A Sale

In celebration of Summer Solstice, D#1's birthday and the upcoming Independence Day, listed items are 10% off regular price. Free/50% discounted shipping still offered. Please read ‘Shipping Policies’ in the ‘Shop Policies’ Section. Sale will go on through July 4. Pictures of new yarns have been uploaded to Flickr. Also I've moved some yarns to the clearance bin.

Below is acgypsy's echo flower shawlette knitted from Aqua Velvet. Thank you and have a great summer.

 

Look who is turning 8?

Come and celebrate my daughter’s 8th birthday. We’re having a sale. The sale will last through April 25. Free/50% discounted shipping still offered. Please read ‘Shipping Policies’ in the ‘Shop Policies’ Section. The sale is on right now and I’ll be adding yarn after this is posted. Preview of the new yarn are on my photostream. Thank you and enjoy the yarn.

Here's the culprit. Posing with her weaving sampler, chosen by her art teacher, displayed at a local church.

Updating soon

Just finished watermarking photos of all the handspun yarns. I'll upload them to Flickr tomorrow. The kids had snow days this past 2 days so my schedule is a bit of a topsy turvy. Keep watch on the blog for news of when yarn will be added to Etsy or subscribe to RSS Feed. Also, Marianne added Lilac Kitty (made using French Lilac) to her store. Go over and take a look. See you tomorrow, hopefully. Keep warm.

Robinhood 1 & Flutterby

Robinhood 1 & Flutterby have been added to the clearance section. Also, please take a look at Blue Cat created by Marianne using Dreamweaver. There are more photos of Blue Cat on Marianne's Flickr photostream. I have more yarn to add to Etsy but I've a lot on my mind lately plus I've been having lots of sinus headaces. I'll get to updating the handspun eventually.  I finished knitting a pair of socks for myself using my own handspun. I'll photograph the socks soon. Talk later.

Madeline's Sunshine Stole

Madeline knitted Sunshine stole in simple moss stitch. She used Mango Smoothie, Harvest Moon, both in Falkland wool. Combined them with yellow alpaca lace weight, from a local farm (yarn of white wool), mohair, and a pale yellow Baby Cotswold wool from a farm in Connecticut. I love seeing how my handspun is being made into an item that one enjoys and treasures. Thank you Madeline for sending my photos. Enjoy the photos.

Postage increase

Happy New Year to all of you. Hope that 2010 will be a good year for all of you. USPS will increase postage as of January 4, 2010. I didn't have a chance to research further into it. I rather concentrate on trying to have another update before the sale ends on January 10. I did mention on the front page of my Etsy store that there will be a postage increase, please ignore that. Talk later.

Happy Thanksgiving

Holiday sale is on. The listed price is 10% off. The sale will go on till the holiday is over. If your purchase is $100 and over, please read Shop Policies for more details. If you want to send the yarn as a gift, let me know during checkout.

Do forgive me on the long silence. I do have new yarn but was not able to get them listed in a timely manner. November is a difficult month with the time change to adjust to, kids activities at school plus Nov 29 is more difficult than any other November days (just checked my calender. It's Nov 25th not 29th). It's the day my beloved Grandfather passed on. This November marks the 30th year of his passing and I will always miss him. Anyway, let end the sob story for now as Thanksgiving is around the corner. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Enjoy!!

Thank you

Thank you all for your support and making the sale a success. I look forward to seeing pictures of the finished project. Do email me some pictures. I'm spinning at a slower rate as the roving/single keeps tangling up with my injured finger. I'll upload pictures when I have new handspun. Thanks again.

No pictures yet

Didn't get a chance to upload pictures from NYC. Last night was International Night at the kids school. We didn't go as M1 has a test this morning plus both of them have belt test later in the evening. Still going over the terms with them.

I'm not available for shipping this Friday or Saturday. Any purchase made during this time will be mailed on Monday. I've added more handspun yarn to the clearance section. Hope you find some goodies. Talk later. Ta ta.

I'm back

Arrived back home late last night. The plane was queued on the tarmac for an hour. It's a lot shorter that what others had gone through. The weather was great on Wednesday but outright nippy on Thursday. I don't think the temp went above 60. I didn't realize I captured 300 image files in 2 days. I'll go through them and post them.

This weekend is A Wool Gathering. It's located at Young's Dairy. It will be a fun weekend as there will be fibery goodies, miniature golf and ice cream. I'll be busy prepping the kids karate terms fo theri test and catching up on chores. Will pop in later. See ya. Ta ta.

P/S - Didn't get a chance to knit on my socks. Busy taking photographs, browsing and eating.

Some FOs & WIPs

UPDATE: Banana Chocolate chip bread baked & done

While waiting for the Banana Chocolate Chip Bread to finish baking, here's a show & tell on some of the items that I have started or finished knitting. Reminder: I'll not be available for shipping from Sept 15 - 17. Any purchase made during this time will be shipped on Sept 19. Thanks.

Finished Items for M2

Finished items for M1

Socks for myself

Socks for M1

Mug shot

Here's the mug shot that I went for yesterday (I looked sleepy/tired). I was propositioned by the photographer. I'm flattered but just awkward. I would have left if the photo was not taken yet. I was waiting for the photo to be printed when he started laying it on(TMI). Once I had photos in my hand I got out of there ASAP but it turns out that I need 3 copies of the photo. So I have to go back later to pick up another set of 2. Wish me luck.

Anyway, Happy Birthday to Gram(good thing I talked with her earlier as I ran out of minutes on my phone card while talking with my mother last night. Note to self - pick up lots of phone cards while in NYC, especially the ones that will allow me to make calls to Australia too) and Hugh Grant, today. And Happy Birthday to Hubster tomorrow. He'll be 4(x=10/2). I'm being sneaky as I'm not supposed to mentioned his age. He's touchy. I asked him what size cake to purchase and he barked out no cake. I think it's because whatever ice cream/candy/pie/cake that's brought into his house will be eaten by him and the kids. I rarely touch them, only once in a blue moon. Sugar and I are not friends as it makes me sleepy.

I'll be away from Sept. 15-17. Any purchase made during this period will be shipped on Sept 19. M2 has started missing me. She slept with me this past weekend. M1 is missing me too - asking about my flight details. I did contact my dad's cousin, so she's my 2nd cousin, right? She said she'll go with me to the Consulate. I'm grateful that I have someone to go with me but I wanted to use this time to clear my head. I don't think I'll be able to totally empty it. Hoping to calm it. My mind is just like a vacuum cleaner. Any suggestions on where/what to see in NYC? We went to Rockerfeller, Times Square, Natural History Museum & Radio City the last time we were there.

I added a link to my resume on the sidebar. I'm looking for a work from home/part-time position. If any of you know of any openings, please let me know via the email on the resume. More yarn will be added later tonight. See ya.

Happy Birthday, Grandma

Update: Just got off the phone with Gram. No relatives there at all. Just Gram, not even my parents. All of them went out shopping and I talked with her for half an hour. My uncles will arrive in the afternoon, which will be my bedtime. And Gram said that Stuart will be there. Too bad I'm not. Miss all the relatives, camaraderie and food.

My paternal grandmother's birthday is on Sept 9 this year(based on the lunar calendar). I've been busy catching up with my mum on my Gram's birthday bash, which is on Saturday. She'll be 87. All of Gram's children will be back for the bash. Some of her grandkids - me being half way across the world, Shaun, Simon and Stuart are working and some busy with school, will not be attending. I did call last night to talk with her but she's too busy catching up with my aunts and their husbands. I'll call again tonight to catch up with my other relatives. I'll call Gram on the 9th so that she'll have more time to chat.

She used to chat for five minutes & asked me to get off the phone. Now, she talks for about half an hour. She's a proud and stubborn lady. She rarely complains & when she does, it's a serious matter. When she told my mum that she has to wait 30 minutes before she can get off her bed in the morning, I know that her legs are bothering her much. Anyway, off with my rant. Below is a picture of blooming sweet autumn clematis, vining on my neighbor's rusty fence.
Happy Birthday, Gram.

I have to renew my passport. After calling a couple of Consulates, I found out that I can go to NYC and have it renewed in person. I don't have to send my papers to the Consulate in DC and they in turn, send them back to Malaysia with a turn around time of 3 to 6 months. At the moment, I'm trying to get my papers and schedule line up to go to NYC. I hope that the machine is in working condition when I go to the Consulate. Hubster said that he can take his furlough days to look after the kids. And the kids are upset that I'm going without them. I'll post a notice on Etsy and the blog when I know for sure.

I have been on hiatus from sock knitting for a couple of years. I have 4 pairs on the needles. Below is a picture of the first pair since my hiatus. It's M2's Halloween socks. I have 2 more pairs to be finished soon - just have the cuff to go. The last pair, I'm trying to knit short row heel and am having a tad of problem with the instructions.
I still have to seam up the kids Einstein coats from last fall. Hopefully, I seamed them up before the nippy temp hit us full force. Gotta run now. Have to catch the relatives before they all head out for the big lunch celebration. Ta ta for now. Talk later.

My summer break, part 2 - warning picture heavy

Besides the pool, we spent a lot of time lounging on the sofa reading or watching DVDs. The kids were in 4 different reading programs through the varies local libraries. We went to the cinema, a couple of times. At the end of July we went to Washington, DC.

July 26, 2009



The bird that has a wart on its beak




Excuse the poor image quality. Extremely steep escalator

July 27, 2009

Swallowed by the great white




Outside the Library of Congress

On July 28, we went to the Holocaust Museum, where photography are not allowed. We also went to the Space Museum.

Image taken enroute to the Holocaust Museum


Space Museum

We had fun in DC even though it was hot, humid & tiring. That's all for today. Will be back soon. BTW, Happy Independence Day, Malaysia.

My summer break, part 1 - warning picture heavy

I'm back from my summer break. I decided to take one while the kids were having theirs. I did spin some yarn but didn't add them to Etsy.  I've uploaded pictures of 11 yarn to my photostream and 12 more drying on the rack. I'll add the yarn as time permits. Here's a pictorial summary of my summer.

June 2009 - Weaving

Noro Silk Garden #245


Patons Classic Merino


Universal Yarn Pace #13 & Rio De Plate SC15 (sock yarn)



We spent many days here

The kids swam & I floundered. Note to self - have to learn how to swim. I can only go about 2 yards. Kids tried to get on my back while I was floundering and they nearly sank me. Luckily, I was floundering at 3.5 feet deep.

Ate a lot of these


With Ranch dressing and a sprinkle of pepper


July 2009
Newport Aquarium, KY

I fell off the rocker


Get out of my way


Spotted Jellyfish


Upside down jellyfish


Aliens!!!   No. It's actually moon jellyfish


Fireworks outside the aquarium , across from the Ohio River after the end of the Reds game.




Local fireworks on July 4th






To be continued....