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

Jo Sharp Bolero

Pattern : Jo Sharp Bolero
Yarns : 5 x 50g/125m Schachenmayr nomotta Catania
Needle size : 3/3.5mm

My First FO for 2008!Done it in Jan'08 but was just too lazy to post. I love the red, will wear it regulary for sure :D

This is another KAL among the 3 of us! check out Yun's long sleeve version too! * ahem* Jol! we are waiting to see yours soon!

Our Winter Honeymoon

Hokkaido - 24/12/07 to 31/12/07

We went to Hokkaido for our honeymoon. From Singapore we had to travel 6 hours to Nagoya, then transit to a 1 hour domestic flight to reach Hokkaido.

Over the 6 nights, we stayed in 5 different hotels/resort..the rooms were nice, better than what i was expecting initially.

Here are some pics taken during the trip,enjoy~

NOBORIBETSU - Hell Valley

They have the most sulphurous pond and enjoy the Hotspring Bath in the hotel, we visited the Shiraoi Ainu Village too.

LAKE TOYA - Rusutsu(Ski resort)

This resort is one of the prominent large all-season resort, big ski area and we tried the exciting snow rafting and snow tubing too.



RUSUTSU -Otaru




Otaru Orgel Doh, which houses the "Otaru Music Box Museum", the beatuful heaven sent sounds from the music box now embrace this nostalgic city of Otaru. The best buildings are to be found in the harbour areas and along Otaru canal, which is beatifully lined with lamps... a spectaculat sight.






Oh! forgot to mention, there is a cafe opposite the music box museum, most of the tourist do not go for the coffee but the cup! Yeah, u can actually choose the HelloKitty Cup that you like, after finish the coffee you can bring the cup home, and these are the 2 cups we are choosen.

OTARU-Sapporo
Nijo Fresh Market

we visited the Nijo Fresh Seafood Market, the Ishiya Chocolate Factory and shopping shopping and shopping at the Hokkado largest shopping mall - sapporo station shopping arcade.
























We wore the japanese style robe


Yummu buffet dinner

Kobe Beef that cost 10,500yen per 200g/slice

The beatiful view from our hotel room window

Overall, we had a wonderful time in Hokkaido, we got to know some new friends during the trip, good food, wonderful scenery, very polite japanese people and super clean toilet. DH and I plan to visit again for sure.

A White Christmas Holiday

I am off to Hokkaido for a White Christmas Honeymoon!Yeah Yeah~!!!

My buddy Yun had done me this cream winter hat for my honeymoon trip! Thanks gal~

See? nicely fit and I am going to put it on once I touch down in Hokkaido! Ho Ho Ho~

front view

side view of the cables

Wishing all of U a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wicked

I was impressed by talented WindLoop's version of this Wicked and plan to do 1 for myself too,since I am going for a winter holiday.

Modification : smaller colar, slightly puffy sleeves and the whole sweather was following my own measurement instead.

Pattern : Wicked from Zephyrstyle
Yarn : 10x 50g/125m Jaeger Extra Fine Merino DK yarn
Needle: 4mm

Winter Socks and Chevron Scarf

Pattern: Toe-up from Wendyknits

Finished size: Length 10", Leg circ 7"

Yarn: Garnstudio's Fabel Superwash

Amount: 2 x 50g x 205m

Needles: 2.5mm

Finally I finished this pair of socks, the 75% of Superwash and 25% of Polyamid of this "Fabel" from Garnstudio's is really nice to knit, better then Regia to me. This yarn was a gift from a special person for me to knit for DH, and now i've knitted for him for our honeymoon...

DH happily modelling it :D

NEXT! MINE~~

the Chevron Scarf

Pattern: Chevron Scarf
Finished size: 8" x 65" , Needles : 4.5mm
Yarn: 3x50g Cleckheaton 12 ply Country,1/2 x100g Marvel 8ply Arcylic

I've searched everywhere for the scarf patttern I wanted for a very long time, and finally I've decided on Chevron, although both yarns dint come in the same thickness but well, it still turned out nicely...

the details...

There are finally done and ready for a wash to go with us to Hokkaido for our honeymoon...

I Smell CupCakes

Many of you have been asking about the cupcakes since I mentioned about CupCake KAL last month. We dint post it out yet because we wanna make sure all members received thier Cupcakes first before posting them.

I have done a total of 9 of them excluding the 2 trial and ...

TA DAH!!!

Chocolate Vanilla? Marshmellow or Chocolate with Banana? Any one of the cupcakes caught your eyes? :D

and more...
The final decor before sending them out...

As for the swap, i received 3 lovely Cupcakes from Windloop, I was speechless when I opened the parcel last week! They are just so sweet! Tthe cupcakes were placed nicely in a rosey box with some organza... look at the the hand made tag! Now, they are my new love! Thanks alot girl.Last but not least, I really enjoyed this Cupcake KAL + Swap, it was a success and I hope that the recipients of my cupcakes are happy with them, as for myself, these 3 little ones really brightened up my day~

Oh, on the swapping day, Jollin bought for us a real cupcake each! it was lovely and tasty, each of us received a lovely knitted cupcake from Yun too, I will upload the photos to show u girls...Thanks buddies

-reserved for cupcake photo--

Please check out the other CupCake KAL members:

Windloop

Yun

Jollin

Ribbed Hat

I started this winter hat 2 weeks ago but was put on hold due to the Cupcake KAL. Now, the Cupcake KAL is done and I picked up this winter hat from the basket again last weekend.

All these pictures were modeled by my handsome HB :D

Pattern: Cashmere Ribbed Hat
Materials: Cleckheaton Country 12 ply 100% Pure Wool , Sirdar Denim Tweed DK
Amount: 3.25 balls x 50g/71m ,10g
Needles: 5.0mm

I followed the pattern to CO 96 sts, continue until piece measures 11" from begining then I started decreasing. It does turn out slightly longer but I guess it is good to cover the ears for winter. Sirdar Denim Tweed DK was used to create the blue line.

It is done now and I am one step closer to our winter honeymoon! Yeah Yeah!

Ron's Scarf

I have been busy working on winter projects, cos we are going to Hokkaido for our honeymoon in December! Very looking forward.Yeah Yeah!!!

Since my HB dont want me to knit any sweater for him(well I guess he knows I am having too many wips :P), but I decided to knit him at least a scarf and a hat.

Done this last week, I like the un-block version of this scarf, the pattern are actually from those stitch pattern book and since the stitch pattern was choosen by my HB, so I named it Ron's Scarf!Hmm...The scarf really turn out very nice though!

Size : 8" x 74"

Yarns : 7.5 ball x Cleckheaton Country 12 ply

Needle size : 5.5mm Inox

Oh while I am still having my HOT CupCake-KAL fever, my friend made me these mini CupCake!!! Very tiny Pandan CupCake in green with coconut! very yummy! CupCake GO GO GO!