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!

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~

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

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

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!