Finished project for the week ~ Tallis Lace Tunic

I am loving it...!!!
I really am loving it...!!!
Really love this Tallis Lace Tunic pattern by Ash Kearns.

Just check out how great the lace pattern turns out when I wear it and how well it fits me.
Even though the knitting progress was a little bit slow with some pause in between, I could not be more happy to see how I manage to meet up the dateline for this test pattern submission.

Colour changed ???

Remember my last pattern tester done from last month? The Haubergeon tops?
When I finished knitting it, I have not got the time to actually blocking the tops to get the better final result. So the other day, I finally make it to happen.

Since the material was actually local made cotton and the colour also not too stricking, I was expecting there will be no colour changing at all. But check this out, see what happen.

The colour of the water is changing yellow instead of purple, when I expected the water to have no colour at all.

Here is the clearer picture on how the colour of the water had changed from no colour to yellow after I soaked in the tops. Luckily I wash this tops separately.

So here is the tops after a mild wash, ready to be blocked. It seems the garment had shrinked a little bit after wash and I am just glad to find out the that the bust has actually meets the size which I supposed to do for this oattern though.

By the way I had detached the sleeves which I done earlier since I have done a size bigger than my actual body size, that is why during blocking, I pulled the tops longer hoping the bust of the garment will become smaller.

Friday WIPs

Here some of my WIPs that I am planning to finished up soon. Considered to be a nit greedy to work on spfew big project on the same thing I think..hahaha..but it is all part of kicking out the boredom if having to work on one project.

Digged this project out from my WIPs bag, a wearable started way long ago, from 2004. Never get to finish it since it started, due to lack of knowledge in knitting wearable without any guidance.

This was the second project after my very first lesson from the local yarn shop where I learn to knit.

So since currently I think that myself been capable enough to knit on my own, I decide to finish this project up soon.

Second WIPs for the week is this circular scarf made by order received online. The request is this scarf to be long and wide enough to be wrapped around the neck.

It has reached 100cm length now, with a simple my very owned design of stokinette with garter band on each side. Plan to finish it off with 180cm length.

Here is my another project that I am soon to start. Was checking the gauge with the soft cotton from my shop.

This project taken from Free Pattern Tester Group called 'Hear Apart Girl's Sweater' design by MariChiba.

The submission dateline is this end of the month but I just want to finish this up as soon as possible so I can clear up my another WIPs.

Dreaming to be part of big brand, Rowan!

The well known brand of a yarn company, Rowan, is looking the suitable candidate to become part of their team, which called as Rowanette.
I have submitted my entry right vefore the dateline which is 28th September 2012.
Just hoping and finger crossing, I will be shortlisted.

I have chosen a crochet pattern from Japanese Ondori book #3362, cos I found this tops has a very beautiful lace motif that looks elegant and complicated. Othe than that I also want to stress a point where Rowan Yarns is not only suitable for Knitting but also it is comfortable to be crocheted, especially when you are in a tropical country like Indonesia, where crochet is way more popular to knitting due to the whether issue.


The chosen candidate result will only be out somewhere around October 2012 though, so just wish me the best of luck then ;))