09. Tatt-a-tatt-tatt-tatt-tatt-tatt Girl
Tatting is something I picked up last year after googling for new ways to make lace. It was the method with the least barang* required, so I went forth to my local spotlight, picked up a shuttle and a...
View Article10. Braidy Bunch Scarf (Pattern)
This is called the Slouching Tiger, Hidden Face pose. XD On to the pattern! Braidy Bunch Scarf Pattern Makes a cabled scarf that looks like a long, loose braid. Pattern may be printed, copied, and...
View Article11. New yarn!
So, there goes my new year's resolution. I didn't have the right yarn in my stash for the hat I want to make, so I had to go out and get more. My friend Alcie recommended the craft shop at Tampines...
View Article12. I, cordious
Construction has started on my new hat today. I haven't decided what to call it yet, but I'm quite enchanted with the whole 'choo choo train' colour name, so I might call it the choo choo hat,...
View Article13. A break from your regular programming. (Underwater photography)
Sneaking in some photos from my work dive yesterday in lieu of a hat progress photo. It's jellyfish season, and after seeing how my colleagues were covered in jellyfish stings last year, I was super...
View Article14. Goofing off
I've finished my lovely choo choo hat! Unfortunately I'm having a bad face day (watching America's Next Top Model will do that to you), so until I can remedy that... Also, looking back at the stock...
View Article15. Mint and Strawberries (Free Pattern)
Sorry about the image quality, the dslr is holidaying in Rome, and I'm not. My ex-housemate Martina is staying over with me for a few days while my parents are off gallivanting across Italy, and I...
View Article16. One weekend two weekend three weekend
This picture represents one weekend's worth of shuttle tatting. I'm talking heavy duty, around the clock, from the moment I woke up on Saturday till I ran out of Primeval episodes on Sunday afternoon...
View Article17. The Cat
Muffin is utterly unimpressed with the fact that my parents and I are taking turns leaving her at home while we jet off around the world, enjoying ourselves (and probably petting other cats in other...
View Article18. Morning warning
Taken about a minute before the storm hit our boat! I'm definitely back in Singapore. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View Article19. Tatting, progress!
Well, progress progress progress! I'm almost done with one side of the vest :D My vacation to South Korea was less busy than I thought it would be, but at the same time I tatted less than I thought I...
View Article20. Animated shuttle tatting tutorial: Guide to basic stitches
Shuttle tatting, like knitting and crochet, consists of a basic stitch that can be combined or modified to create an infinite number of patterns. And all you need is one basic tool: the shuttle. I got...
View ArticleGreat firewall of china
Watch me get around it! Like this status if it posted to fb. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View Article翻墙
Getting around the Great Firewall of China is known as "fan qiang" - to literally climb over it. We are finally going home, so we will be hurtling over it and back to the level of censorship I've...
View Article21. Macaron Magic!
I've been a fan of macarons since I tried making macaroons and realised I didn't like them. Looking at macaron recipes online though, I got scared off trying to bake them. What you'll see if you do a...
View Article22. Sergeant Pepper gets his collar!
Meet Sergeant Pepper, the newest addition to my little family. I wasn't originally planning to keep him, and even put up an adoption notice for him, but he just stole my heart with his sweet temper....
View Article23. Musthavemo' Massimo
I am obsessing over this Massimo Dutti cardigan, ever since I saw it on Oh Yeah Mori Girl today. See the full gallery on Posterous Photos from The Cherry Blossom Girl The post on The Cherry Blossom...
View Article24. That Shiny Feeling
You know that awesome feeling when you see someone wearing something you've created? I now have that moment immortalised and posted on Youtube! My lovely friend Vainadaite wore a beanie I knitted for...
View Article25. Flower with a Twist (free pattern)
The sweet Kathleen (do you have a link, Kathleen?) asked me for a pattern for the flower I crocheted to match my Braidy Bunch Scarf. It took me longer than I promised, because of reasons (e.g., my...
View Article26. Massively Massimo
I'm cracking open the third skein of yarn for my massimo dutti cardigan replica project, but I'm not even past the first armhole. I don't think six skeins are going to be enough, after all.The...
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