Author: risna
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Block of A Month Ravelry
My sewing machines has been distracted me from my hooks and yarns, but I’m glad I joined a group crochet block a month cal in ravelry. I made these squares in the January and February. Actually the rule of the group only ask to choose 1 square per month, but since all the offers looks…
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Sewing Experiments
After my first trial with quilting, I thought I need to make something easier than quilting. It was fun to do quilt project, but I don’t want to spend hours with the sewing machine just to cut and sew some fabrics. Joe and I need new pajamas, so I decided to make pajamas for us.…
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Yarns and yarns and yarns
These yarns came along with Joe’s family from Indonesia. I bought them last year from several places in Indonesia and also from Singapore – online and offline. Many of my friends and also Joe’s family involved to make it landed on my yarn closet. These are from Spotlight Singapore (Thanks to Meiche and Vivin). These…
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New Hobby on 2009
I never thought my self as a someone who will do handcrafts. My sense of art is just so so, but yet recently I found myself enjoying doing some handcrafts. Since I started knitting I also started crocheting, and since then I always have so many things that I want to do, slowly but surely…
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Knit and Crochet in the New Year 2009
First of all, I would like to greet all of you with Happy New Year 2009. This year I decided to practice my knit again. If it wasn’t because I wanted to learn how to knit, I don’t think I will find my passion in crocheting. The reason I learn to knit again is because…
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Vest Finally Finished and Lessons Learned
I hope you don’t get bored with my vest project story. This is my first big project. I learned a lot of things while doing this project. After about 1 month waiting for the yarn, and a few in between projects while waiting. I decided to use the layette yarn that my friend Meiche sent…
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MultiCounter for Knit and Crochet
The first time I used a counter while crocheting was when I made the vest. Since I don’t have a real counter, I borrowed my husband’s Ipod Touch so I can use the StitchMinder to write my row count. Today, he made a multicounter application for my mobile phone. If you’re mobile using Symbian operating…
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Single Crochet Stitch yang Miring
Salah satu pelajaran yang saya dapat sewaktu mengerjakan vest – yang belum juga selesai – adalah, ketika kita melakukan single crochet berkeliling, maka sc tersebut akan cenderung miring. Padahal saya hanya mengikuti petunjuk dari patternnya. Kemiringan ini yang menjadi salah satu alasan saya mengulang project vest. Memang benar kalau pengalaman adalah guru yang terbaik, saya…