Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Flowery tote bag





Fabric :
Body - leftover thick cotton from curtain
Inner - 70's vintage cotton
Flowers - Thin polyester and net fabric
Project start and end : 31st December 2005

Pattern source : My own

Comments : A prototype on bag that I'll be going to do next. This is a testing bag on how the pattern turn out and what will be the adjustments to make on the next one.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Scallop top




Yarn : Minlon Mohair (Acrylic)
Needle : 4.5mm bamboo straight
Project start : 26th November, 2005
Project end : 01st January, 2006
Pattern source : Chinese compact pattern book (Translated from Japanese book)

Technique learn : Scallop stitch (Twisted twice on needle when knitting and drop those stitches on next round to the right needle, passed back to the left needle, knit 5 stitches together to form scallop stitch)

Comments : Easy and fast knit, very light to wear as well and I love the pattern and colour as well.