Dad's Birthday Scarf
Looking familiar? Remember Angie's iPod cosie? Laurie Perry's Magic Scarf. This is a present for my Dad's birthday tomorrow he will be 63. This is really unpractical of gift for him. We're living in Singapore and I knitted him a woolen scarf. But I think he might like it when he decides to travel to somewhere cold...
Read More...Jasmine's Purse
So part 1 of my updates... My latest obsession has been learning to
sew purses with purse frames. I started about 2 weekends ago with
plastic frames I bought from Golden Dragon, an experiment I made
for my sister-in-law's birthday present. It turned out not too bad.
I had made one for myself too and realised after a week or so the
plastic frame broke. Then again I am not the most delicate flower
in the bunch so... for someone like me - plastic frames were not
the best idea.
New Ideas
I need to update my finished projects:
I've sewn a blouse. *I know!!*
I've sewn and made 5 purses.
I've knitted a scarf.
Oh! And I baked Naan.
This weekend, hopefully I will get round to it....
Lavender for Pynk
This lavender knitted Isabeau Bag is for Pynk! This is significantly
larger than the little purse I did 2 months
ago so I am a little surprised I managed to complete it in 2
weeks.The reason for the rush to complete this is because this is
also meant to be a belated birthday present for my dear cousin whom
I haven't seen in months because we had a falling out and so this
is also my way of a peace offering. I don't actually know if she
will use this because she usually partial to backpacks... but it's
100% made my me and so she had better use it at least once.
*Heehee!*
While completing this I was noticing
how it was falling in on itself so in bag-lining planning stage I
decided to use iron-on interfacing to help give the bag more
structure and I am happy to report it isn't as slouchy as it
would've been. Though I was a little worried if the interfacing
would make it too stiff... but actually it is looking and feeling
okay.
Some details I need to admit... I wasn't a very obedient pattern
follower with this project... I blame streaming TV for my lack of
attention to certain parts where I should have been counting my
rows and so some parts are longer than they need to among other
itty-bitty inaccuracies.
Happy Belated Birthday Pynk!!
My next project.... is likely to be made with a sewing
machine!