Embrace Kid Silk Luxurious Wrap

I bought this DROPS Kid Silk yarns by mistake.

It’s a fortunate mistake indeed, just look at this beautiful shade of purple. J

I remembered I knitted this gorgeous wrap for a friend and I really like the pattern, check out this free pattern from Garnstudio, so I knitted a scaled down version of it using this Kid Silk yarn.

The lace leaves pattern is just beautiful, and so addictive once you get the hang of it!

Available for purchase in my MadeIt store.

Personally, I like this wrap a little bit narrow, so I adjusted the pattern to reduce 1 repetition of the lace leaves. (Cast on 93 stitches instead of 107)

(Completed 9^th Feb 2013)

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)

One Shade of Grey

I saw this wrap pattern in Garnstudio website and I knew right away that this is the perfect wrap for the occasion. So, I decided to make 4 of them for a dear friend’s bridesmaids (including myself). 

At first, we struggled to choose the yarn, none of the kid silk yarn has the right grey hue. So, we decided to use Morris and Sons Empire 2ply in French Grey colour.

The first one that I made (following the pattern) was too narrow for a wrap. But, the pattern is beautiful, the wave patterns on each corners and the rib for the rest of it is very elegant. 

With this in mind, we made a decision to continue using the pattern, but add 50% more width to it (meaning, repeat half of the pattern). This is the result:

A bit of warning before attempting to follow my path. This project is probably not for the faint hearted. The yarn is very light and it takes a bit of time and effort to complete. I did managed to make 4 of them, around 7-8 days each, but I spent about 8-9 hours each day and my fingers are not looking very good after that :-). They all recovered now, back to normal and ready for the next projects - as always.

(Completed 21st July 2012)

Snow White Bolero

I knitted this customised bolero for my lovely friend. 

No pattern used, the bolero was designed simple and elegant to not steal the attention away from the wedding gown.

The yarn that I chose is Filatura di Crosa Superior, 70% cashmere and 30% silk. It is super soft, the first day I brought them home, I walked around my flat petting them in my arms (and my cat was jealous). This is one of the best yarn I’ve ever worked with. Soft and warm, and although it looks small and fragile it’s actually really strong (must be the 30% silk).

(Completed 6th March 2012)

Christmas Collection 2011

This year, I’m making most of my gifts. Well, I did the same thing last year.

Anyway…

The point is, I love handmade gifts and it’s Christmas, who doesn’t like gifts?

The only difference this year is, I’m using my stashed yarn, all those odd ends of yarns in my big box of yarns. So, I didn’t buy more yarn to make these gifts.

Mum’s Placemats, crochet with Drops Cotton Viscose and shinny Drops Glitter. A really quick project, made 2 placemats in the train on the way to work and on the way home. Couldn’t be happier with my crochet speed.

Hot Pink Loose Shawl, I wanted to make something for my friend that can be worn in a warm to cool climate, so I decided on this. And I had spare yarn from making my bolero. (I guess, now you can see the actual colour of the bolero…). I’m so loving the lace pattern of this shawl. Thinking to make one for myself now.

Funky Slippers from Drops Nepal yarn, I had 4 leftover balls of Nepal yarn after making the black Nepal dress and dog little black dress a few months ago. And they’re perfect for these slippers. I love the cute buttons.

Things from Drops Paris yarn, lots and lots of Paris yarns left after making my Paris blanket.

I managed to make 2 crochet pot holders:

1 knitted pot holder:

1 FAIL knitted pot holder and now turning into a mini sling bag: << wrong measurement, turned to rectangular instead of square.

A flower wrist band for my cousin, love this by the way. Maybe I can get away wearing this on my wrist, or maybe not, maybe I’m too old for this… Hmm, thinking really hard about this.

And I still have spare Paris yarns, seriously, what else could I make??

Mobile Phone Pouch, for my cousin using Drops Kid Silk yarn. This is a spare yarn from the triangle shawl I knitted a few months ago in winter. And I still have some more. I love this yarn though, so, the next project using this yarn will be for me J or for my mum.

Plastic Bag Holders, I have lots of DK knitting yarn left from making Christmas dolls 2 years ago. So, I’m turning them into these plastic bag holders.

Daffodils

Lily of the Valley

(Completed before Christmas 2011 – hurray…)