Gawang Gantsilyo

Crocheted Items like crocheted clothing and ornaments. Everything crocheted!

Inspirations and Irish Lace

Irish lace technique provides numerous opportunities to create fantastic projects.

All you need is a little knowledge on various motifs (searchable on the net) and a dose of inspiration (which for me) comes in the form of vibrant colors and soft textures:

Colors and Textures

“YARNS”.

Violet Yarns from Yarn Source Manila

Violet Yarns from Yarn Source Manila

One time, i went upstairs to grab a spool or two and noticed my violet shades – can’t decide which I like better so I grab two.

And come weekend, I crochet, nothing in particular to create. I used the lighter shade of violet. I started with a swirl, added a flower and leaves then finally…

Handmade Lace

Handmade Lace

I was already creating an accent, which is fortunate because I have an order for a hairpiece. This effort strikes two goals – pouring out creativity and earning a profit.

I do not know what the stitch counts of my motifs. I just crochet them as I go. The leaves are the popular iris leaf and the flower is just chain in rounds with alternating sc – 5ch ch with multiple sc’s to form the petal… You do not have to mind how many petals you can create, just pour out, your inner creativity… The swirls – i love making them, the folds differ each time i create a new one… depending on where i decide to put more “sc” on a ch.

But what get me inspired to make it was the vibrant color of the yarn. It was nothing special, just acrylic but the color is yummy purple, like the color of the ube jam from Baguio. Mike even said that I have a yummy shade on top of my head.

Handmade Lace Hair Accent

Handmade Lace Hair Accent

I showed this to my friend and it got sold immediately. I am 50% happy and 50% unhappy. I want her to like it and I want her to not like it too πŸ˜€ because I want the headband by myself. But now, come to think of it, I am happier that she liked it and really liked it. :) This way I get to know that what I do gets appreciated and I earn a little bit too, to fund my next yarn purchase.

And then! Speaking of yarn purchase, Another came yesterday and oh my! I immediately love two yarns among the lot!

Blue and Pink Jeans Cotton Yarn

Blue and Pink Jeans Cotton Yarn

These two cotton yarns are like jeans. I think they are the strands of thread that makes up jeans fabric. Literally. The shade of pink is so soft and cute and the blue, I just know I have to make a band! and since I no longer wear any accessory I asked another friend if I could make one for her, and she happily obliged!You see, she likes to call them armcandies and has a blog about all the fashionable stuffs see here –> http://brandsforgrabs.blogspot.com/

So with her in mind, i keep thinking of something bold but still pretty simple accessory. The jeans should be the backdrop. I added some leather braids and created some puffy flowers and before I knew it, my hand is covered with eeky super glue. Good thing I have some left over “jewelry findings” i never threw out, so I can make the clasps.. I realize, i miss creating accessories. I had fun during college when I do earrings and (name it- accessories) to fund my physics conference trips and my next week lunch πŸ˜€

Lady Blue Jeans Wrist Wrap

Lady Blue Jeans Wrist Wrap

And yes, I am also putting this up for sale for made to order basis, just so I have something that is for sale πŸ˜€ hehehe..

Ahh.. now, I have to end this blog because of work.

Tata!!!

Dresses and Crochet

I have attempted to crochet dress from the past, none actually reached the conclusion stage:

This woolen navy blue dress for example, I never finished this one because I can never wear it. Look how ambitious the design was. (1) Tube (2) Backless (3) Fitting

I was more into the design aspect of the dress, not into finishing it.

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The resulting fabric was thick and heavy. Not really for the type of climate we have in the Philippines.

I am no longer that “thin” as I was before pregnancy, but I also am able to wear “fitted” dress as long as I will not exhale out! πŸ˜€

And then this one:

Black Stripes Crocheted Dress

Black Stripes Crocheted Dress

Look how lazy I can get! Just the other sleeves and it’s done… I need motivation…

Blue dress

Blue dress

I think i was trying to create something to this effect.

When all I want is a flowing a-line dress.

I tried to create a wrap around dress with “corset effect” upfront –

Irish Pirate Dress

Irish Pirate Dress

Didn’t go that well because the shoulders were too wide. I will have to redo that part..

And then this, finally.

Lacy Golden Dress

Lacy Golden Dress

Which I have proudly worn in a wedding as I have shared in my previous post

Now I am trying to “create something” again… oh, i just hope this will turn out good and I would actually finish this. πŸ˜€

Orange WIP

Orange WIP

Crocheted Naruto Mug Coaster

I always love Naruto, and I love drinking coffee.
Don’t you think they go well together?

Crocheted Naruto Mug Chibi Coaster

Crocheted Naruto Mug Chibi Coaster

I have been spending sometime last week looking at this picture:

Naruto Chibi

Naruto Chibi

Trying to comprehend how can i turn my stitches so that it will form Naruto’s lively face. Initially I started by rows. That did not work out. The edges are ugly and ragged. Then I started in cricles which proved more difficult to shape. Come weekend, I retired the project but still the idea keep haunting me that I worked on it again and finally found the trick. Half circles!

So when I am done shaping the face, the rest of the head was easier to make. The details of the face were slip stitched into the sc mesh, with a bit difficulty. I was not even sure if the slip stitches would work out since I usually do embroidery with a needle but it’s a first to do it with a crochet hook.

The effort really paid off, because when my husband came home yesterday and saw the coaster, he was very delighted and wanted to take it with him to work.

My husband with the mug coaster

My husband with the mug coaster

Here is the crocheted mug coaster:

Crocheted Naruto Chibi (2D)

Crocheted Naruto Chibi (2D)

Mix & Match – Ginantsilyo

Though the air is still chilly specially in the morning, most of us look forward to summer vacation. Ginantsilyo offers a stylish mix to match the summer heat!

Summer Get Up - Blue Ginantsilyo

Summer Get Up – Blue Ginantsilyo

So, what’s on the shelf? The crocheted skirt is up as a “made to order” item. Small – medium size costs 1,200Php. Add Php200 per size increase.

Blue Crocheted Skirt

Blue Crocheted Skirt

The skirt is made of cotton blend on soft blue tone. The hipline is accentuated with a square motif with adjustable “drawstring” belt.

Another up for grab is the very stylish owl crochet earrings

Blue crochet owl earrings

Blue crochet owl earrings

This pair is a smaller version of the Big & Chunky Earrings offered last month. The earrings are made from embroidery cotton thread with sapphire blue class A stones and kidney earring hooks :)

The earrings are currently available for Php 250. The owl is approximately 1″ (not including the hook and the bead)

* (Bikini top is not available for sale)

**Shipping fee not included.

 

 

Big and Fat and Silver Crocheted Earrings

Background: I decided I am going to sell so that I can earn the money I need to purchase new yarns. This way, I can buy what I want without harming our budget.

Big and Fat and Silver – retails at P200 per pair

They are crocheted using a 100% Metallic Polyester yarn from Ice Yarns. I used kidney earring wires so that it will have a lock, hence it will lessen the probability that you will lose the crocheted earring :)

crocheted leaves

crocheted leaves – inspired from Irish Crochet’s Fern leaves

crocheted owl

crocheted owl – original design by Ginantsilyo.com

Long, Tear Drop Earrings

Long, Tear Drop Earrings – Original Design & Concept by Ginantsilyo.com

Crocheted Peacock

Crocheted Peacock – Original Design & Concept by Ginantsilyo.com

Crocheted Pouty Fish

Crocheted Pouty Fish – Original Design & Concept by Ginantsilyo.com

Crocheted Wheel Rollovers

Crocheted Wheel Rollovers – inspired from Irish Crocheted Flowers

meow - crocheted cat

meow – crocheted cat – original design and concept by ginantsilyo.com

various flowers

various flowers – inspired by 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet, angel is original design and concept

I am so happy with the earrings that I want them to be boxed on special boxes, so I have to take out my cricut machine to create fabulous boxes:

elegantly boxed up!

elegantly boxed up!

I am also happy to say that I was able to sell everything. It is also nice that the buyer appreciates my craft :) Thank you Ms. Meikah! And I hope your recipients would be very happy to receive handcrafted gifts from Ginantsilyo!

Happy Customer! Happy Seller!

Happy Customer! Happy Seller!

Dainty little crocheted shorts

This project was for: My website :)

I have put down my blog for two years and I just recently put this up again. And I did try to make up by writing a post every now and then. And I am happy about the results. A few followers seemed to pick up and this prompted me to write down documentations of my crochet works. Though I still have to finish the article I wrote about the Nelia, crocheted blouse, I have finished one documentation about the crocheted shorts hack. Though I did not arrived at exactly the same output, I think, I did better :)

The project was made by: ME! I have spent sleepless nights for this.

The project:

Taadaaaaaan!!! My very dainty little crocheted shorts:

Dainty little crocheted shorts

Dainty little crocheted shorts

To all those who picked up on my blogging (again)… Thank you guys. I do hope you understand my instructions because I am not a very good writer. If there are clarifications, you can post a comment below :)

I am very happy about the crocheted shorts and I am hooking on my next project. So see you guys again! :)

About the pattern:

You can follow my previous posts to recreate this shorts.

 

Going to the beach, requirement: CROCHETED TOP!

The project was for: A crochet enthusiast always find a reason to crochet, and that was exactly what I was thinking when I made this crocheted top, october of last year, a week before our planned family get away for Boracay.

The project was made by: More often than not, I find myself as the recipient of my own creations. This is because, before I start with something, I must dedicate that something to someone, or else I would sway on my goal and probably not finish the project at all. Since we had plans for a family vacation, I thought then, I just had to do something for myself.

The crocheted top:

This is my favorite crocheted outfit so far.

Ginantsilyo - White Crocheted Top

Ginantsilyo – White Crocheted Top

 

About the pattern

start using a circular motif. Since i like dc’s and trebles, i sticked with that motif.

The outfit was inspired by another crocheted garment of a friend. Though I was not able to actually copy everything since I was only looking from a small picture of her in my wall, I got the idea of circular motifs out of her top :) Thank you for that!

My mother made me a bouquet of crocheted flowers

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The project was for: The project was used for my prenuptial photoshoot held at Univeristy of the Philippines, Diliman. The flowers are made from mercerized cotton threads with little floral assembly at the middle to form the stigma. The project used two colors of thread: Red for the petals and Green for the leaves. I wrapped a satin green ribbon to held the flowers together.

The project was made by: I am a crochet addict, and recently i have infected my mother. She keeps wanting more and more crochet projects.Β  And she was very eager to help me during the wedding preparations, she even obliged to make me a bouquet of flowers to be used as props. I was very grateful because she made the flowers very beautiful, enough to make my photoshoot a memorable experience :)

A bouquet of flowers:Β 

Here, shows some snapshots during the photoshoot πŸ˜€

Crocheted Flowers

Crocheted Flowers

 

 

Momoink and Yaki vows to love each other

Momoink and Yaki vows to love each other

 

Me and Mike happily in love

Me and Mike happily in love

Thank you mommy for making my prenup perfect with these crocheted flowers!

About the pattern:

The instructions for the flowers came from “Crochet for a Neautiful Home”, published by Sedgewood Press. I found this old book in one of the second hand bookstore in my university. I was very happy that I got this, and although I was short on budget (mind you, the book only cost me 150 pesos), I just really had to have this book.

 

Crochet for a beautiful home. published by sedgewood press

Crochet for a beautiful home. published by sedgewood press
The image was taken from http://amazon.com

Instructions can be found on page 138, Wired Flowers, pattern for Tulip. We improvised to make this look something different :)

My mother’s first scarf

Last month, i engaged my dear mother with some crocheting tasks, to make a scarf for my dear friend. My mom was my first crochet teacher, now its my turn to reteach her the things i learned from her. It was easy and fun and endearing. Sometimes my mom would go all the way from Bulacan to SM North just for us to meet and show me her current progress.

Finally, last sunday, my mother surprised me with the finished scarf. I like how she manage to make even stitches. I am so tempted not to give it to the recipient, but my mom is just too happy to do that for him, that i have to put up extra measures just to make sure that my friend gets the scarf before he leaves for China, the following day.

Oh well. he loved the yarns and would like to let my mom knows that he is grateful for the scarf that he sent me a picture of him wearing it. :) He’s keeping a low google profile, so let’s no longer name this guy.

My mother's first scarf

My mother’s first scarf

The scarf is made from three colors of wool yarn.

Btw, remember the first scarf i made? It’s still alive after all these years. He finally sent me a copy :) I m so happy that i saw my first scarf again.

My first scarf

My first scarf

Black Sneakers with Mint Green Sole

I am making baby shoes again. :) And as usual, everytime i crochet something new, i have no idea how this will turn out. I just let my hands do the thinking. Then after making something, the next problem is how to repeat it. :) And since I am excited to post this baby sneakers, I am uploading this now.

I used four strands of my Baguio Yarns and 2.10mm hook :) For the sole and shoe lace, i chose the mint green baguio yarn. And black for the main part. :)

Without farther ado, here is my very first baby sneakers. I am hoping i could make the other pair. πŸ˜€ Wish me luck!

Crocheted Baby Sneakers

Crocheted Baby Sneakers

crocheted sole with 'spikes'

crocheted sole with ‘spikes’

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