Category Archives: Scarves

Winter Warmers

12th July 2009 – 6:54 pm

Surprisingly, I’m not referring to food at all this time around.The nights are going to get very chilly the next few days since it’s not going to rain. I heard on the radio earlier that it will reach a minimum of 5 degrees or less tonight. Being a knitter myself, I’ve always try to keep warm by wearing my own hand knitted goodies. It is a very satisfying feeling, to be able to wear my own hand knitted clothes.

A few days ago, I managed to finish knitting a vest for myself. Saw the pattern on knitty quite some time ago but never gotten around to knitting it since it’s always hard to find worsted weight yarns in Australia. However, things have change since Bendigo Woollen Mills recently introduced their new range of yarns called Luxury. I got myself a few balls of this new yarn in 10 ply and decided to knit Talia for myself.

Talia

Talia

Pattern: Talia
Yarn: 1.35 skeins of Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 10 Ply (Ghost)
Needles: 5.5 mm

I’m really happy with this vest and it was really simple to knit too!! Since I knitted it in a light grey/silver colour, it is really easy to match with other clothes :mrgreen: . Definitely another plus point for this.

I also managed to fininsh a scarf yesterday. This is the first scarf I’ve knitted this year. Haha. I still remember when I first started knitting, all I ever knit were scarves but it has actually been ages since I last knitted a scarf. Anyway, I got this yarn from Spotlight a few months back when it was on special. Since it’s a striped yarn, it is destined to be an entrelac project. I love how each squares seem to be of a different colour due to the entrelac technique. As I was knitting the scarf, my sister saw how “pretty” it was turning out to be and said to me, “We share this scarf ok?” :roll:

Danica

Pattern: Danica
Yarn: 3 skeins of Moda Vera Fauna (Retro)
Needles: 5 mm

Anyway, Coco wants to say something before I end this post :razz: .

My Little Coco

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Pink, Soft and Furry

31st October 2008 – 6:02 pm

Today, I wanna share with you something that is pink in colour, feels really soft and furry too :mrgreen: .

Firstly, I finally finished knitting a scarf for my swap pal (I joined the 100g Challenge in Ravelry). She wanted something light, airy and she loves pink (just like me), so I decided to knit her a scarf using 4 ply yarn. Mind you, all the scarves that I’ve knitted so far are all using DK weight yarns, sometimes even thicker. Therefore, this time around, it took me a lot longer to finish since it’s a finer yarn, knitted on smaller needles and of course, the yarndage is a lot longer too. However, the end result is absolutely gorgeous. Although it’s tedious to knit this scarf, and the pattern is a 4 row repeat, I just love the touch and feel of this scarf. I’m a little sad to part with it. Anyway, I hope my swap pal will like it.

Old Shale Scarf

Pattern: Old Shale Scarf
Yarn: The Knittery 4ply Sock: Merino in Petals
Needles: 4.5 mm

Anyway, how many of you have knitted blankets before? Do you like the FO? I’ve been eyeing the Hemlock Ring Blanket and the Log Cabin Blanket for a very long time now. Since Bendigo is having a sale at the moment, I’m very tempted to order some yarns for those blankets. Do you think Bendigo Aran for Hemlock Ring Blanket and Bendigo 8 ply Cotton for Log Cabin Blanket sounds ok?

Ah…I always find it so hard to make decisions. Till ten, here are some cute photos of my furry babies. They were having so much fun in the backyard today. Erm. I think only Momo is enjoying himself. Coco is a bit upset since her big brother won’t give her the toy :roll: .

My Gorgeous Furry Kids

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Another Quiet Long Weekend

31st May 2008 – 10:49 pm

I used to look forward to a long weekend but whenever DH is not around, it’s just another quiet weekend for me. It’s been raining whole day, with thunderstorms. Nice weather to just sit comfortbly at the sofa, watch some tv and knit, with a cup of hot milo to warm up too. But of course, it’ll be a lot nicer if DH is around. Oh well. Just 10 more days and he’ll be home soon. Can’t wait!!!

On another note, I started another pair of socks about two weeks ago. I actually finished knitting one sock last week BUT I couldn’t wear it. It was too tight although my tension, yarn, and needle size, number of stitches per round were all the same as my previous other socks. By the way, the pattern I’m using is Nutkin. Ann offered to frog the leg section as recommended that I knit the leg section in bigger needles. I’ve always use 2.5 mm needles therefore, for the leg of this sock, I used 2.75 mm. I’ve just finished reknitting the leg and this time, I can finally wear the sock although I still have to pull a little just to get it over my heels.

Nutkin

Now, my dilemma is, should I knit the 2nd sock the same way, as in using 2.5 mm for the sole and 2.75 mm for the leg, or should I just used 2.75 mm all the way? I do admit that this sock pattern, the stitches are kinda tight and I can feel my sole section are a little tight compare to my other socks too. Sigh. I’m not 100% happy with this sock pattern although it’s really pretty. Apart from that, this sock pattern has a little twisting/biasing issues.

I have another FO to show as well. It was a special request from my friend Ju Lee who is in Melbourne. She asked if I could knit her another scarf (I knitted her a few scarf last year I think?) and of course I said yes. She choose the Irish Hiking Scarf. Yupz. Cables!!! I’ve never done cables before!!! So I was kinda erm, not really looking forward to knitting it as I always assume cables are hard :shock: . Boy was I wrong!! Cables aren’t that hard at all!!! This scarf pattern is definitely a good pattern for cables newbie like me. Anyway, I’ve posted the scarf to her a few days ago. She should be receiving it sometime next week and I hope that she’ll like the scarf :) .

Irish Hiking Scarf

Pattern: Irish Hiking Scarf
Yarn: 4 balls of Cleckheaton Country 8 Ply
Needles: 5 mm

Hmm…apart from the second sock of Nutkin, what shall I knit next??

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