Ooops. It’s been almost 3 weeks since I last post anything on my blog. I’m such a slacked!! However, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been knitting. I’m just lazy taking pictures and blogging about it. Hahahaha.

Anyway, here’s the 1st FO. I bought the yarns from Knitting Inspirations sometime last year and finally it has been knitted up into a Beret. Just in time for winter!! I actually knitted this beret when I just came back from my KL trip. My hands were so itching to knit!! This only took me two days and I was just so happy to get back into my knitting mojo!! By the way, I modified the pattern so that I can knit it in the round because I hate seaming!!

Pattern: Tweed Beret from Jo Sharp Knit Issue 3
Yarn: 1.5 balls Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed
Needles: 4.5 mm and 5 mm

The 2nd FO is actually my first pair of knitted mittens/gloves that I knitted sometime last year!!! Hahahahaha. Totally forgot to blog about but better late than never I say!! Anyway, I used some leftover yarns and knitted the hand/wrist warmers from the “Last-Minute Knitted Gifts” book. This was a really easy knit. I needed a pair of these fingerless gloves because the air-con in my office is freezing cold!! Now I can keep my hands and fingers toasty warm

Pattern: Hand/Wrist Warmers from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts book
Yarn: 1 ball of Spotlight Basics 8 ply Pure Wool
Needles: 4 mm

Last FO for the day is Wisp. I used thicker yarn and bigger needles as I want this to be a wrap/stole instead. This is a wedding gift for my colleague who will be getting married this April 5th. Purple is her favourite colour and I hope that she will like this present. It is a very simple mindless knitting. I ignore the eyelets as I didn’t need the buttons. Halfway through, I was getting a bit sick of the pattern. Hahahaha. I’m glad it’s finish now!!!

Pattern: Wisp
Yarn: 1 cone of ColourMart Silk 32/120NM DK weight (Lavender)
Needles: 6 mm

Well well well…3 FOs in a post. I guess I’m not really a slacker after all?? By the way, in the last photo, can you see that big fat butt???

My best friend in KL is getting married next month and sadly , I’m unable to attend her wedding. I knew she’s quite upset about it as she was hoping I’d be there. Anyway, I’ve knitted her a red (one of her favourite colour) Clementine Shawlette and I hope that she’ll like it . I’ll be posting the shawl to her tomorrow. I hope she’ll get it in time, cross my fingers!!

Pattern: Clementine Shawlette from Interweave Knits, Spring 2007
Yarn: 1 cone of Colourmart Silk 32/120NM DK Weight - Red Red
Needles: 5 mm

[Update]I realised I made the shawl a bit too long [/Update]

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates. DH was back last week but will only be home for 5 days. Therefore, I didn’t spend much time in front of the computer as I used to. He’s back to work today and won’t be home till 8 weeks time

I suppose I’ll have more knitting time now so hopefully, more FO’s and more updates too!! Anyway, Here is the first knitted item from Interweave magazine, the Clementine Shawlette. It is quite an easy and enjoyable knit except for joining the two piece together. I’ve read a lot on Ravelry that the grafting part doesn’t look really nice. There was another way of grafting it but I find that it’s too much hassle. Therefore, I just ended it on Row 2 instead of Row 4 of the pattern repeat, and then grafted the two pieces together. It looks nice to me and I’m happy with it .

Pattern: Clementine Shawlette from Interweave Knits, Spring 2007
Yarn: 1 ball of Bendigo Classic 8 Ply - Spinifex Colour
Needles: 4.5 mm

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Last Saturday was quite gloomy, and I’m not only referring to the weather. I managed to finish knitting a simple shawl for a friend of mine. I hope that this shawl will brings her warmth and comfort through this difficult time.

Pattern: Little Arrowhead Shawl by Pam Allen from Interweave Knits, Summer 2006
Yarn: 2 balls of Cleckheaton Country Silk 8 Ply and a little bit of feather yarn for the edging
Needles: 5 mm

This is a really long overdue post. I actually managed to finish this shawl just the day before my RoM :yuck: . Hehehe. That was a really close call. Anyway, this shawl was actually getting a bit bored as I had to work a total of 16 repeats for the body in order to get it to the right length!!! I probably should have used a bigger size needle.

Another mistake that I made is that I casted off using size 5.5 mm needles. It wasn’t loose enough for the scallopy edges that I like. Anyway, I really like this shawl a lot despite all those flaws. If I were to do it again, I think I would use a bigger needle and cast off using a bigger needle too!!

Pattern: Shetland Triangle by Evelyn A. Clark from Wrap Style
Yarn: Less than 1 cone of ColourMart Silk 2/28NM Lace Weight (Foxglove) - Please note that I have Richard wound the cone in strands, making it 4 ply
Needles: 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm

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