Prettyknit

Just complete this bolero last night, is a simply bolero. It turn out quite o.k, except the arm part is a bit too tight, hopefully after a few wash will be loosen out. I knit this bolero from top down raglan style and make the sleeve slightly bell shape. The yarn that I used is from Handpaintedyarn.com, is a very beautiful yarns in heavy worsted weight, but the down side is the handspun yarn come in thick and thin (very obvious in every skein), it turn out my bell sleeve one are bigger bell than the other, I have to re-do the whole sleeve in different sts just to get it look the same. Beside, the yarns also is a bit too warm for the weather here, I guess I only got to wear it when I go on holiday.

I brought some yarns from handpaintedyarn.com couple month ago for turtleneck shrug from Scrafstyle, it turn out I order the wrong yarn,is too thick for that particular design. But the colourway (mystery purple) is too nice to put aside, so I turn it into a bolero. It's quite a simple and straight forward bolero with no sewing needed. Here it the progress, it should have been finish last week if I never made the mistake on the sleeve..

I was home early yesterday evening, planing to do some gardening, maybe sowing some Shamrock seed that I brought from Ireland to test whether it will grow in here. Just before I sow the seed, to my surprise I found this...

I have a love, hate feeling about Sunday, I love it because I feel relax ( I can wake up late!!)and can do what I want like crafting, gardening, or cooking... but in the same time I feel that time is too short, I don't got to finish what I do, I only got to choose one thing ..!! so I decided to bake myself some cupcake this week, since I couldn't find a good cupcake bakery in town..I make a very simple cupcake with dried cranberries and grated lemon peel, and buttercream topping...it look so tempating and delicious but..awwww...the buttercream are so sweet, is like eat pure sugar..I don't think I would fancy any cake on the next Sunday !!!

I always amaze by the craft of felting, after searching and getting some tips from my swap pal carolyne, I decided to try it out. The process of felting the wool are really fun, but as a first timer, I have make a lot of mistake ..I used cold soapy water instead of hot soapy water, I forgot to make the felt large than the actual size..and etc.. The felt piece that I wanted to make is suppose to be a make-up pouch, but it turn out like a coin pouch...This is the my original idea of pouch..however ..

After a long battled with the knit.1 cropped cardigan, I have jump into knitting small and rather fast project. This is another fast project..the minisweater for my niece . Is actually the boobholder/minsweater by glampyre.com, the only thing that I alter is omitted increase sts at the boob areas. Because of the thinner yarn that I use, I just following the pattern sts, don't even have to worry or adjust the sts and the size came out perfect!! It fit both of my nieces, 7 years old and 5 years old, aren't they cute??