Aishwarya's World: Blog award

Talking about Two B's today . One is a Batua I crocheted. Called Batua in common parlance. Its a wallet for trinkets, glasses, nic nacs that women carry. Infact, feeling very proud that I made two.One for my mother in law and one for my Hira Pachi, my aunt, who has been crocheting for more than 6 decades :) A day never goes by, without her crocheting something. She ensures she gets her hooky time every day.

Here's one she made

The one I gifted to her is white. How did I miss out on taking a pic? Even white batua looks nice.

Here's the one I made for my mil.

The other B is a second Leibster Blog award from Pavi of CrochetKumari . Thanks dear. She is a working girl and inspite of the hectic schedule, finds time to crochet. Her blog is full of beautiful Ta dahs..... that she has to her credit.

Let me have some fun answering her questions.

1.When did you start crocheting and from where/whom did you learn crochet from ?

I learnt the first stitch at age 15. My mother taught me the basics.

2.If given a lovely turquoise blue ball of yarn and given one hour what would you crochet?

I would go for a sling bag

3.What habit would you give up if asked to do so from today?

The habit of not going for my morning walks regularly :( I'd want to be more regular and not miss even a Sunday

4. Whats your Work in Progress ?

Presently this

Any guesses?

5. Which one do you prefer.. Thread crochet or Yarn?

Yarn. Cause its faster

6. One school friend you are still in touch with - ?

None from School :( But yes. I am in touch with couple of friends from 11th grade onwards..

Pavi, I'll nominate blogs very soon. I need to work on that.

Let me call it a day with a thought to ponder upon.

Today's garden white board (where we go for our walks) read - A lot of problems would dissappear if people learn to talk to one another instead of talking about one another.

Anna of hindustanka.blogspot.com surprised me with a Liebster Blog award.She has a lovely blog. It so clearly portrays that she has an open mind, is fun loving, loves to experiment, crazy of crochet. For an up-coming blogger, its so much fun to be receiving an award :) I experienced childlike happiness. Googled a bit to find out what this is all about. A German word meaning dearest or beloved...... given to up-coming blogs

Thank you so much Dear Anna

Anna gave some homework. She's posed few questions and I in turn have to nominate 11 new bloggers too. That was a daunting task. phew...the blogland is so full of wonderful blogs, it was very difficult to zero down to 11.

Anna... I have completed my homework :) Here are my answers to Anna's questions

1. If you were offered unexpectedly to go somewhere for a trip, which destination would it be?

I recently visited Matheran with my hubby.... a hillock close to Mumbai. Such a lovely hillstation. I'd love to go there again. The smallest hill station of India and behold... the only hill station in the world where no vehicles are allowed. To protect it from pollution, all vehicles are banned. There is a toy train which reaches you to the place. Then you either walk or hire a horse. We stayed there for three days and just walked walked and walked.

A glimpse of Matheran

2. What is your favourite book?

We both love books. We don't read novels though. We do general reading. Authors like Robin Sharma, Paulo Coelho, Dr Wayne Dyer Malcom Gladwell, Stephan Covey intrigue me a lot. Since we don't have a TV at home (its been 9 years without one :)), the children too have got into a reading habiit. One outing a month to Crossword is for sure ! The book that comes to my mind at the moment though is TWO STATES written by Chetan Bhagat. Though he has four books to his credit, each one is a master piece. Two States is so much fun reading, that I flip through a page whenever I feel low and it sure does revive me back on track :)

3. Are you a dreamer?

At times I do day dreaming too :)

4. What was the best food you ever tried?

Its always fish

If I have a choice, I'd eat fish for breakfast lunch dinner... oh! how could I forget tea time?

We call it bellanji in Konkani. I think silver fish could be its English name... Here.....

5. Do you have many friends (in real)?

Over the years they have grown in number. But a few are for life. The 4am friends. Very few though.

6. Would you like to go to the Moon (and back)?

It reminds me of an anecdote. Upasana my elder daughter once said that she wishes to become an astronaut. My younger daughter, Vandita.... was amused. Thought for a while and said... Didi... please don't. So when we asked her why, she said, the moon is so small, what if you trip, you'll fall back on earth and he is too far away. So don't leave us. Hmmmm... well. I'd not want to scare my daughter :)

7. How does your ideal day look like?

Of having the freedom to do what I want to without any strings or attachments. We play so many roles in a day. Of a wife, a mother, a daughter in law, a friend etc.... So many a times, we are bound by certain actions. An ideal day would be to be able to manage all that and also have MY TIME

8. Would you like to learn any new language?

I have a working knowledge of 7 languages so far. Few more are always welcome

9. Are you (and your house) ready for Christmas/New year celebrations yet?

These are not big festivals that we celebrate over here. So not much to do. But these days I love browsing through blogs full of life with christmas decorations.

10. What is your best memory so far?

Quite a few. Extremely difficult to pen them down and injustice to a memory if missed out...haha

11. Any new skill/craft you would to learn?

Tatting

Phew..... Anna...... this task was too daunting..... Says a lot about me. I'd skip 11 facts about me.

Here are my nominees.... in random order.

Color n cream

colours and fabrics

my craft note book

my world of wool

anjin haarteira

nityakalyani kalmat

arctic strawberries

my-world-of-colours

linda crochets

alinih croche

swirls and sprinkles

and my 11 questions to my nominees are