Secret Revealed

This was a secret project, meant to surprise our dear Eva on her housewarming and knitting party yesterday. Thanks for the great afternoon, Eva! I hope you'll enjoy the throw as much as I've enjoyed making it.

Basketweave Throw

Yarn: Self-striping Handspun Wool from Australia

Needles: 6.5mm Aero Circular

Finished Size: 36" x 40" (Blocked)

A Quick Update

First of all, our WWKIP Day on June 10 went very well. Eva is working on her Cabled Spiral Pullover from Knitting Nature by Norah Gaughan, I'm on my Clapotis for Mom (see the pile next to Eva), Siow Chin and Marjorie were in fact winding yarn in public.

Mom's Clapotis Scarf was finished the next day. I was actually about a yard short of yarn but managed to get away by decreasing more rapidly towards the final rows and it worked well. Mom got very excited when I photographed her for my blog. See how proud she stood...

June will continue to be a very busy month for me...After my parents' visit, I'll be changing jobs... So I guess a no-brainer project would probably be best to help keep my sanity.

Pattern: Blue Sky Alpacas Eyelet Baby Blanket.
Yarn: One pound of Interlacement Alabama Cottons in Carbon Dioxide Pastels (102P)

Thanks very much, Krista!

Hey, look at these beautiful, yummy cascades yarn from Krista! Thanks so much! I just love everything including the sweet note and postcard!

Sent with my warmest regards!

Mission accomplished... these were mailed out today. Cheers!

• Mail Package #1 - 4 balls of my Jaeger Trinity to Krista (hope you'll like them)
• Mail Package #2 - 1 pack of Noro Silk Garden #88 to Lois (good luck to your Lady Eleanor)
• Mail Package #3 - 2 sets of Newborn Hats & Socks to Babies in Bamiyan, Afghan (made with yarn from my previous kool-aid project, pics here)

Everytime I go shopping for someone else, I ended up buying more stuffs myself... This time is no exception... when I was at Nathan Woollen shopping the Noro SG for Lois, I picked up a pack of it for myself, plus another 3 balls of #47 which will become a scarf.

And finally, thanks to all for your suggestions on my Flower Basket shawl. Based on the formula referred by Erin, I should be able to do 3 more repeats. But I'll plan to go for 2 to be on the safe side. Will update when I'm done.

A few mini updates

March 11 Meetup - went well! I'm really happy to have met Eva, Majorie, Joy, Vivian & Joyce. Looking forward to meeting Siow Chin next time.

Hourglass Sweater (No More) - oh, don't get me wrong, I love the pattern but my gauge was off... after 2 long weeks of hesitation, I finally found enough courage to admit failure and start anew... now the 3 winded balls of yarn is there recuperating and waiting to made into a Top-down Cardi or maybe the Sunrise Circle Jacket. And I still want to do another Hourglass but perhaps I shall stick with Noro Cash Iroha next time.

New project #1 - is a simple garter st shawl with some Knitpicks Shadow in Oregon Coast which I started last Friday. Not going very far yet but this will be a perfect "no-brainer" project on my bus trip to work. Now, my only challenge is to wake up early enough to catch my bus.

New project #2 - is a Roll Neck Sleeveless Shell with Jaeger Trinity in Hibiscus. I almost forgot about having these in my stash until I saw Jannette's recent $100 for 3 pack promo. I'm doubling the DK yarn (yes again) and now about 8-9 inches on the body. This cotton-silk yarn took a while to get use to... and the larger needles is also a little more tiring to work with. But I'm happy that the color is turning out better knitted up than it was in the balls.