Target UFO - Done

This lace work project started in 2007! I can't believe it's 2009 now, and simply can’t recall what had happened in 2008. Yesterday, I finally crocheted off the last round, and blocked it.

Had a good sleep last night. Woke up late this morning. Took a peek at the blocking board. Ahhh! My little lace doily was just stunning, even on the messy blocking board with hundreds of pinholes, and was still stretching under pins!

Pattern: Egeblad, a Danish pattern available free at www.yarnover.net
Thread: DMC Cebelia size 30 crochet cotton
Needle: 2.00mm Inox / Addi Turbo double point and circular needles
Hook: 1.00mm Red Heart Steel Crochet Hook.

And also, I made a tote bag, for shopping fabrics (a store in Toronto would offer $5 off for purchasing $25 or more if you bring your own handmade tote bag).

Next targeted UFO? This one!

Ah! Summer Knitty is there!

I was too busy at work! Overwhelmed with all the deteriorated highway bridges.

This design was submitted for the winter 2008 issue (thus it was made long time ago). Back at that time, I had no reference on how to construct framed purses. It took me quite a while to figure out. When I found the framed purse books by Kelly, I was excited, and ordered them immediately.

Hahah, I did advertisement for someone else instead. But please, do take a look at my "new" design.

For Baby

This baby blanket was made for my friend and middle school classmate/roommate, Jessica. She will give birth to her first child this month (though I am not sure about the exact day).

For every stitch I crocheted, my memory lingered around my middle school days in China. There were twenty girls in our class. Together with eight other girls, Jessica and I also shared a big dormitory room that could accommodate six bunk beds (we attended a boarding school). We studied, ate, played and slept all together, and we became really close friends. In summer nights, the girls clustered to one bed and whispered, gossiped about other girls and boys, shared secrets, and dreamed about our future.

Maybe none of us at that time realized how our future was like.

Eight years passed by so quickly since I left middle school and came to Canada. In these eight years, many of my classmates left hometown, to Hong Kong, Canada, UK, or USA. Jessica immigrated to USA a few years ago. She met her husband in Los Angeles and finally settled down there. Her husband is also from our hometown, and the most magical part is that her father in law was my father’s boss three decades ago. The world is quite small.

The blanket will be shipped tomorrow. I hope her baby will like it.

Pattern: My own
Yarn: 6 balls of Lanett baby wool
Hook: 3.25mm (I love the cheep Red Heart Crochet Hooks from Wal-Mart. They fit my hand quite well and give great speeds. With a 5mm Red Heart aluminum crochet hook, I did 78 double crochet stitches in three minutes in a competition and won three baskets of yarns five years ago. But too bad most of them are acrylic yarns, for making... afghans.)

Strawberry Cake

It's a kit my co-worker Jermaine brought for me from her trip toTaiwan. Very cute. A nice decoration for my little cubicle.

Please stay tuned to check out my new pattern @ Summer Knitty 2009.