Saturday, February 26, 2005

PROJECT: Flower (Completion)



Ain't that nice? This one's for Mrs. L on A levels day. ^_^

Thursday, February 17, 2005

The Singapore Knitting Meetup Group

I was looking for a knitting group in Singapore and what did I find but an old site I used to go to (but not for knitting, it was e2). It's The Singapore Knitting Meetup Group!

I think it's still quite active. The last post was on the 5th of February. Not too bad.

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

PROJECT: Flower (Update)


Work still in progress. But you can see that it'll be a flower shape. ;)

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Makeshift Yarn-holder


I got this "magazine rack" for $5.90 at Watson's. It kinda blends into my pink room, I suppose. Quite useful, instead of having to rely on plastic bags -___-;;; This is one purchase I'm rather satisfied with ^_^.

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Avex's Handphone Pouch


This is the handphone pouch I've made for Avex. Instructions as follows:

Materials

1 roll of Panda's Regal 4 ply cotton yarn (Black)
About a meter or so of Panda's Woolbale 8 ply yarn (COL 03)
Wool/Tapestry needle
1 pair of 5mm needles (I used circular ones)

Instructions

Cast on 17 sts. Seed stitch. (Multiples of 4 sts + 1 sts.)
Row 1: p1, [k3, p1] til end
Row 2: purl to end
Row 3: knit to end
Row 4: purl to end
Row 5: k2, p1 [k3, p1], til last sts, k1
Row 6: purl to end
Row 7: knit til end
Row 8: purl to end

Knit until the cloth can cover the handphone you're making it for, leaving about 2 cm's worth of allowance to make the drawstring hole.

For drawstring
Cut yarn to half. Twist it double, making that thick kinda string. I know what I mean though you might not, sorry. Make 2. Stick one through one way and the other one the other. Tie the ends that come out together. Trim.

Note: The seed stitch really does NOT show up well on such big stitches. It's okay if you just do a garter stitch. Much easier and there's no need to keep count and so on. You can also do other types of knit & purl patterns (meaning, no cabling or lace) to get the same size as the one I did. Or something like that.

Monday, February 07, 2005

Daddy's Pillowcase


This pillowcase's stitch is called "Little Arrows". Instructions as follows:

Materials

For pillowcase
1 roll of Panda's Regal 4 ply cotton yarn (I used less than a roll)
1 pair of 4mm needles (I used a circular one but you don't have to)
1 tapestry or wool needle (just any blunt, thick needle would do)

For pillow
A bit of scrap cloth of the pillow cloth (I don't think you can find my cloth anymore, I made this a loooooooooooong time ago, like when I was still in Indonesia)
A lot of small scrap cloth to make the stuffing (alternatively, you can use the stuffing they sell in Spotlight or your local arts and craft store)
Needle and thread

Instructions

For pillowcase
Cast on 41 sts
Row 1: k1, [p1, k5, p1, k1] to end
Row 2: p1, [k2, p3, k2, p1] to end
Row 3: k2, p2, k1, p2, [k3, p2, k1, p2] to last 2 sts, k2
Row 4: p3, k1, p1, k1, [p5, k1, p1, k1] to last 3 sts, p3

Repeat and repeat and repeat until you think the cloth is big enough. I mean, I'm not the kind who would count the no. of rows I'd done. It's all very agar-agar for me.

Sew the long end, if you're more hardworking than me, you can sew one of the short sides too.

For pillow

Cut out 2 rectangular pieces of cloth in the same whatever size you like although mine was cute and smallish. (It should be slightly bigger than the actual size you want it since you'd want to let it have a little 'give'.)
Sew it, faced inside out, almost all around. Leave a little gap so that you can 1) turn it right side out afterwards and 2) stuff the stuffing in afterwards.
Stuff the stuffing in.
Sew up the opening as inconspicuously as possible though that was not very possible with my kind of skills then. But, hahah! I re-opened the pillow recently to give it a wash and it looks better now (when I'd sewn it). Teehee...

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

A Pencil Case for XZ


Here are the instructions:

Materials

1 roll of Panda's Regal 4 ply cotton yarn (I used less than a roll)
1 pair of 3.25mm (or is it 3mm?!?!? gotta check) needles
1 20cm invisible zip (off white or was it cream???)
1 (at least) 5cm by 20cm cardboard strip

Instructions

Cast on 55 stitches (Lattice stitch: multiples of 6 + 1 st)
Makes about 22 cm length in the end. Didn't make a gauge or anything.
Knit until you feel it's the right width for a pencil case.

Row 1: k3, p1, [k5, p1] to last 3 sts, k3.
Row 2: p2, k1, p1, k1, [p3, k1, p1, k1] to last 2 sts, p2
Row 3: k1, p1, [k3, p1, k1, p1] to last 5 sts, k3, p1, k1
Row 4: k1, [p5, k1] to end
Row 5: see row 3
Row 6: see row 2

Sew zip on length. Sew ends inside out. Flip to right-side. Slip in cardboard strip. Ta-dah, you get a pencil case!

FAILED Project II


This bigger cabling project has since FAILED and I have set it aside with my big safety pin. I can't bare to take apart my 30 rows of work but that'll probably be its fate. I shall do it when I can bear to...

FAILED Project I


My first attempt at cabling. I found I was bored with the pattern so it only came out as a small patch. It's rather wavy and would probably be quite nice as a small decorative pattern. Filler, maybe.

My First Knitting Thingy


First project: Simple pattern. I can't remember it though. It's in The Knitting Stitch Library though.