It's been a long time...

... since I last pick up my knitting needles. The crafts that I'm doing now gives me more instant gratification. At the same time, I'm trying out different crafts to widen my "skills". I will go back to knitting very soon, I know.

Here's one pair of earrings that I just made last night.

Felted beads => Felted Palms

Saw a tutorial on Crafsters on how to make felted beads. I tried it and felted my palms instead. The result of the beads isn't that cool too. I shouldn't have used the roving on the yarn...

I bought a sewing machine

Mum made me buy it. She was the one who saw it at Bugis and asked me to meet her after work to go and see it. Nah...

I was just talking to her that I wanted to go to Community Center and learn sewing. And she said that I was crazy. It must be yet another hobby that I would give up in a while, she said.

2 days after that, she called me while she was shopping, telling me how amazing the sewing machine was. I was too amazed by the functions too! I gave in. I bought it. Unfortunately, there's no stock yet. I paid and wait. It's coming in sometime in July. I hope that it will not be made an white elephant.

Quick trip to Chinatown

Was meeting some frens in Chinatown for dinner. Made a quick trip to Mix and Match, the newly opened Lai Guan shops. Bought another book on beading and some supplies. More new projects to come!

More handphone charm

Office just started renovating. Had been so busy for the past few weeks that I was too lazy to craft. Managed to squeezed in a little bit of time to make a few charms.

The Pearl one is my favourite.

Something for Michelle

Here's another hp charm for Michelle for the new phone that she bought!

Spring...

Another beady handphone accessory

The things that I do now no longer followed my blog title "Knitting 24/7". Been very lazy to knit nowadays.

Was bored last night and decided to organize my beads. My beads have been all over the place, in different kinds of weird containers or in the plastic bags. I bought some tiny clear plastic bags with a little zipper on top some time back. I poured all my beads individually into these bags for easy storage and organization. At least I could write their sizes on them.

After the packing the beads, I decided to practise making some basic "balls". The first that I did was a pink one and it was so sweet that I couldn't resist the temptation to do more balls in other colors. Looking at the many balls that I have, I decided to try to make something out of it. Wanted to try a necklace, but I didn't have the relevant supplies with me.

But I can't wait! Ended up making another handphone acccessory. I happened to have those silver chain and tried to make the balls go into the pattern, just like a bunch of grapes. Either I didn't get the concept right or the balls are too heavy, or the chain is not strong enough. The balls all seemed lopsided. In the end, I just attach a few balls on the chain and added in a pendant that I've made earlier. I'm happy with the final results.

Candy Bag

It was a long weekend due to Vesak Day holiday. Went to Spotlight to buy a yarn for my shawl, but found this new yarn there. Couldn't resist temptation as usual, andn bought some back to make a bag.

I had forgotten to take a pic of how the yarn looks like. But the end product looks lumpy, sort of like a carpet... However, I like the way it looks.





This is the first time I made a bag lining by myself. Had wanted to use a translucent material, but it was sooooo hard to sew. I ended up using felt, which was more manageable.

Yarn Binge

Spotlight has just added some new stocks. Bought a whole load of yarn. 2 types to be exact, one for a bag and the other for a shawl. The black shawl that I use in the office daily is getting worn out. Time to replace another.

Here's a little swatch that I've done on the taxi this morning. I've love the variegated color and everything abt this yarn.

Look what I've got!

A colleague from Australia sent me these!!
I'm up for a dyeing adventure soon!!

More handphone accessories!

Swap items received

The Noodle Princess has already received her earrings that I made for her. Here are the pics.

More beaded stuffs

I made the orange/white pendant based on a Japanese pattern that I saw at Kino some time back. It turned out different from the pattern cos I wasn't using the right beads. But I still love how it looks now.

The 2 heart shape key chain and the balls were made more than 2 years ago. I was quite into beading before I started knitting. And it's stopped since I picked up knitting. I can't think of what to do with the balls yet. Maybe I'll turn it into some kind of handphone charm. Any suggestions?

Supplies has arrived

I bought some handphone string from yahoo auction. It just arrived yesterday. I'm gonna be busy this weekend crafting some handphone accessories!

Lookout for more pics.