Spring Destash

Here you go! Another spring destash as promised. All of these yarn needs to go to a good home where it will be loved and used as it should be since I won't get around to knit with them anytime soon. They come from pet/smoke free home, sealed in clean ziplock bag. I accept credit card or cashfunded paypal. Shipping is included in the price. All yarn will be shipped via first class or priority mail. For anyone that live outside of US but interested in any of these items. Please drop me an email. We can always work out the shipping depending on where you live. On another note...I'll be going out of town from April 6-13. If you're interested in any of these items while I'm gone, please feel free to drop me an email. I'll mail out your yarn when I return. Thank you for checking.


4 Balls of Filatura di Crosa Millefili Fine
$18 inclusive shipping (within US only)
Color | Peach
Yardage | Approx 137 yards
100% Cotton


1 Hank of Posh Yarn Lisette Handpainted Silk
$30 inclusive shipping (within US only)
Color | Carribean
Yardage | Approx 165 yards
100% Silk
Note: Missing yarn label. To see another shot click here.


1 Hank of Great Adirondack Silk Delight Tuscany
$30 inclusive shipping (within US only)
Color | Tuscany
Yardage | 273 yards
100% Silk
Note: Missing yarn label. To see another shot click here.


1 Ball of Rowan Kidsilk Haze
$11 inclusive shipping (within US only)
Color |Elegance 577
Yardage | 227 yds/25g
70% Super Kid mohair, 30% Silk

its been awhile

Just want to pop in to say hello and hope everyone is doing well. Sorry I haven't been posting for awhile. Its been a combination of many things that has kept me away from knitting and blogging. Anyways, I'm going to have another huge spring destash coming up soon. Stay tuned.

very close

Thank you so much for all your wonderful compliments on my sweater jacket! I really didn't expect all these words of praise. For those of you who inquired about the pattern, I promise I'll find time to write or may be publish here in the near future. Right now, there's quite a bit on my plate, so I hope you'll bear with me. Moving on, that shetland triangle shawl is almost done. I finally finished the very last row... just a few ends to weave in and some serious blocking. Next, I'm going tackle another work in progress that I started about three years ago. Yeah, did I say three years? I bet none of your knitting project is as old as this. Alrighty, I'm off to block that shawl. Have a pleasant week!

Black and White

a view in color.

Pattern : Narita Jacket (my own)
Yarn : 8.5 hanks of rowanspun dk held double
Needle : 4.5 & 5mm addi circular
Cost for this project: $39

the good
I'm still slowly knitting away at my stash. I have relearned to enjoy going through my stash and thinking of things I want to make rather than wasting money on more yarn I don't need. Here's my first finished project for the new year. This sweater idea was inspired by one of my favorite designer-setsuko torii. It was an easy, straight forward knit, so I'll not go into much details. In lieu of my stash busting affort, I also gave away a huge bag full of odd balls to my co-worker's granny, whom love to make beanies and matching scarves for her grand children. My co-worker told me grandma Nancy was super thrilled, which makes me even more happy to learn someone is making full use of yarn I no longer need.

...and the bad
*ehem* I caved in and bought some yarn last week with no pattern in mind. It was some discontinued rowan yarn. You know I'm weak when it comes to brown and tweed. I have no idea what I'll do with it so far, may be I'll make another cable sweater or something. A girl can never have too many brown cable sweater, right? Anyways, my goal is to stash busting till middle of this year and finish that long-neglected phildar swing jacket before march. Are you in with me? Hope your weekend was fun and filled with knitting goodness. I leave you with a picture I took last week. My latest obssession.



Thank you so much for all your compliments on my last finished sweater :)

Last post for year zero seven

Thank you all folks for your well wishes. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was pretty quiet. I was home working throughout the holidays. However, I'm very happy Santa brought me a couple of cool gifts and some unexpected ones. I can't believe Christmas already came and gone. Felt like this year went by so fast. As some of you might know, this year has been tough. Although some things have stayed the same, many things have changed. Nonetheless, I'm grateful that I'm still in good health and surrounded by so many loving people who constantly giving me support. Thanks you again for listening and caring for me, as well as always being there for me. You know who you are :) Alrighty, I better stop rambling, see how I started to deviate from the subject. I was thinking to take a quick break to write about the recent finished project and get back to work. So, here you go, my last finished project for this year.



Pattern : Turquoise tunic from Rebecca knitting mag 31
Yarn : 4 cones of Habu Tsumugi in color 44
Needle : 4mm & 3.75mm bamboo circular
Cost for this project: $50

Notes about this project...Love the fit (after numerous mods ) and the drapey-ness of the sleeves. (I think that's what sold me when I first saw the pattern.) I made the smallest size for 30/32 bust. The pattern wasn't too hard to follow if you have never knit anything from Rebecca. It's rather simple with a few yarn overs, knit tbl and k2tog for the lace chart. And most importantly, I didn't spot any pattern error. A very good thing. I substituted the yarn with double stranded tsumugi silk and the gauge was spot on after the initial swatch. If you decide to make this sweater, be sure to measure your gauge. For some reason, my armholes was a little too small eventhough I got the right gauge. I added a few extra rows and reworked the cap sleeves. Wasn't too hard to do. The tsumugi silk yarn was also terrific to work with. Unlike any shiny silk blend that pills and breaks. It has a little tweedy-ness to it. Very pretty and soft!

Modifications...Lots of mods! Down from the bodice to the sleeves, the sleeves cap and the front neckline. The orginal pattern was more like a tunic dress rather than a top. It has a rather low cut V-neck lace panel on the front. Very sexy and pretty but definitely not for my body shape. Moreover, I'm the type of gal that prefer to throw on something simple and just run out the door. So I'm very happy all the modifications worked out just fine. I added a few rows to the sleeves cap and the armhole decreases, shortened the bodice close to five inches, about an inch on the belle sleeves. And lastly I opted for a simple V-neck on the front but kept the lace panel of the back to give the simple sweater a little spark - details of the back.



Okay! One more wip checked off the list and several more to go. Aside from knitting, I'll be working from home for the next few days. Sounds like fun huh! Before I sign off, I'd like to wish you all Happy New Year. May the new year bring you lots of happiness, achieve what you aspire and may all your dream come true! Alrighty, I'm going to make myself a cup of tea, turn on that beautiful music and get back to work.

Happy Holidays

May this holiday season and the New Year bring good health and happiness to you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A little bit of sewing and a little bit of knitting

Finally, a of long overdue post about knitting and my one an only finished project since September. Eventhough it's not for me, I felt pretty darn good that I finally finished something. Cast on the day before thanksgiving. Knitted thoughout the holiday, bind off on thursday night, washed and blocked just in the nick of time for a friend's birthday over the weekend. Here's another shot of me modelling the scarf before I gave it away. Thanks for the lovely pattern Kathy. The scarf turned out so soft and cozy. I love it. I'm considering making another one for myself.

Pattern : Shifting Sands Scarf by Kathy, aka Grumperina
Yarn : 3 hanks of Harmony 100% NZ Purewool by Naturally Yarn
Needle : US 6
Cost for this project: $25


I've been sewing too. I made this linen tote bag for a very special friend, prior to my long histus back in october. It was just a simple pattern I whipped up over one weekend. There's a lot I like about this bag. The simplicity, the applique, the fabric, the hand sewn leather straps. And of course it was really satisfying to know my dear friend love it too.


Lastly, something for myself. A patchwork scarf I'm working on currently. There are a mix of habu mohair yarn, silk yarn, linen paper and boucle yarn...something totally random while waiting for that knitting mojo to return. Alrighty, I gotto get out and run some errands. I hope you all well and enjoy the rest of your sunday. I'm still working on replying emails if you haven't gotten a response. Oh and again! Thank you very much if you bought something from my recent destash. All your packages are in the mail and I hope you'll receive it soon.