out of control

Ah. I hate myself! These days I keep going to Romni Wools and shop shop shop. I shop if I do well on tests, but mostly when I screw up my tests or exams, like today. I think I am really stressed out. Shopping makes me feel better, seriously.

Today's thermodynamics final is tricky. It looked so simply but I did bad (at least I think I did bad). After the final I went no where but directly to Romni Wools and spent sometime there. I bought some pattern books. I felt a little bit better after that. but... then I really regret now because I spent $$$ again. I should not spend too much on stuff that is no realted to my education, but then I can't control myself.

Engineering Biology Final on Wednesday, then Electricity Final on Friday, and lastly Linear Algebra Final next Tuesday. I must not screw up these finals and must not go to Romni Wools until summer holiday begins! Take control now... I promise to myself. I am the engineer of my future. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. So, no more shopping.

Buddha, bless me.


at 11:57 pm:
I just found a quote from At Knit's End:
"Most knitters, if they were to be completely honest with you, their credit card gets the most use is in a yarn shop. When I was done being a student, I had two kinds of debt: student loans and yarn loans."

hahahah... Same here almost, except I use my debit card instead of credit card. But wait, the money from my debit card comes from scholarships and student loans. I have the best mom in the world who paid tuition and residence fee for me.

crochet + knitting UFOs

This is a triangular crocheted shawl that I started when I was in Grade 11 !!!! I pulled it out from a storage box last week and discovered that I made a mistake on the stitches, so.. rip - rip - rip.... I started it over again... I crochet much faster than I knit (average 72 dc in three minutes). Here is what I've done last Saturday.

The yarn is super soft (Dale of Norway DaleGarn Baby Ull). I thought the yarn is thin so I used a 2.35mm hook, but it turned out that the delicate stitches all "squeezed" together. I should use a bigger hook like a 2.75 mm one. I hope it will be fine after blocking.

Fell in love with billion stitch, just a little experiment.

Marianne from Rowan 37, for my mom. It's a secret gift. Since mom is going back to China in May. I will give this to her when she returns to Canada in August (hehe I have plenty of time) .

This is the second project I make for Lettuce Knit. I told Megan I would finish it asap after I finish my finals in early May. Unfortunately I made a mistake due to lack of concentration on the pattern. um... I just hate fixing those cable stitches.

This is a really simple vest from a Taiwanese pattern book. Not sure whom I should give the vest to.

These days I am cramming for finals... No class no assignment no project but lots of sleep... I am recharging myself.

Design Showcase, Apr. 10, 2006

My First Project for Lettuce Knit!

Two weeks ago I wrote an email to Megan, owner of the little cozy yarn store "Lettuce Knit" at Kensington Market, downtown Toronto, and asked her about summer work possibilities. She accepted and gave me this crochet pattern, from Stitch n' Bitch Crochet, as my first project. I was so excited and tried to finish it as fast as possible. However, since I was extremely busy working on my design prototype last week, it took me an entire week to finish this bear.

Ok, now I have to criticize about the book Stitch n' Bitch Crochet: I don't like most of the patterns inside the book, and, there are tons of errors on the patterns! For instance, this bear, the instruction for the legs and arms is obviously wrong, and there is a counting mistake for the body part. Also, I don't like the way that the bear in done in sl st with a 6.5 mm crochet hook, the sts turn out to be very ugly. I don't think I finish the bear nicely. Well, maybe it's just because I am not sophisticated enough for it.

But I think the Japanese crochet patterns are much better.

Angela = Panda

这三天累得变熊猫了。 今天我妈带汤水给我。 一见我就说：“看你的黑眼圈， 又睡不够了， 怎么还不转系？”汗得我。。。

Too busy, so no knitting or crochet at all = (

We have to design something for visually impaired people so they can walk independently...

唉！

今天的ECE QUIZ 又考砸了！！！！！ (上礼拜入籍那天刚刚PROFESSOR 连上两节课， 都SKIP 掉了， SKIP 的代价很大) 我居然不知道计算COMPLEX NUMBER 可以用计算机的！ 晕死了。 害得我计算IMPEDANCE 时。。。算了， 到现在我还不是很懂CAPACITOR， INDUCTOR / OPEN CIRCUIT， SHORT CIRCUIT 的原理， 算三角函数还是不够快。 电路复杂了又不会ANALYSE。


怎么办？

happy days

I used this yarn, made a swatch and submitted a design to MagKnits and it got accepted! I hope I can finish the sweater in May and so it will appear in the July Issue. It was my first submission to online knitting magazines... yeah I was so excited so I went to my LYS (Romni Wools) , and had SEX...

Nice kid silk yarn...
some Jaeger patterns...