TAST 2012 Week 39 Knotted Buttonhole

This week stitch challenge is Knotted Buttonhole..i have made a simple attempt here..hope you like this poodle puppy..

Double Strap Baby Booties and Baby Sherlock Hat

i have made 2 more items for my grandson, my little prince Ronith .. a hat and a pair of booties..hat has been made using doubleshaded woolen yarn ..and for booties i have used 2 yarns(light pink+green) together and for the sole,2 white yarns together..i got the double strapped baby bootie pattern from a friend of mine..and the pattern for baby hat is from Red Heart here..

TAST 2012 Week 38 Drizzle Stitch

Sharon's this week challenge is Drizzle Stitch..its an ineresting and funny stitch but hard to find out apt design for applying it..finally i have decided a simple design for this stitch..i used cone thread for drizzle and tatting thread and sequins for couching.. here it goes for your view..

🍌Ripe Banana Sassam

Ingredients

1.ripe banana-4 no:s(small kerala banana/cherupazham-preferably poovan OR njalipoovan)
never pick nendrapazham
2.sugar-1/3 cup or more as per your taste
3.fresh curds-2 cups
4.green chillies-3 to 4 cut into rounds
5.salt-a pinch
6.ghee-optional

for seasoning
oil
mustard
jeera
curryleaves


Procedure
1.cut banana into pieces..

2.take curds in a large bowl,add sugar and salt, mix well..

3.then add banana pieces,green chillies(crush with 1 tab sp sugar) and mix again..

4.add the above mentioned seasoning into it..if you like,add 1tsp ghee for flavour..

5.banana sasam is ready to serve..

this is a must try recipe for those who favours curds..a jiffy dessert to be served  after main course..hope all of you will try this and feed back ..

TAST 2012 Week 37 Pistil Stitch

Sharon's challenge stitch for week 37 is Pistil Stitch..this stitch belongs to my favourites..so i played with this stitch doing a few variations..thats why i have chosen this basket of flower bunches as design..here i used my left over variegated anchor cotton threads..2 to 3 strands were taken..you can see the variations clearly in close up pics..

close ups

here i incorporated pistil with fly,detached chain and sheaf stitches..

 for basket,long pistils were woven or interlaced..