Pink or …

Mother's Day weekend passed by quietly amidst more packing. This time, it's husband who attacked his books with a vengeance. He's very affected by nephew's condition and I encouraged him to do something else to keep his mind of it. We are doing whatever possible we could for sil and bil to lessen their load, but then again, there's really nothing we could do to ease the unfathomable pain and fear, of seeing their very own child suffering. I sincerely thank you all for your kind thoughts and wishes for nephew.

I can't believe it's already Wednesday until I got a phone call that the aerobics class has formed and will start tomorrow. At least something to look forward to. My stash is now more or less organized. I've some fabrics (some big, some smaller pieces) to give away but need time to take photos and measure them before posting here. There are some Japanese knitting books to go too, here or on the Destash Blog later.

Some crocheting here and there on the capelet, which hopefully will be done by next week. I've got some knitting to report, thanks to colleague, O, who knits. Here's the story.

Me to JY and CY while showing them a bag or yarn: Here, choose a colour that you like. My friend is going to knit you two each a scarf.

CY didn't seem interested and ran away.

JY: Ooh, I like this, mummy.

Me: I thought you said pink is yuckaroony?

JY: Yes, ….but this is not PINK. This is LIGHT RED.

So here it is the light red Bow-knot Scarf for JY knitted by my colleague, O, who has an afternoon to spare while attending a school function for her son.

And then she knitted another smaller one for CY in a lovely dove grey.

With a little yarn to spare in each colours, I crocheted flowers to attach at each scarf. I used this pattern for the crochet flower but stopped at Round 2. The yarn used is the same cashmere as CY's Superman Scarf.

Also, check out this nice grown-up version of the bowtie scarf.

And a beautiful variation.

There's also a pattern here for one in thick yarn.

Comments

[Adrienne]

This is SO cute!!!!

[danielle]

Those are adorable. Thanks for giving links to the variations as well. Very inspiring. :)

[diana]

Gorgeous! I love this little scarf-lette.

[Agnes]

Woo ... so cute! I made 2 of these a long time ago for my parents ... of course, without the cutie flowers and in more dull colours ... but these are really practical items.

[yuvee]

they're so pretty and cute! the flowers add really nice touch.

[Anita]

Pretty scarves - I like your flower addition.

Sending good thoughts for your nephew.

[mango]

Oh! I love your Japanese book selection :D especially this one and this one

I couldn't find them in my local bookstore and the shipping would be about 30$ here from amazon.co.jp so if you end up selling either or, please let me know :D if not, I'll just look through my bookstore one more time tomorrow just in case.

[Daphne]

The flexibility of youth is wonderful. Glad to hear a class finally started for you!

[Silvia]

What a nice gift for the girls! It does make me wonder how long your coworker's kid's school event was?!

[tiennie]

I meant to put my last comment here: Those are very cute. Hoping for the best for your family.

[Sue]

Sending good wishes to your SIL and BIL for their son's health. I hope he improves soon. Your friend is such a lovely knitter. Those scarves look gorgeous, and I like the flowers that you attached to them too. Enjoy your aerobics class too, it is good for stress to do exercise and increase the endorphins.

[Reshma]

Hi. My name is Reshma. My husband's sister is having a baby girl soon. I recently got married and have never met my sister-in-law, and wanted to knit something for her baby when I go visit her for the first time. I noticed a dress you made for your daughter, in 2004. I think it is beautiful! Is it possible to have the pattern for that dress? Your friend in knitting, Reshma.

[Reshma]

Hi. My name is Reshma. My husband's sister is having a baby girl soon. I recently got married and have never met my sister-in-law, and wanted to knit something for her baby when I go visit her for the first time. I noticed a dress you made for your daughter, in 2004. I think it is beautiful! Is it possible to have the pattern for that dress? Your friend in knitting, Reshma. (You can reach me at rjagasia23@hotmail.com)

[Michelle]

wow. those are really cute!!!

[Maryann]

Gorgeous scarves and those little flowers are very lovely. Thanks for the links and our thoughts are with your little nephew.

[handknit168]

They are beautiful, I like the crocheted flowers and will try as per your provided link.

[Zuleika]

Those are gorgeous! :-)

[erin]

They're both beautifully done. This pattern must have been around for ages because I have a bow tie scarf just like this that my mum knitted a long time ago. Enjoy your class and hang in there!

[Jennifer]

"light red"... She is too cute! What sweet little scarves.

[Yarnlot]

A classical pattern but beautifully executed!

[Wanda]

I'll definitely be keeping your nephew in my prayers, I know this has to be a hard time for all of the family.

The scarves are very sweet. I love that pink is now really a "light red". Perhaps I can convince one of my knitting friends of that who really despises pink, but occasionally calls a shade of pink, "red". Haha.

[jenna]

...light red...of course it is! :)

[eyeleen]

lovely scarves!

I hope that thing get better for your nephew, I'll keep him and your family in my prayers.

[mimi]

It's a very hard time, my thoughts are with your family. I hope things will be better for your little nephew.
You are right to advise your husband to keep busy. The busy mind helped me when things were not going well with me.

Good idea on the crochet flower. Enjoy your aerobics class!

[Karen]

Those scarves are so cute. What lucky little girls!

[Suzanne]

I love your bowtie scarf! The flower sets it off perfectly!

I really like the one you linked to, but the site is not in english, I wonder if there is a way to ask for that pattern.

Suzanne