Sunday, May 29, 2005

Second Hourglass Sweater Done!!

Second Hourglass Sweater Done!!

I have finished my second Hourglass Sweater.
This time, I used three skeins of Louet Sales' Euroflax Original (Linen
100%).
It tangled occasionally, but came out wonderful.
I also shortened my sleeves by 4 inches so that I don't have to fold the
sleeves when doing dishes. Very comfortable to wear, and I love it !!

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Loop-d-Loop ballet-t-shirt

Loop-d-Loop ballet-t-shirt

I recently bought "Loop-d-Loop" and wanted to try something new.
This looked relatively easy with chunky yarns, so I decided to work on it.
It took only a day to make this...
If you are a fast knitter, it will take only a couple hours.
Thanks to a great design, it looks great!!
I thought cotton yarns were a bit heavy, but not with this shirt.

Yarn: Brown Sheep Company's Cotton Fleece (80% cotton, 20% wool)
2 skeins; color: cavern
Needle: US#11

Thursday, May 19, 2005

crochet time...

crochet time...

My friend taught me how to make a cup holder, so I decided to make it for my
son.
It came out great! I am not good at crocheting, so it didn't come out neat,
but it looks cool with lots of love from his mom~

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Hourglass Sweater Part II Started

Hourglass Sweater Part II Started

I just started my second Hourglass Sweater.
This time, I am using Euroflex original from Louet Sales (Linen 100%).
I thought it would be easy to wear with blue jeans...
I will make the sleeves a bit shorter (probably 3/4 sleeves)
so I can wear it in summer time, too.

Monday, May 09, 2005

Mother's Day Scarf Part II

Mother's Day Scarf Part II

This one is for my mother-in-law.
I used one skein of Morehouse Lace Yarn in Santa Fe Color.
I started to knit it as the direction says,
but I didn't like the way variegated color came out,
so I decided to pool...
it took for a while to figure out how to adjust yarns, but after a while,
voila!!
it started to create a stripe pattern... i was so glad~~
I kept pooling once in a while, but over all, i didn't adjust too much
since I was using #12 needle for a lace weight yarn.
This is incredibly soft and light, I used only one skein of 1 oz...
I may try in different color for myself. I liked it.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Mother's Day Scarf

Mother's Day Scarf

I made this scarf for my mom back in Japan.
This is very cool!!
It took only ten minutes to make it, and it looks wonderful,
thanks to the yarns that I got from Habu...
They really have such a wonderful yarns!! I love them!

Friday, May 06, 2005

ruffles scarf done~




I finished this scarf a couple days ago. It is nice, but a bit heavy.
The pattern called for 4 skeins of premiere (Classic Elite),
but I used only 3 skeins, and it was enough.
I have to think about what to wear with this... a bit difficult...