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Entrelac again….
January 15, 2012 — 1 Comment
I didn’t knit the entrelac project for a long long time.
Somehow, I had the Zauberball in my stash, it is the rainbow color way, and then, Erika saw that and she was begging me to knit a scarf for her. (she felt bored to wear the same old scarf every single day!) Okay, I am going to knit her one, and I think that the entrelac pattern should look perfect with this fine yarn.
Some people did comment that it’s crazy to knit entrelac scarf with fingering yarn. Let me tell you the truth : It is so true. ha ha !
Some people also asked why not use other thicker yarn, may be something like Noro silk garden ? Actually, it’s true that it will make the project easier and faster to make if using thicker weight, however, the Noro yarn is a bit too coarse for a child. I can foresee that Erika will keep complaining to me that is so itchy on her neck if she has a Noro scarf.
This Zauberball is great, the yarn is softer, and the colors are very vivid too. I love it.
I will try hard to work on it, and finish it soon so that Erika can wear it out (and show off at school, haha ) 
Girls like rainbow colors, so do I, so do everyone who loves cheerful colors.
my little plan for 2012
January 13, 2012 — 2 Comments
I love to plan ahead, but, you never if they will work out or not, because your plan has to rely on what’s going on in your life.
There are many unexpected things come out in our lives that we can’t control. But no matter what, plan ahead is still good.
I planned to knit more goodies for friends. Why not knit something for myself ? (some of friends did ask me before) I think the reason that I knit less for myself is: I already have enough of things to wear or own, but I do enjoy the moment of knitting. So, why not knit something for my friends? I know that they have enough too, but I just want to give and care.
Or may be I will knit or make something for the people who actually need them.
I also plan to clear up some of my stash…. again? yeah, I don’t think I have time to knit after moving back to HONG KONG, so, really don’t want to waste them, and I can use the little money to do something else in the future.
So, it’s time to take some pictures for my lovely stash, and sell them off.
I still have lots of knitting books, who want them?
I want to sell them in ebay, but seems like no one like to pay for the heavy shipping cost (very reasonable, they can always get something better with free shipping out there, why try mine? ) I even tried to post them in Kijiji.ca, but still no one ask for them. What can I do with them?? Donate them to the library?
I want to crochet more stuffed toys too, as I think they are really great gifts for kids, or cute adults.
also think about creating some new crafts for selling in Etsy.com. I want to sell not because of money issue, it’s because I want to do something that I like. I like making crafts, but if someone out there loves my crafts and buy them from me, it is certainly very encouraging. That encouragement actually helps to build up my power to make more crafts… it’s a good cycle!!
The last but not the least, keep doing exercises regularly…. !! I want a better health too.
(of course, the list of plans for 2012 isn’t that short, but for the rest of them, …hehe… won’t share here, as I think no one want to know them…. )
small knits
January 9, 2012 — 2 Comments
It’s great to knit small things, because they are fast projects. And sounds more ‘efficient’ .
During December, my knitting speed is slow , not because of any problem for my hands, it’s just because all of us in the family were sick with cold. we spent almost the holiday on resting at home and knit less.
I wish I can knit more in the coming months here, I don’t know if I will have the chance to knit that much after moving back to Hong Kong in summer this year.
hmm, I am going to miss the life in Canada again. 
The last hat that I did is this Howlcat, it’s very special style because you can use it as a cowl, or a hat ; I love it.
And because it’s double layers for the hat, it’s so warm.
I also make two donuts, they are just so cute.
I recently love the Cascade 220 wool yarn a lot, because it’s so useful for making hats and small stuffs like the donuts. i’ve lots of left over from the previous hats, and they are just perfect for making the donuts and cupcakes (small toys)
I am working on Entrelac scarf now for Erika. I love entrelac knitting, it’s lots of fun, and the yarn I am using is the Zauberball, in Rainbow color, it’s so nice to see the color changing, just like Noro, but this is so much softer than Noro yarn which is good for kids, I guess…
Crafty months
December 17, 2011 — 3 Comments
Winter is the best season for knitting, just because your hands feel so warm to hold the yarn and knit something warm for friends and families.
I promised my friends to make some knitted items for their Christmas Gifts, and I almost got them all done.
I was addicted to knit the hats because they were super fast projects that you only need one or two days to finish them off.
This was the 3rd hearts hat that I made so far, it’s super easy for me now.
And I made a ROBOT hat for one of the boys.
I need to make one more for his brother, but I will use the Orange for Main color and blue is the contrast one.
so that they won’t mix up the hats easily.
In the past week, I spent two weeks to work on some knitted Owls and hearts for fun raising in our church. Those two weeks were really my funniest , happiest crafty weeks ever!!
I worked so fast on all the projects and sold them all!!
Besides knitting, I also made some origami earrings and hand painted some bags as well (I bought the bag from Dollar shop ,oh well, they were $2 each instead of $1 (why they call Dollar shop then?) ) So much fun!!
Also some bakery stuffs, the cake pops and Coffee Almond Cookies (packed in the paper bag with felted hearts)
Macaron
November 10, 2011 — 1 Comment
Recently, I fall in love with making Macaron!!
They are so cute the shape, and very yummy too.
I tried to make the chocolate Macaron for the 1st time, and it was quite successful, only that the shell was a bit flattened.
For Second time, I was trying to make the Pistachio & Almond macaron, but failed, I think I folded the batter for too long which ruined the whole batch of macaron. I was quite disappointed ….
Last night, I tried again, and made the Matcha macaron, this time, it’s successful! (Hooray!)
I love Matcha a lot, but still think that this time, the taste of Matcha is a bit too strong that it is a bit bitter!!
Next time, if I am going to make this again, I will not use Green tea Ganache, I will use Chocolate ganache which may lighten the taste of matcha.
