Lesson learnt there !My Baby http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/HVMeoPgvmdY/more-baby-stuff.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-baby-stuff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-4884696808509129071Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:28:00 +00002008-12-15T14:48:04.582-05:00knit crochet babyA lot has happened this past month.I lost my precious treasures... all my knitting notions and accessories and everything else. That's right... :"(The movers lost a carton which had all my knitting goodies. Everything that I had got from my grandmother, everything that my mother gave me, everything that I bought myself in India and everything else that I had bought after coming to USA. All of it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/2Vbj1QTlqYY/old-and-new-lost-and-bought.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)6http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/12/old-and-new-lost-and-bought.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-3959179761869233864Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:28:00 +00002008-11-11T01:03:53.287-05:00crochetbabyLife has been going on as usual, with lesser time for blogging and more time for more priorities right after moving - unpacking slowly, settling in the new home while running daily chores as usual between home and office. Well, yeah it does take time especially when I am only 8 weeks far from my due date. That is how there have not been any pics of me wearing my FOs for quite some time. I wanted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/hyeS-Mx4X9s/some-more-finished-objects.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-more-finished-objects.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-962267487726509382Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:32:00 +00002008-10-21T20:59:50.076-04:00knitcrochetMy DesignsAnd... I am hopefully back in action with this post. I can't believe its been two months since I last posted. As you can guess, a lot has been going on this end with the baby to be and then MOVE... yeah, you read that right, Move ! We decided to move base in my 7th month. What can I say, we love life :)So I am blogging from my new base in California now.Things have been busy. Our cousin got http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/rmVuhEhN6OE/back-in-action-well-hopefully.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-in-action-well-hopefully.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-6735161186280965960Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:33:00 +00002008-08-21T00:21:36.585-04:00Free PatternknitMy DesignsSo life has been going on. I have been thinking about blogging all this while but just couldn't get around to posting since a lot has been going on off late.In this post I Introduce my love - MayaIn some of my earlier posts I spoke about KnitPink and creating some patterns for this Website and for a good cause. Well I did write one... ColorPlay Cap. The other one is still kinda in the works. The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/0_CAYThgWIU/introducing-maya-and-free-cable-pattern.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)4http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/introducing-maya-and-free-cable-pattern.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7312645613380850703Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:43:00 +00002008-08-05T09:19:48.028-04:00crochetThanks to everyone for your kind comments on my last post.Here are the details of another Finished Object I had completed a couple of months back. It is a crocheted cardigan - my first ever, and I have finally managed to add buttons to it so I can share it with everyone.Me and Rima started this project together. Our first Crochet along. (CAL - as per Marly from Yarnthing podcast.) Although the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/SASQD5y5oxo/first-crocheted-cardigan-finally.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)2http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-crocheted-cardigan-finally.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7613129623450815721Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:59:00 +00002008-07-25T15:04:51.204-04:00Free PatternknitResourcesMy DesignsFirst thing, thanks everyone for your encouraging words on my first published pattern. I urge you to go ahead and give it a shot as well if the thought of writing your own patterns has ever occurred to you as well.Today, I try and re-live my first experience of Sock Wars Unfortunately the Website is no longer active so I can't provide a link to it. But here is a link with more information on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/G_dFKA9c0GM/sock-wars-and-free-pattern.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)1http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/07/sock-wars-and-free-pattern.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-2795322393589445839Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:14:00 +00002008-08-25T23:24:54.881-04:00knitMy DesignsFirstly, thanks a lot you guys for stopping by my blog and leaving your comments. It is always a pleasure hearing from you.I had another pleasure this week, of having my first pattern published anywhere apart from Ravelry. Those of you who have read my previous posts may well know that I was working on two patterns for the KnitPink Project. Well, I could not complete the second one in time, but http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/kUKuVcU45lU/i-have-been-published.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-have-been-published.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-2992707429960009343Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:59:00 +00002008-07-13T22:59:14.734-04:00TravelWarning: Photo heavy postOur third and final destination was San Francisco. I really loved it most of all the places we visited. Here's a peek. @ Fisherman's Wharf above @ Alcatraz above @ Cable Car Museum above @ the Twin Peaks (view of San Francisco) On bicycles to the Golden Gate Bridge @ the Crookedest StreetThat was good fun. I guess for next time I will update you on my First Sock http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/CNFFS5Ai4d4/last-stop.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)3http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/07/last-stop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7899301373341191241Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +00002008-07-06T22:46:19.646-04:00FamilyTravelWarning: Photo heavy post.--------------------------------------------------------------Well, there would be very few people who do not have fun in Las Vegas. I, am a borderline case I think. There were some aspects of it that I didn't like (big buildings, casinos and boos are not for me), while others I thoroughly enjoyed (sight seeing, architecture and themes of the numerous hotels, the Blue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/hRsPYNVg-N8/destination-sin-city.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)2http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/07/destination-sin-city.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-2000039505085539115Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:32:00 +00002009-05-28T15:07:42.176-04:00Free PatternFamilycrochetI started writing this post for the world wide knitting day but did not feel well enough to complete it. In any case it's a pattern so I am posting it late.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Today is WWIP - World Wide Knit in Public Day and I am interrupting my regular travel update for this.Hope you guys had a good day. (I will be happy to hear your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/Lf75ZlCwrUc/delayed-pattern.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)2http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/06/delayed-pattern.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-346647064032031350Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:19:00 +00002008-06-08T18:07:49.236-04:00TravelWarning: Photo heavy post...Firstly, thankyou everyone for visiting my blog and also leaving some encouraging comments.Getting on with my travel stories...When we landed in LA on 23rd May, our first surprise was that the whether was not the usual summer whether. It was cold. Colder than normal and required atleast one thin layer of warm clothing. I realized I did not pack any... Oh no !!!The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/02zeK3AMN7w/2008-05-23-los-angeles-with-friends.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)4http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/06/2008-05-23-los-angeles-with-friends.htmlhttp://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=eee1064d6074980a&type=video%2Fmp4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-343848781545486109Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:57:00 +00002008-06-09T14:40:06.835-04:00knitFamilyinspirationcrochetTravelbabyWhat's a girl to do when there are so many things going on in her life at the same time, and on top of that she decides to go on a break. Well, I guess there is nothing to be done apart from letting life take over and just go with the flow at times isn't it? So I did just that.I have been saving stuff to share on the blog but just couldn't get around to putting it all together with so much going http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/Ccq5o7RoSZ8/its-been-while.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)6http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-been-while.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-3086249656560150164Wed, 07 May 2008 17:40:00 +00002008-05-22T16:33:19.156-04:00videoResourcesTravelOne of these days I dragged DH alongwith me to the Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Apparently, there was a sheep festival going on. We had a good fun filled day.Although, we ended up walking quite a lot and only saw the Prospect Park Zoo it was a day well spent between the two of us. I must say though I totally did not realize until now that the apparent sheep festival only turned out to be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/g6ksx6HXarU/sheep-shearing-prospect-park-brooklyn_07.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)1http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/sheep-shearing-prospect-park-brooklyn_07.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7339080058560616750Wed, 07 May 2008 02:49:00 +00002008-05-06T23:26:01.191-04:00RecipeVegetarianFoodCookingAnother recipe - this time for the vegetarians.Vegetable Fried RiceEnough for 4 people.Ingredients:2-3 Red Onions1 Table Spoon Ginger Garlic Paste1 Green Bell Pepper Finely Chopped1 Portabella Mushroom4 Medium Red Tomatoes 1/2 Table Spoon Soy Sauce 1 and 1/2 Cup Rice (To be Boiled)Salt to taste1 tea spoon ground black pepper1 cup oil (as per your preference)Preparation:Boil 1 and 1/2 ricePeel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/yKsPCTnPXqI/thrifty-cook-vegetable-fried-rice.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/thrifty-cook-vegetable-fried-rice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-5492061156727575944Mon, 05 May 2008 00:26:00 +00002008-05-06T23:26:53.661-04:00Non-VegetarianRecipeFoodCookingIf you know me, you know I love to cook, but wait not the everyday food but experimenting with various ingredients to come up with something tasty. Well, there are a lot of recipes that I have come up with, that taste good so I thought of sharing them with everyone.Poppy Seed ChickenMakes enough for 4 peopleIngredients: Obviously chicken (8-9 skinless drumsticks)2-3 medium onions (peeled and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/zGfKOWGH8kU/recipe-poppy-seed-chicken.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)2http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/recipe-poppy-seed-chicken.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-519055171228753099Sat, 03 May 2008 16:32:00 +00002008-05-03T18:33:43.576-04:00videoinspirationTravelLast night me and hubby(yeah he went just because I wanted to :) how sweet !) went to the World Financial Center to see the Hyperbolic Crochet Exhibits. I know a lot of people out there would like to see it but some might not get to, so here is a little virtual tour for you.As you can see some of the pictures are not that great (thanks to the glass) so I thought a video tour would be appropriate.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/NDuIx6QPWVI/hyperbolic-crochet-coral-reef-project.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/hyperbolic-crochet-coral-reef-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-2488592788488618290Sat, 03 May 2008 05:34:00 +00002008-05-05T09:47:11.806-04:00Sit 'n' KnitknitcrochetMy DesignsAs you know I have been frantically working on completing some designs for a new Website (obviously I keep saying that since its a secret. I will be sure to reveal it as soon as I can.) Meanwhile, there have been lotsa things happening in the past few weeks which I have not been able to post about. One of these is spending some quality knitting time with new knitting buddy Rima's (from yarnydays)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/U41AssmhL1k/some-knitting-buddies-meet.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/some-knitting-buddies-meet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-7419371689989208584Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:00 +00002008-05-02T14:43:27.037-04:00ResourcesHave you signed up for Sock Wars III yet? The last date is May 3rd.I had a hard time figuring out what "Nom de Guerre" meant :DI guess it means alias?The gauge is 8sts to an inch using 2.75mm (US2) needles.All the Best to everyone !http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/hYU66QxW3Fs/sock-wars-iii.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/sock-wars-iii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530061843443198276.post-3775377201486352146Thu, 01 May 2008 23:19:00 +00002008-05-05T09:48:04.297-04:00Sit 'n' KnitFree PatterncrochetThis one is an easy stashbusting project which was originally intended to be a Crocheted Belt. However, since I can only work on my knitting during weekends I had not been able to complete it before I signed up for a Sit 'n Knit Meetup. On the night before the meetup I saw a mail from our group administrator Anne-Marie that there was a cup cozy contest and those of us who get a cup cozy would be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zyuA/~3/NIJMPMobJVc/crochet-cup-cozy-free-pattern.htmlessknits@gmail.com (YarnSide)0http://essknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/crochet-cup-cozy-free-pattern.html