Lavender Purple Cardigan

After considering several projects to do with the remaining kid silk yarn that I have, I decided to knit up this cardigan. I like the simple design and I thought it would be perfect with the purple colour yarn that I have.

Surprisingly it took longer than expected, the needle is small and the lace like material makes this cardigan a bit of a challenge. I finally completed the cardigan in 25 days.

Now I have 1 more ball of kid silk yarn to finish :-)

Completed 27th Sept.

Kid Silk Scarf and Wrist Warmer

This is the second project that I worked on to use up kid silk yarn.

Finally I decided to make something for myself!! Didn’t realise that I’ve been making stuff for others for a while now. So, this is the first project for myself this year :-) so happy.

The scarf pattern is a bit confusing at the beginning, because the photo on Garnstudio website doesn’t show the pattern on the mid section of the scarf. I thought the mid part will be plain stocking stitch or rib stitch. However, I enjoyed knitting the scarf, I even continued making the wrist warmer which I didn’t plan before.

The yarn is amazingly warm, although it doesn’t look so.

(Completed 29th July 2012)

Mum's Travel Wrap

I bought (lots of) kid silk yarn, they were meant to be made into the bridesmaid’s wraps, but the hue is not quite right. Although the colour is coded pearl grey, I think it’s more light purple in colour. So, I tinkered for a little bit on what to do with 12 balls of kid silk yarn and came up with a few projects to make.

The first one in the list is triangle shawl for mum’s birthday. I’m hoping this is light enough to be carried around when she travels and it’s warm enough to be used during flight.

There are a few patterns to choose from, but I like this one best. I actually tempted to make another one in a different pattern, but I have already set to make other things out of the yarn. So, maybe next time :-)

Love this pattern:

(Completed 6th July 2012)

Hot Pink Stocking St Bolero with Rib Edges with Vivaldi and Alpaca from Garn Studio

This bolero is simply lovely. It is soft, flowy, and not itchy at all. The pattern is free from Garn Studio. It's using a combination of Vivaldi, which is a lace type yarn, and Alpaca, which is

It took me slightly longer to make than expected, around 11 days.
I was considering to make this in black colour, but, when I saw the hot pink colour, I just fell in love with it.
And the rest is history...

The sleeves are bat-wing type, you know, popular in the 80's era.

Up close look of the rib and the soft lace:

(Completed 21st May 10)