Posted in 3mm, Kids, Knitting, Projects, Tops on Dec 31st, 2007
10 more rows to go and it’s time to start work on Mickey Mouse, YAY!! This is what i call progress, lol. What i need is uninterrupted knitting time as i need to concentrate in reading the chart and making sure i dont make any mistake. Intarsia isnt really that complicated provided i get to […]
How can one celebrate Chinese New Year without something in RED? No idea what to knit or crochet yet in my favorite Lily Yarn. It may be a simple tunic or an elaborate masterpiece. Nayyy, more likely something simple that wont take long to knit as Chinese New Year is just what, 6 weeks away? […]
Posted in Personal on Dec 30th, 2007
I dug out two of my favorite figure-hugging spaghetti-strapped tops from my wardrobe recently. I was once really really skinny and only God knows how i squeezed into them last time. What you see here is knitted with rows and rows of cables. There’s another in pink knitted in two-knits-two-purls. The shop helped me matched […]
Posted in Yarn on Dec 30th, 2007
Katia Mako 5 is a fine 100% Egyptian cotton. I use it mainly for knitting my kids’ projects. It takes two strands to knit and i use either 3mm or 3.25mm double knitting needles for my projects. As for crochet, also use double strands and recommended crochet hook size is 2/0 (2.0 mm), or larger.
Here are my new Clover crochet hooks which i bought a few days back. I bought a set during my trip to the yarn store back in July but i found these to be more comfortable as they have a gently moulded resin handle with a non-slip soft pad for the thumb to rest on, […]