Saartje's Bootees

Pattern : Saartje's Bootees

Yarns : Gong Cotone Egitto Mako(dark brown)/ Catania Cotton(baby blue)

Needle Size : 2.5mm dpns

Dear All,

Thank you for all the sweet messages and support. This 2 weeks have been good, except the bad weather ... I am down with flu. OK now except still coughing a bit.

Many of you wonder how far am I now... OK, I am 14 weeks pregnants(3.5 months)! For the first time, we saw little junior actively moving alot during the gynae routine check up last Monday! DH and I were so touched and happy! Thanks to the advance technology!

Back to knitting, in order to kick off my knitting mojo, I thought start knitting with small project might help and it does!

Done second pair of booties for Junior.

Little booties in his daddy's hands.

Overall, quite a simple knitted project, except I dont really like the seaming part, so I knitted it with DPNS instead, only need to seam the bottom to cut down the discomfort on the little feet.

p/s - Thanks to Doreen who recommended this project to me!

New Path In Life...

I am back
with my little knitting mojo

learning and getting ready

to my new path in life :)

Little booties that i knitted for Junior~

Pattern : Ruth's "Perfect" Baby Booties

Yarn : Catania Cotton in Grey(50-70yards)

Needles Size : 3.5m/4.0mm

(note : followed Ruth's instrustion from begining till top of foot, join in round, changed to lace for cuff instead of ribbing) and i like the result!

Happy Lunar New Year 2009~ Moo Moo

Dear All,

I will be taking a week break heading home and be back by 2 February.

Wishing you and your family A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Ox Year!

祝大家与家人 : 新年快乐，吉祥幸福，身体安康，福慧増长!

A New 2009!

Yes! I have been lazy again, not only about updating this blog, I've been lazy over my knitting works too!
For some good reasons, I've lost my knitting mojo since 2 months ago! have not touching all the WIPs and being very good, not even a new CO!

So.. nothing to update yet and life is good. Wishing everyone a good 2009 ahead and keep the knitting spirit rockz! ... and I hope my mojo will be back soon too...

Lazy

Anyone still reading this blog?

I have not been updating my blog for more then 2 months... I know.
Busy with works, too much TV and ..ya..lazy.


No FO to blog yet, only some WIPS, just to share, these 2 are the most active on my needles at the moment...

Madli Shawl, I have been 'aiming' for this project since last year, finally get to CO.



Another KAL project with my knitting buddies - Sahara in Catania Cotton, finishing soon, at the colar.


OK! I will try to update when I have the time.

Kiri

Pattern: Kiri

Yarns : Bamboo Wool Blend Fingering Weight 1.5x100g

Done 13th repeat on chart 2

Needle Size : 4mm & 5mm

Measurement after blocked : 64" across shoulder with 32" length

I am glad that i finished it, finally~

close up view

Ash-alike

Pattern : Ash from Rowan 36
Yarns : Olympus Cotton Novia x 7 balls(40g/115m)
Needle Size : 3.5mm/4.0mm

Proud to present to you.
A KAL project with talented Windloop.



Basically we knitted up according to our own estimation.

Poseiodon Socks

Pattern : Poseidon Socks
Yarn : Lana Grossa Meilenweit (1x100g/420m)
Needle Size : 2.5mm, 3.5mm

Another KAL project with my buddies Yun & Jol.
I dint follow 100% of this pattern as the heel turn part i refer to other's method.

I proudly present to you, fresh from the oven.. TADA~

I Just Cant Stop...

Stainless Steel.

Fine Merino.

YOU! Feel so love hate!

YET cant stop knitting.

Home Sweet Home

I am leaving SG tomorrow morning at 6am.

Going to travel a long journey but i am very excited...because i am heading home , home sweet home!

I will be back by next week!

Max's Staircase Tam

Pattern : Max's Staircase Tam

Yarns : Cleckheaton Country 12 Ply Wool(grey) 2.5 x 50g(71m),

Fingering weight Wool(purple)

Needle Size : 5mm

My very first beret in my knitting life!
The idea of knitting a small gift for someone special for her birthday has been going thru my mind since 2 months ago... something small..hm..a hat?
After surfing on ravelry for all the hat's design, i finally took up the courage to CO this beret! In fact, it was not a one-time success FO, the patt stated that is for Child/ Adult Small, so i CO 90 sts instead of 84. The hat ended up covering my whole face!Guess what have i done to rescue the hat? i cut off the ribbing and redo it up-side-down!

Overall, not a bad one, now i am thinking to CO another one for myself :D

Happening In The East

We had a wonderful time over the weekend, wonderful dinner on Friday, a good sweat from a run on Saturday. Today, we went for cycling in the east, in fact, almost spent whole day in the east, although the sun is not that strong, but i still get a bad sun burn on my left hand! Seems like applying the sun block twice for the 2 hours is not enough, still.

Sun burn on my hand :(

We paid a second visit to the Korean restaurant in Katong for lunch! the food is much better then the first time we tried, worth the price for the food :D, after the lunch we tried this Cheesecake Cafe in the East, from the outside really dont attract our attention at all but once the waitress lead us into the cafe..WOW!!! let the picture tell thousand words.

The two tired faces after being under the hot sun enjoying coffee in the cafe...

Looking out from the inside...

Lots of renaissance decor...

Renaissance painting, my favourite

Beautiful carvining next to out table...

More beautiful decor on the wall...

ok, time for mask on the sun tanned face!

In Memoriam...

May Peace Be With You, always...
3 years have passed by since you left us,
Time may ease the pain,
Loving thoughts will always remain...

Twinkle Capelet

Pattern : Princess Capelet by Wenlan Chia

Yarn : Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece

Yardage: 3.5 balls x 100g/215 yards

Needle: 5.5 needle

It has been awhile since the last update on my blog about my knitting progress, reason : being too greedy to have too many wips on hands!
This Twinkle Capelet is one of my wips that i casted on dated 22/05/08 and i've put it on hold for almost 2 weeks because i am running out of yarns.


Overall i am happy with this project because i feel it is more stylo than those normal cardi that we usually see.

We Call Them Pirates

Pattern : We Call Them Pirates

Yarns : 1 x 50g Jaegar Extra Fine Merino DK in Black,

1/2 x 50g Katia Bamboo in Sweet Candy Pink
Needle size : 3.5mm/4mm

This is my first trial on colour-work project! When i first saw this pattern from ravelry somewhere last year, i noticed that most of the FOs were done in black and white combi, so i have been thinking hard on what colour combi should i do for this hat.

I have quite a number of colour choices for this pattern in acrylic, but thinking of the hard work, i decided not to knit with acrylic and cast on with a better yarn - Jaegar Extra Fine Merino in DK weight!

I’ve modified the pattern by no lining and do ribbing instead and added the heart shape between the skulls and and a bigger heart shape on top of each section too.

Although not a fan of pink colour since young, but guess this sweet candy pink from Katia Bamboo does bring out the charm of this hat! Loving it :D

Lacy Kerchief Scarf

Pattern : Lacy Kerchief Scarf from Interweave Knits, Summer 2005
Yarns : 4x50g Knit Pick Shine Sport
Needle Size : 4mm
Finished Measurement : 80" x 14"

Cast on this scarf last month by using one of my stash, the Knit Pick Shine Sport yarns i got 2 years ago.
Quite an easy knit. I’ve shorten the length by 2 repeats and do increase every 3 rows instead of every 5 rows, the measurement at the center point is 13.5” before blocking.

Done - wash and lightly blocked by ironing.

Crazy Monkey

Pattern:Toe-Up Crazy Monkey
Finished size: Length 9", Leg circ 7"
Yarns : 1/2x 100g Bamboo Wool Blend Fingering Weight
Needle size : 2.5mm DPNS

A long overdue FO, i follow this version for the lace part to do this Toe up version of Crazy Monkey .

This is also my first time knitting with Bamboo Wool blend fingering weight yarns, very smooth and not droppy after wash(normally bamboo have this problem) but i am not very satisfied with the colour run so completed it as ankle socks instead.

Hanami

Pattern : Hanami

Finished size : 16"x65"
Yarns: 1.5 x 50g(450 yards)Habu Tsumugi 100% Silk
Needle size : 3.5mm

This is not my first stole attempt but is my first stole as FO!
This lovely Habu Tsumugi Silk yarns in pale green was given to me from a dear friend as a Christmas gift last year.
It was not smooth on my needles(prehaps because of my sweaty palms) but it turned out to be very very soft after a wash.

I dint really stretch it, only lightly block it and the size turn out just nice for me.

Amineko

I was inspired by the pretty WindLoop's Amineko so i started to knit a few of these catty things.
I have done 3 so far,first one in grey was just in time on Valentine for DH, then a light pink and a shocking pink amineko.

Here a peep of the light pink Amineko :D

Pattern : Amineko Crochet Cat

Yarn : Thorobred 8 ply acrylic
Hook : 4/0mm

Lelah

Pattern : Lelah Top

Yarns : 3 x 50g Arcylic Peony/1.5 x 50g Cotton Conford

Needle size : 3.5/3.75mm

Another KAL for Yun and me, this Lelah was supposed to be a new top for CNY, but some how, some where..due to the 101 execuses, i dint fulfil the wish.

I cast on this Lelah with Acylic yarn " Peony" with 40" for the bottom lace and change to Cotton Conford for the bra area right after the ribbon, cos i wanna have a different feel for this top, so i mix the choice of yarns.

I dint block the FO, only steam iron the lace, the top part seems a bit loose on me but i am ok with it because dont intent to wear it too tight :D