Thanks for your compliments on the new cardigan. I don't really know what to call it and I must have been utterly confused especially with the Hong Kong weather not making up it's mind what it would like to be. I called it Spring/Summer Solstice on the blog and just realized that I've called it Winter/Spring Solstice on my Ravely entry. Oh well, I did wear it a lot the past two weeks when we were on holiday in Europe. We just returned to Hong Kong yesterday.
The girls are on Easter break and husband has some work to do in Paris so we all tagged along plus a detour to London first too. The trip has been nice but it would have been better if I haven't been sick the whole time. Let me sort out the photos and post more about it next.
Before we left, I had wanted to post about the new projects I have on the needles, took some photos but work just got in the way, as usual. So here they are. They have remained status quo since the photo shoot. I hope I remember where I am with them when I pick them up again.
When I learnt that we are going on this trip, I have this plan, which at that time seems doable to me but now the reality is obviously stating the contrary, to finish one sweater for me and one for younger daughter CY and if possible a knitted hairband for elder daughter JY.
So I cast on for Small Cables and Big Ones too (ravelry link) and got quickly to the stocking stitch part and even started a sleeve and that was all I could manage until work got in the way.
And before briefly before that, I started a hooded cardigan from this Japanese book for CY. The biggest size stated in the book is running a bit small for her and I thought better hurry with it so she could wear it. But it seems that there is no chance for me finishing it this cold season and by the next cold season, she would have already outgrow this. So this might go to the UFO pile and I might restart it in another thicker gauge yarn to size it up the next winter.
And since CY won't get a sweater afterall, what about at least a scarf which I have started a long time ago like last year? It is still on the hook, and shame to say, still is, as I'm writing this.
Not all about me, elder daughter JY recently started knitting too! She bought herself this sparkly pink yarn from a stationery shop, 2 balls in different colours, pre-packaged and comes with a set of circular needles. In her words, JY would like to knit a scarf fit for a human. The reason being the last time, I gave her some yarn to practise and cast on like 8 stitches and she meant it as a scarf for her toy puppy. So this time, she would like it for herself. However, I loathe to tell her the yarn would be too scratchy to be put around her neck because she bought me a similar set too! I think I would make a toy out of the yarn she bought me.
And if you haven't noticed, I'm trying to show off my fabric which I recently added to stash. Since I have no time to use them on sewing or patchwork project yet (although I'm bursting with ideas), they might as well add some flavour to my WIPs in the meantime. Don't you think so?
