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Apron and bandanna set

February 4, 2009bags and purses

Before leaving kindergarten and entering entering elementary school next April, Sidra and his classmates will cook lunch for the whole school next week. For this occasion, the kids have to wear apron and bandanna which have to be submitted to school by tomorrow. I didn’t have the chance to buy fabrics because I still got [...]

Tagged as: apron, bandanna, sewing

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The Owl and the snake

January 26, 2009kidswear

Sidra has been down from influenza and skipped school for several days. Today is the fourth day and he’s feeling much better, but the first two days were really bad, so he (and I) was really sad. To cheer him up, I knitted these two animals. The snake is also a scarf, using the same [...]

Tagged as: knit, scarf, toys

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Red cable mittens

January 19, 2009kidswear

After seeing me with my grey mittens, Sidra promptly requested a pair of similar mittens with ‘snakes’, but in different color. There’s some red wool in my stash, so I use it to make Sidra’s request. I couldn’t find any pattern that fit the yarn or the cable pattern, so I bravely decided to create [...]

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I have holes on my dress

January 19, 2009womenswear

Due to my newest addiction to knitting and crocheting and the dropping temperature in the sewing room, I’d been taking a break from the sewing machine for quite some time. But yesterday, I suddenly got the urge to sew again, so I made this quick project. The fabris is the same type as my husband’s [...]

Tagged as: dress, sewing

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Grey things

January 19, 2009knit and crochet

I finally finished the grey scarf that I mentioned in this post. The yarn is grey wool with little bits of colorful tweed on it, knitted in 3.5 mm knitting needles. So far, it is the smallest needles that I’ve used and it sure took a long time as I wanted a long scarf. At [...]

Tagged as: hats, knit, mittens, scarf

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A surprise for me!

January 19, 2009life

A few days ago, the delivery man rang the doorbell and brought this surprise package for me. The package is from a certain Ms. N in UK, containing a set of 8 pairs of knitting needles in various sizes, and two skeins of Rowan organic wool in two colours! I was absolutely ecstatic after opening [...]

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Rainbow scarf for a friend

January 13, 2009knit and crochet

The Noro yarn was actually belong to my husband. But when I saw it, I suddenly remember a friend that I haven’t seen for quite some time. It must be a sign, so I stole one skein of the yarn and knitted this little scarf for her. Since she’s living in a tropical country, I [...]

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Fingerless mitts and black hood

January 7, 2009knit and crochet

I’ve finished my fingerless mittens, it was such an unbelievably easy and quick project! Actually they end up a little bit too big and look like a mismatch from different pairs. The right one has so many greens in it while the left one has a big part of black along the middle. The thing [...]

Tagged as: hats, knit, mittens

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Burdastyle’s Best of 2008 and some more knitting

January 6, 2009knit and crochet

I just found out today that Burdastyle has published a Best of 2008 album on their photos section, and two of my creations are there! Thank you, Burdastyle! On the other hand, I’m in the middle of two new knitting projects. Yes I’m so greedy. The first one is a scarf in this pretty pattern [...]

Tagged as: burdastyle, featured, in progress, knit

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New knitter in the house!

January 2, 2009knit and crochet

I’m so happy to announce that we have a new knitter in the house! We were having a look around Okadaya, a fabrics and yarn store in Shinjuku area, and after looking at all those beautiful yarns, I think my husband couldn’t resist to learn knitting. He tried it out as soon as we got [...]