on counting stitches and marking repeats on manipulating designs of adjusting widths. I tally the chains, the loops and the dc’s and scribble them down on my small writing sheet. I crochet a few rows then stop to see if the created piece of clothing fits me and then I go on […]
Online Store: www.yarn-paradise.com Item Link: https://www.yarn-paradise.com/mohair-angora-wool-superfine-wool-metallic-gold-cream The yarn is composed of two individual strands of highly opposite characteristics. The cream strand is a blend of acrylic and wool which makes it soft, dull and easy to break, while the gold strand is Lurex, a metallic yarn which makes the yarn shiny and sturdy. These opposing […]
What I love most about crocheting is that I can create shapes that I want: Conventional shapes to unusual ones. This is the logic I apply in creating clothes. I imagine the shape I want. I look for inspirations on how clothes are formed. I look for laces of different kinds until I can stumble […]
I have two friends who I want to give some yarns this christmas season, they are very good followers of my blog plus they are mostly used to using the cotton yarn, staple to the Philippines. I want them to try something different. The first lot is a mixture of off-white wool knitting yarns in […]
A month ago, I never knew the name of the stitch I so love to make but do not know how. If you notice from my previous works that I have so many treble stitches in between horizontal lace mesh: This is me, attempting to actually do the so-called hairpin lace effect I’ve been eyeing […]
This month marks the first year that we have moved to the south. Along with this change comes the ultimate sacrifice, being away from my peers. I miss my friends. I miss cooking for them every now and then. All the sudden calls for a dinner night, or a movie. I miss going out and […]
One of the few things that popular media has injected in our state of mind is that in-laws are meddling people that can potentially ruin your relationship with your better-half. Luckily for me, this is not the case. I consider myself very fortunate to having acquired a second set of parents. It’s like buying one […]
Effort is nothing without good results College taught me this. I remember a time during college when I entered a Crystallography course and spent a lot of sleepless nights over assignments just to be turned down at a mere glance. Maybe you would say that the professor is snubbed and not easily pleased and with […]
Stop right, now. I can’t. I keep telling myself to stop, your hands are hurting. Stop, you need to sleep. Stop. procrastinate. delay. I cannot. I am a little bit excited [I guess more than just a little] on how my ‘dress project’ would come out. Though I am not really sure of how each […]
I remember a poem I wrote a while back about having sleepless nights. Usually when I cannot sleep, the right side of my brain is working nonchalantly. And I have to give in or suffer a terrible insomnia. During these times, creativity should be expressed and writing poems is one of my outlets: A poem […]
