200,000

If you go down to the bottom of the side bar on this page, there is a site visit counter which is just turning 200,000, alhamdolillah. Thank you to all my readers, you make it so exciting for me!

Upcycling

I knit these socks last year. The yarn was not strong or suitable for socks and these develpoed holes at heel. So, I threw them in the washing machine and felted them. Then, did a quick surgery on them to come up with a drawstring bag. The leg part is the fair-isle front and back panels while the sides are formed by felted pieces from the foot.

Seraphina Shawl

So, it is done and photoed. Seraphina shawl in Rainbow Sensations Boucle with 6.50mm hook. I nearlly used up the entire ball. It is a good large size and I love it. So soft and cuddly and looks great too! I think this was a perfect pattern-yarn combination.

It's Not Worth it

I recently had a bad experience at ravelry, encountring a bit of cheating and nastiness. And I realize there is nothing I can do about it. But, this makes me reluctant to be on ravelry anymore, so I have taken a time off from there. I might just be holding off any more pattern writing for now, though I do have a few designs I wish to try soon, inshaAllah.
Now, to the lighter subjects, I am nearly finished with the seraphina shawl. Hope to finish it and post pictures tomorrow, inshaAllah. Then I will be resuming KAL projects.
Also, to cheer myself up, I changed the blog colors :)

Because I missed Crochet

I has been a couple of months since my last crochet project (which was the Breath of Spring doily), and I was missing not doing crochet. Then, yesterday, I had a sudden urge to start something in crochet. So, I got out my huge ball of Jo-Ann Sensation Rainbow Boucle and started the Seraphina shawl. It is quite amazing how fast crochet goes, especially with a 6.5mm hook. I did not spend that much time on it, but it has grown a respectable size. And, was my family ever so wowed by the size of that 11 oz ball of yarn! LOL.

A Little Dress

I finished this dress for my daughter yesterday. I managed to get a picture today while there was a little lull in the rain. My daughter is so used to getting her picture taken now in the various FOs, that she knows where, how and when to pose, by herself, LOL. Even when I was sewing on buttons and this was not exactly done, she came up to me and said in anticipation, "Amma, taffeer...?!?" ("Mom, picture...?!?").
Regarding the project, the yarn was Schoppel-wolle Turandot (as I mentioned in an earlier post) approx 320 meters, needle size was 4.5mm and 5mm crochet hook for the edging. The pattern is my own. I have jotted it down while knitting but have to put it together a bit. And I don't feel like doing it right now, maybe in a few days, inshaAllah!

Yet Another WIP

With my hands quite full with the coatimundi KAL projects and the March sockdown sock, I still could not resist casting on another project. This is to be a summer dress for my daughter. It is my own design. The yarn (Schoppel-Wolle Turandot, which I recently got in a RAK) is quite dark in color and not many st patterns suited it, so I came up with one of my own :).

I'm sorry for the blurry pic, hopefully I can get some better ones in the morning.
So, obviously, the KAL has been on the back seat for the last couple of days. But that is ok as my friend who was knitting along, also has some other urgent projects and so will be delayed in getting back to her coat and stole. However, I do hope to work on my KAL projects in the tomorrow, inshaAllah.