Craft Lover

After the trip to Hong Kong, my baby and I spent almost a week to get over the jetlag, and then I spent a week to gain back the energy to do housework!!

THere are SOOO MUCH to do at home with baby care!!

Thanks God that Erika starts to walk with support and she can play by herself most of the time (need less attention as before). She grows up a lot and seems like she understands me more. SHe also tries to express what she wants by doing some simple ‘baby signs’.

I was very guilty that I didn’t teach her any baby sign nor bring her to any baby sign class.
Is it too late for a 11 months old baby to learn baby sign??

I joined two swaps for this summer: SP12 and the Summer of Yarn love Swap. It’s gonna be fun.
I love swapping, you will get a chance to know more people with common interest, and it’s always a happy surprise to receive swap packages from them.

I just received a MIX AND MATCH swap package from Marie (In Sweden).
she was so kind to make me a homemade hand cream, it smells so good! I love it!
She also bought some wool yarn and dyed them by herself for me!
THey are my favorite pink and purple color !!

Thanks Marie, you are really thoughtful, I love the Piano cd that you sent me, I already put it in my car’s audio system and also listen to it while driving! THe piano score you sent me is fun too
I love trying new pieces!

THe last but not least, thanks for the lavender soap, hope you don’t mind me to give it to my mom because my mom love lavender as well I just want to share the goodies to my mom.

YOu wrapped everything nicely and placed with typed notes, THanks for everything

(I shall take pictures for these gifts, will repost with the pictures soon.)

For the coming Summer of Yarn love swap, I will need to send one package for JUne, July and August! It’s fun, I just received my partner’s info today and I am ready to pack the first JUNE package for her!

Besides all the yarn and swaps, I also started knitting again.

I didn’t continue my UFO (finally, I knew what this mean, Unfinished Object) , I started a new one (this is a confession, I shall finish off the wips first… sigh…) it’s a Camellia by Classic Elite Pattern. And I am using Lana Grossa HP 31 BASICS (Purple color) yarn for this top. I am on the half way of the BACK , will post the pictures soon.

WOW, I am sooo happy to see this package from my “Knitter’s treasure swap”.

This is the best one I received since I joined the swaps.

You know, it’s hard to find gifts for your friends, and I think it’s even harder to find something for someone you don’t know, and just from what’s described in the questionnaire!
but, Cindy, you’ve got what’s in my mind!
I really love them all.

Here is the package

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You are so thoughtful and cute, because you used ribbons to wrap everything neatly and also left a tag with your lovely notes there! It’s wonderful!

Thanks for the magazine that you sent me, I love this magazine and the ‘recycle bag’ that you tagged. it’s really cute!

The yarn is yummy!
the color is my favorite PINK!

I will definitely use those yarn with the patterns that you gave me. You just gave me lots of inspirations and ideas to knit with this beautiful, fantastic yarn!

i-cord maker, I have never try this, but I think it’s faster to make an i-cord with this if compare with using two dpn needles. RIGHT?

A very fun pen, great for me as I love to write sometimes.

Also thanks for the patterns that you printed out from your ‘library’.  I love all the patterns you shared!

Cindy, you are the best swap partner!!
Thanks for everything!!

On the other hand, I also received a gift from another “Ravelry member” - Annette.  She sent me some linen yarn and also gave me some surprise too : post cards of San Diego, Dried Cranberries…. etc.. !

Thanks  I love them all.

Last but not least,
I also received another package from my Taiwan friend, She helped me to order some ‘on sale’ japanese yarn (silk)…they are just beautiful and elegant!

and this:

To all my friends here, I delayed my trip to Hong Kong, just because I was too exhausted before we  went to the Airport. It was a long story, anyway, Erika and I finally stayed in Canada till April, and we will get off again at the end of April till mid of May.

The picture shows on the above was taken by my dad in the airport, we were about to fly, however, the flight was delayed for over 12 hours!! And I felt so sick being stuck inside the flight for 4 hours, and then few hours in the hotel’s room (very bad air condition)…. !!! That’s why I finally gave up the trip and only my husband flied to Hong Kong for visiting.

I didn’t even able to finish the little cardigan for my little one, seems like while Erika grows, I need to spend more time with her.

not to mention about KNITTING!!

Oh well, I try to grab some time to knit whenever I can, because I just miss my knitting needles!

however, no new project up to now, and I am trying to finish off the shawl that I wanted to make for Angel. It’s a seasilk shawl, I love it too.

After that, I think I will start to modify/ create my own knitting pattern.
I love the Runway knits’ Little black dress, however, a comment said that there is a big error in the pattern from Ravelry’s member, so, I am going to check out the mistakes, and see if I can make the dress to be a top with those lace bottom and sleeves.

The yarn that I am going to use for this little black top will be Karabella Vintage cotton in black color. They are the suggested yarn in that pattern, I asked Angel to help getting these yarn from NYC, they are great. Beautiful yarn and color! It will be my first time to knit thing in BLACK!

I hope, I really hope that I can finish this little top before I go to Hong Kong in April.
It suits the warm weather in Hong Kong with this nice cotton yarn.

Lace = elegant.

I saw this oak leaf when browsing the net, then, I found the pattern for this lacy oak leaf.

I love it, the pattern is in chart form, which is quite easy to read.

I think this bookmark is  a perfect gift for friends.

yarn:  King Cable Due, pink (139)

Pattern: Lace Oak Leaf (available here: http://www.heartstringsfiberarts.com/othergoodies.shtm )

needle size I used here: 3mm

Finally, my purple hoodie fits Erika, and of course, I have to take some pictures for memory!

Just fit!

This project was done long time ago, check my previous article for more details!