Feb 27, 2011

Reaching the summit


The summit shawl has been in the works for a couple of months now. I have decided to make it really long. Like I said before, I stop from time to time to make something else. This pattern is really tedious! Besides I am adding 15 more columns; 25 wave-sets total. I prefer it to be the size of my wingspan or longer).
I learned how to twist the stitch and it really helps to anchor the yarn so the gap looks more defined. .
In the meantime, I finished up the fussy white scarf. As I had a lot of yarn leftover, I knitted a hat and pair of mittens. The entire set came out really nice.
Picture of my next project

Feb 12, 2011

Tawashi



For the longest time I’ve been contemplating the idea of learning crochet. I find it to be very intricate, specially reading the patterns and charts. They are kinda of undecipherable for me.( I have a plan B though, just in case.)
Then, surfing the net, I found Ana Paula and she posted a couple of step-by-step tutorials that has motivated me to get started on a beginner small project (making a granny square)
A couple days ago, I was searching some Japanese sites and I bumped into a scrubbie named Tawashi. They really caught my eyes and I even found a tutorial video here.
I loved these ones and there’s even an anti-bacterial yarn for sale at Etsy. They are supposed to be really scritchy-scratchy and they might be perfect for scrubbing my dishes before going into the dishwasher!
Look these ones .

Feb 7, 2011

Valentine's

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
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