Sunday, May 04, 2008
Finito: Crochet blanket
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Foxy'd
I'm now finishing my wavy crochet blanket but it might take some time. Knitting and crocheting has become a l-e-i-s-u-r-e-l-y pastime for me at the moment. No more frenzied knitting past midnight. No more knitting in the car. No more lugging my knitting with me wherever I go. Blogging will also be sparse but I'll post when I finish my next FO. Meanwhile, do take care and I hope you're having lots of fun with your knitting.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
stuff
I have also been meaning to show you this present I received from my friend for Christmas. She sewed a little pouch out of zips. Isn't it cool?
Here's a look at the inside.
And, here's what my son likes to do with it :)
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
what I have been up to
I started 2 baby cardigans. The blue one is going to UFOland until I decide whether to continue. It is knitted from 2 different colours of a thinner than laceweight Chinese yarn. I am hesitant about continuing with it because it makes a very thin fabric and I am afraid that it will not be warm enough for a baby.
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Toe-up socks no.2
Pattern: Wendy's toe up sock with gusset heel. Referred to this tutorial for doing the cast on. Knitted 60 stitches for the foot and leg.
Yarn: Opal
Needle: 2.25 mm
2 hats
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
hat and scarf set
Yarn: Sirdar Peru (a bulky wool, alpaca and acrylic blend) slightly more than 1 ball
Needle size: 6 mm
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo
My daughter reminded me to take this photo of a snow topped pine tree just for my blog.
Our first time on skis was great fun, even though we didn't know what we were doing :)
I trailed behind the guided tour of Changdeokgung Palace so that I could take this photo without anyone in it.
A close up view of the roof of the Changdeokgung Palace. It is the only palace in Seoul that preserves the architectural style of the Joeseon Dynasty.
My son queuing patiently for the carousel ride at Lotte World. He was quite the trooper as he was having a quesy stomach after the bus ride back to Seoul from Chunchong where we had stayed the previous night, after visiting Nami Island.
My son took this photo of colourful aprons outside a shop on Insadong Street.
Unidentified street food at Myeongdong that we weren't brave enough to try.
Yummy Korean pancakes with a caramel-like filling that we did try. There were lots of happy, young people in Myeongdong and the bustling streets lined with neon signboards reminded me very much of Hong Kong, one my favourite Asian cities.
Ginseng chicken soup that tastes much better than it looks. I added about a tablespoon of ginseng wine to my soup and it was more potent than I thought - I fell asleep that night way before my kids!
The food was good. I liked the Korean grill / barbeque even though it made my clothes smell of food after that. My kids loved the seaweed, anchovy (ikan bilis) and dried soybean cake side dishes that accompanied most meals.
We had steamboat almost every day. It's quite healthy so we didn't get any post-holiday weight gain
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