Sunday Updates

Hey everyone!

How's your weekend been treating you so far?
I get to do a lot of exercises on weekends - lots of biking and walking.
Had a fun time walking for like an hour yesterday to Mitch's work to spend time with him on his break. And then, biked back home in the rain. I'm glad I didn't catch cold! I was so sure I would fall sick, but go figure, I survived that just fine.
I'm not complaining cos of all the walking and biking, since I get to do it all on a beach road!
Here is a snapshot of it!

Can you spot a little boat there? I so want to be on it, even on this windy day. 

And the highlight of today has to be.....

TOM-YUM SOUP!

Sweet Mitch took me out for dinner at a nice Chinese restaurant and they serve tom-yum soup too.

I've been craving for it for awhile. Not the authentic one, I must say, but I'm not complaining.
Warm and spicy soup do me just fine on this kind of cold day. (:

Back to my crocheting corner...

My Stash!

Someone gave me these 2 yarn balls awhile back and I'm thinking of using them to make a beanie.

Hoping 2 balls would be enough. They're pretty thick - 7.00mm hook recommended. They're alpaca wool, don't know if it is any different from the normal kind..any idea? I think they were bought years ago and probably discontinued by now. It is a beautiful combination of colors and absolutely soft and warm - can't wait to crochet it!
I will keep you updated on the progress, stay tuned!

Oh no, it's Monday tomorrow! Doesn't concern me much cos I'm on school holiday *evil grins*
I'm just kidding.. Hoping your week starts off nicely.
See ya next time.

Hugs

Greetings from Adelaide (:

Hey everyone!
I finally successfully drag myself to update my blog (:

I've been in this beautiful city, Adelaide for about 10 days now. The weather is cold and I'm not used to it!
I spent most of my life in Singapore and Rangoon, and the weather is mostly hot. I'm still trying to get used to it!
Urgh, it just makes me want to stay in bed all day, under my warm blanket.

It hasn't stopped me from crocheting thou.
Lemme show you the crochet motifs that I made past few days.

Heart Motif

Pink Snowflake

Pretty Doily

The doily is the same color as the hearts, but it is still wet. I just used fabric stiffener from Craft Smart on it and the instruction said I have to wash it with water and soap. I don't know how it will turn out *fingers cross*.

I will let you know soon and I will try a few different techniques too, stay tune.

If you haven't followed my page on facebook, here is the link - KhinsBoutique.

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope you have a great weekends! (:

Happy Mother's Day

Hey everyone!
Today is 2nd Sunday of May and so, yep, it is Mother's Day here in Singapore and in many other countries too.
I made this card last night for my mom. It is just a really simple card, put together in like 10 mins.
Well, if you didn't count in the time needed to crochet the letters, that is..

I couldn't find any crochet pattern for letters. At least not in the 2-dimensional style.
So, I made up my own and it took me probably couple of hours to do it. (:
I might share the pattern, if I could actually write it out in a way that other people can understand...
Anyway, I don't think it is the most simple or prettiest "M" yet, so I might be trying other ways to get a better crocheted "M".

Here are the good sources of alphabet patterns that I could find on the net.

Checkered Alphabet Index of Free Letter Charts

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Amigurumi Style Alphabets (Lower Case)

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And if you don't mind spending a bit....

Here is an EBOOK on Ravelry.

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If you have/know other links to alphabet patterns, feel free to leave it in the comment section. (:

Enjoy the rest of the weekends. (:

Updates (:

Hey everyone!
Just quick updates.
I just finished my first year of college and I am on 3 months holiday!
I've been just crocheting a lot lately and didn't have time to actually update my blog!
If you want to see my new items, they're on my ETSY SHOP as well as my Facebook page.

Just to kick start my come back - I just want to share you some great patterns that I have found over the past week. You know it's really hard to find unique patterns on the net. There are literally thousands of patterns and I could just scroll down my Google search all day and still couldn't find any that really pops.
But, well, I was lucky enough to find some gorgeous patterns and here they are.

http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/love-hearts/

http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/may-roses.html

(I especially LOVE the leaf pattern)

http://www.naturallycaron.com/projects/doral/doral_1.html

(Isn't this just beautiful?)

Enjoy your weekends and hope you will hop over to Facebook and LIKE my page too! (:

Hugs.

Crochet Balloons Pattern

Hello everyone!
If you've been following my blog for a long time, you'd know that I used to have an obsession for paper crafting. In fact I made way too many cards; I still have them in my shoe boxes under my bed. I do give them for friends' birthdays and other special occasions but I guess I made just too many of them. And since I love crocheting, I crocheted some embellishments for my cards.

Here is my favorite one! You might be wondering why I'm posting this card. It's mainly because I've been getting many hits from those who are looking for crochet pattern for balloons. Since I've deleted all my old posts on card making, I think they can't find the balloon pattern that they're looking for. The photo from deleted blog posts still show up on google searches for some weird reasons, which is pretty annoying.

This pattern is from Elizabeth and you can check it out HERE.

I didn't do the tail part from the pattern thou. I must say this is my favorite crochet balloon pattern, and there aren't many out there!

So enjoy and share with me if you've used this pattern in any of your projects.

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On a side note, if you love short stories, Mitch has posted some new stories on his blog, including a twitter fiction where he wrote a story using only 140 characters; short and intriguing! I hope you'll check it out. (:

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Thanks for dropping by and hope you'll have a fabulous week!

Free Daisy Flower Crochet Pattern

Hello there (:

I made those flowers a few weeks back and I finally took some photos to share with you (:

I haven't used most of the flowers for anything, but I've used 3 of them to make them into a necklace.

I was kind of into jewellery making and I still have all the necessary tools and lots of supplies.

If you don't have the tools for making the necklace, you can just simply sew the 3 flowers together and use crochet chain as the necklace instead of the silver one that I'm using.

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Anyway, here is the pattern for the flowers:

ch = chains ss = slip stitch sc = single crochet

6ch, ss into the 1st stitch to make a ring

Round 1: 1ch (counts as 1sc), 11sc into the ring, ss into the 1st ch to complete the round

Change yarn colour.

Round 2: [11ch, ss into the next sc] x 11 REPEATS, 11ch, ss into the ss of Round 1.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

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Till next time (:

My Current Knits

Hey everyone! (:

Well, firstly TGIF! I had a long week with 2 tests and lots of lectures.

Didn't the week just fly by?!

It's March now and that means it's a month closer to May, I'm going to Australia again in May :D

Can't wait!

So guess what? I've gotten back into knitting.

You see, I spent too much money on yarns, and I feel quite guilty to spend more on laptop case when I can just make one!

I've been intending to make one since, well, last December...But never got around to it..

And now that I need to bring my laptop to school pretty often, I need one kind of urgently.

Right now, I just stuff my laptop into my huge tote bag and I have a feeling I'd slam it against the door or something some day and break it...

Well, that's how I shattered my tablet's screen. I threw my bag onto my bed so hard, it slammed against the wall beside my bed and my poor tablet became pretty much useless [and it's a gift from Mitch too! :(..]

So, you see why I need a laptop case quite badly.
Anyway, here it is!

I'm liking how it's turning out so far. I'm hoping I've got all the measurements right and the case fits perfectly. I had to restart it about 3 times, cos I casted-on too many stitches.

When I finish, I'll share the free pattern with you! Stay tuned!

Happy weekends! (: