Coochie Coochie Coo Part Dua

So! Hence the failure of the most ambitious project to knit the Mary Jane’s, I stepped down from my narcissistic megalomania stool and looked for a simpler pattern to try. And I found this really simple pattern at Bev’s Cottage. See, you get better succes when you know what you’re capable of. hik. Let’s take a look of what I did murid-murid.

Here are the booties before i sew them up:

Aaaannnd ta-dah! all sewn up!

No, the colour DID NOT change after you’ve sewn them up ya? They are two different sets altogether.

I also did the mittens and the hats.

So excited I was with my succes that i knitted something like 3 sets of the same thing? Ahahahahahah. Come, come we take a look:

This one is all light blue. The first one i tried.

This one is the same pattern, but i knitted the ribbing part in dark blue. (Because I get easily bored with doing everything in one colour heh).

Now I went all out on this one, by doing stripes, eheheh. They are actually yellow and brown, a friend said they look like bumble bee..soo cute! (Ok, this was taken with my OLD camera phone, I only got the new canggih phone after I’ve given these away heh).

All the time while knitting these I kept going ‘aaawwwwwww’ and gushing away because they are sooo cute!

I love knitting baby stuff!

testing from my mobile

gawd the wonders of technology… I can nw blog frm my mobile? I laaik!

Coochie Coochie Coo! – Mary Jane Booties

In the last few months, babies have been arriving. Not my own of course. But they inspired me to try out some baby stuff. To knit, not on my body.

In the beginning, I wanted to try out these really cute Mary Jane Booties, and found a pattern here. This is what it looked like:

soooo cute kan?  Ah-ha. But not that easy to knit….Maybe because I didn’t count properly or what, here’s what my first attempt looked like (without the strap)

*sigh*. But Aunty K still gigih want to try and do the booties. Because they are sooooooooo cute!

So, second attempt.

Ah-ha. Finally got it right. This is before Aunty K sambung sambung jadik kasut.

Yeay! Success! But this took a lot out of me. Counting, figuring, sewing.

So I’ve abandoned this project for the time being.

Knit Knotes For Sati

Actually kan, this entry is no longer necessary, since I’ve already sort of explained it to u ek babe? ekekekek. But I just wanted to have an entry title with YOUR name on it, hik. Walaupun it’s probably only you and me reading it, AHAHAHAH! Mak Gila Glamer!

But it’s also to remind myself that I’ve edited the previous knitting projects entry, added some afterthoughts. Dah tua macam ni la… Soon I’ll probably need notes to remind me that I have notes.

Hik.

Sate, yuk?

There is this excellent place in Kampung Baru where I always go if I wanted some Indonesian fare. Specifically Sate Minang and Bakso. I asked Nicks the name of the road, but she oso dunno. It’s across the street from the mesjid u know?  I think it’s where that Bangunan Zainal sumthin sumthin is? and I don’t even remember the name of the Restaurant, u know? Garuda sumthin?

Yes, you can tell i don’t drive.

This is going to be the shortest entry ever, because i prefer to drool than to write when it comes to food. *test droool test droool*

Now, THIS is what I will have first, everytime. The bakso…

Ah-ha….the satay Minang… The kuah is not the normal kuah kacang, I don’t know what it’s made of, but it is soooooooooo sedap *droool* I usually ask for extra kuah and spoon it into my mouth..ohh bliss!!!

And of course, the whole ecstatical (perkataan apa ni??) experience will not be complete without this, Avocado Juice with Milo.

Till we meet again then. I have to stop now, because as usual, need to clean up all this drool and go thru my phonebook to cari mangsa nak bawak pegi makan.

Welcome Aryela!

I got some adorable pictures of Lady S’s new baby, and when I asked her if I could put it in my blog she said “Letak semua tempat, bagi semua orang tau?” .

Soooooooooooooo apa lagi,  here’s a bootylicious welcome from Aunty K,

preeeeseeeentinggggggggggg

Aryela Surya!

Eeeeverybody say AAAAAAAAUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Baju Jala Kaler Pink

I have decided that I will be an Acrylic Queen. A Local Acrylic Queen. I’ve decided to only use local yarns although the gadis-gadis at the yarn shop always tell me that the local yarn is no good. Which I don’t understand. Just because it’s cheap, it’s no good? I mean, the yarns they reccommend are mostly acrylic too no? Some are blends, but some are 100% acrylic. All are imported, and therefore cost like, well, a lot? And do we really use wool? Apparently some people are allergic to wool even.

Eh, chop. *looks at entry title again*. *sighs*. Akak salah konsep lagi….

So anyways, what I really wanted to write about is yet another one of my knitting project. I think this one was quite successful actually. Square projects usually are. That’s why it’s Hip To Be Square kan? Hik.

Where was I?

I keep missing the point eh?

Yes, my knitting. I really don’t know what it’s called. But one of my friends intelligently called it “Baju Jala”. How apt. So Baju Jala it is.

The pattern is dead easy. Really. I got it off one backdated magazine I found on sale, and adapted the pattern for cheap Malaysian use. Ok, ok I give pattern.

Material:

6.5mm straight needles

 About 3 balls of Minlon yarn 40g whatever colour you like.I used number 170.

Stitch markers

Pattern:

Cast on 40 stitches. Knit 1, *knit 2 together(k2tog), Yarn Over(YO)*, repeat * until last stitch, Knit 1.

Ta-dah! Knit until the length is about 150cm. Well for me it would be about that long. For more petite girls, about 130cm ought to do it.

Assembling:

Fold knitting in half,

Sew together lengthwise, until about 35cm or so from the folded part, that will be the neckline.

Voila! and you can wear it whichever way you want!

If i put my mind to it, which I did for this one, it took me a bout a week to complete. As per always, I did drop some stitches, and me being me, was too lazy to unravel and start over, so i just cincai cincai sewed the gaping holes, as long as they don’t show too badly……

Ahh..the smell of success…is sweet!

*afterthought add*

Every post i forgot to add something… eeeveryyy post lah! haiyo.

1. The cost for this is erm..about RM5 i think? Since it took about 2 3/4 balls, and let’s assume one ball is about RM1.50… I usually got it for less since i buy bulk ekekeke.

Retro Entry – Green Trash

So anyways. Flushed with the success of the ruffly pink bag, I was totally excited to try another bag. I had this free booklet on knitted bags, and i thought i’d try this easy peasy bag.

Cute, no?

Alas, my reign as the successful bag knitter was not meant to be. Of course i used a totally different type of yarn and so…

It was a pleasure to knit, though..just stockinette and garter stitches.

But seriously, I didn’t like how it turned out at all.

Just for variety,  I did one side fully in green, and the other side red at the top (reason for choice of colours: those are the colours that I have ok?).

And the fringe didn’t turn out nicely either…

*afterthought add*

Ah..so consumed I was with thefrustration that I forgot to put in some notes about the bag.

Let me consult my notes (yesssss I have a log book for myknitting project tau?. The researcher in me never left, apparently).

1. It took me 4 days to knit this bag.

2. It cost maybe about RM3.50? Maybe less since I used leftover yarn. The whole ballcost me RM3.50

3. I used my circular 6.6mm and 6.0mm.

4. Why Do I bother with these notes? Because just in case one day I wanted to knit this again, I have a record of what I used and how long it took me…ekekekeke

Oh well, Her Royal Highness got this bag as well.

Latest update: I saw the bags recently. Apparently they are being used in all seriousness when the Royal Highnesses were playing Shop.

Now we know….beg pegi pasar rupanya….

Retro Entry – Pink Ruffles

OMG.

Has been that long since I was away? Everything has changed, has it not?

Aaanyways, I have set my mind (well, sort of, in between Diari AF, Cerita Artis Malaysia and Tentang Bulan – The Series) to update my blog. So many stories to tell, so many pictures to tell the stories, yet so little time. Ok, so much time wasted was what I really wanted to say, hik.

So here is a knitting project I did waaayy back last year, but at first kept it under wraps because it was meant to be a present for Her Royal Highness. Well, her birthday came and went……and only now  ( as I keep getting distracted by House on TV) will I show it to the world (ie people who read this, ie ME).

I got the pattern off a book given by my boss,

 

so I’m not really sure if i can actually discuss the pattern? Oh well, I want to show it off anyways.

And here’s what I made..

 

Not bad eh? Kinda looks like the one in the book, I just made everything brighter to stimulate my little niece’s brain (eh wah! admit it, you looove bright colours!).

I added the beads just to practice beading (hik, I am so sorry little niece, you are my guinea pig)

 and here’s a view of the back…

I also learnt how to line a bag to make it stronger. Hey it wasn’t that hard when you put your mind to it, heh. Since this is experimental, I just used some of my old clothes that I haven’t quite thrown away yet.

*postadd*

I forgot some other notes to be included about this bag.

1. It took me 3 weeks to knit. 

2. The cost is probably about RM7-RM10? I can’t really figure out how much the beads cost because I bought bulk hik.

3. The beads were like one every 3 stitches? Too much I reckon. This is for further projects consideration *ehem*

*sigh* seriously? I think I have soo lost any ability to write with feeling. This post reads like an old crone rattling off nonsense trying to be smart.

Wait a minute.

I AM an old crone.

*sigh*