My Fifi---having a swatch

Many of the SKC members have already started the project, and I am just done with my swatch...seems that I am a bit behind...

Instead of the pricy Calmer, I chose Touche of Berroco for my Fifi. The color I bought is the Toe Shoe (7990), which is an absolutely pink and I think pink color should match perfectly with this pattern. :P

I am using on a #7 (JP size) for my swatch, which is exactly the same as the pattern indicates. I wear size 36 (38 in rare situation) normally, and considering the "negative ease" that my final size of Fifi could stretch much bigger than expected, I decided to go for the smallest size, so that my final Fifi would be either just fit to me or be a bit tight on me, which would be all fine to me.

I'll start the knitting tonight and hope that everything will go just as smooth as I expect!

2007/07/17 update

This is so far what I've done. I am doing the 6th row increase and am done with two times cables...pattern is easy to follow, but it's weired doing the cables without the needle, but it's faster doing this way though... :P

Pineapple Lace Blouse---Finally a FO!

The finished garment is just far beyond my expection! It's truly romantic and femenine and that you would look just sooo stunning by wearing it! :P

The crocheting of this blouse is tiring and it's much more difficult to me after I actually started to crochet. I was thinking it's easier and what I had to do is simply connect the two round pieces...ummm...what I could say now is that I am happy that I mistakenly chose this not so easy blouse to crochet, or I wouldn't have been able to have such beautiful one to wear!

It's worth spending the whole weekend working on this. And I am planning to crochet a second and third one. :P

The center core of pineapple starts from the underarm and go extend to the front and back piece and part of the sleeve.

Close up pic of the wavy sleeve ends~

Hot Summer Afternoon in a Cafe

Sitting in a Cafe in the hot summer afternoon is definitely the most satisfying thing of the day. My buddy Kim and I sat the whole afternoon at Fong Da Cafe in Ximentin area today, with a cup of Mendeling for myself and a glass of iced coffee for Kim.

With not too many chattings, we both were concentrate on our crocheting work. It always prooves to be good to have a partner doing the same project with you. Kim and I discussed about the pattern pretty often because there are parts that really got me putting down my hook and lost my mind...Luckily we figured it out and the work just went smoothly.

So, this is what I've done for the entire afternoon, to connect the two rounds, before doing that, I did alot trimming jobs, which was quite challenging actually. I will try to finish the other sleeve tonight and do the rest tommorrow.

To show my appreciation to the waitress for not kicking us out for sitting too long there, we ordered an extra cup of Mendeling for myself and a bowl of tremella and lotus seeds soup, which is a traditional Chinese snack, for Kim. :P