Back to .....





Yes I am back to knitting today nak exercise jari2jemari ku ..... hahaha .... maklum lah tak lama lagi ada seseorang tu nak jadi opah:) hari tu masa kami YM I did ask her if she likes some booties for the coming grandchild .... yes..yes...

ok ok as promised I've started on it this afternoon after lunch since I normally get less students coming in except for dressing or those yg nak klentong aunty nurse asal tak nak gi certain classes.After a lapse of few months I kind of forgotten how many stitches to cast on ... after putting my thinking cap ..... here it is start to cast them at 2pm and by 3pm I am this far.....







I was up to here when 2 girls came in injury whilst at PE ala just a small abrasion after cleaning and putting anti biotic cream and plaster off they go ... then another boy came in to have his dressing change.I went out to the general office to walk around my room temp is 23 degrees sejuk habis so need to walk to warm up a bit.




By 5pm done one side and tomorrow if time permit I'll knit the other side .... opah (to be) cantik tak as for colour its universal ye since we don't know the sex yet?I hope to knit a few pairs before July if I have no intresting book to read ...... but then after work I went to a book shop near my place and found the book below ..... the most talk about movie now .....



I bought the book 'Ayat-ayat Cinta' hmmmm...... looks like I will put my knitting on hold again but before that will knit the other side first before I begin on this book.
Nora yes found the book at the shop you mention the other day.

till my next entry.......

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 7:46 PM 18 comments

Di pagi hari


Masih teringat potato with oregano maklang so pepagi ni saya coba membuat nya untuk breakfast .... hehe...nasib baik bukan bulan ramadhan kalau tak hancur pose:)





Ni hasil nya maklang ... I don't have sausages in the freezer so I add in the crab stick and green peas ..... sedap but next time the black pepper I kena kurangkan sikit.


Tentang project takde org nak teka ........



Mula2 letak ribbon putih tarik di tepi tak cantik.....


so tukar to blue ribbon ni mahal nak mampus 1 yard $2.50 ........

Mamamia kata for handphone...... besar lah mama tengok lah my mobile bolih tenggelam nanti....haha

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 9:08 AM 20 comments

Amended




I changed the tassle and I agreed white ribbon doesn't go with blue at all but the flower will remain as it will get spoiled if I were to unpick it.




till my next entry.......

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 7:00 AM 4 comments

Tiring day


Today was a very busy day at work from the time we arrived till we went off we worked non stop ..... yes non stop.We were so short of staff today from 6 we were down to 3 staff only until help came till almost at 12 noon.

2 of our staff are on leave one away in Australia since b4 xmas and another took leave to send daughter to school being first time to primary school.Then another didn't turn up not even a phone call .... where has all the courtesy gone to??? Luckily our acct/admin manager came to download the invoices that I churned last night.She can see for herself how busy we were!

We didn't go for lunch till 1.30pm and that means only half an hour lunch for all of us ...... chehhhhhhhh bukan bolih claim .......even the evening was not spared.Piles of cards need to be filed and my own work was neglected so both Maggie and me decide to stay back to clear everything before we call it a day and by the time we finished them it was 7.30pm ..... a very tiring day indeed:( and by the time I got home was past 8pm.


Just as well I have leftovers of last nite dinner 1.5 black pepper crabs and some beef ginger so that was my dinner......alhamdulillah.


Then I tried to finish 1 side of the blue booties that someone wanted and here's the outcome...and as for the other foot maybe and hopefully I can do it by saturday.








ok what do you think of it ? honest opinion please issit ok with white ribbon or shall I stick to blue wool tassle?I bought the RE flower to place in the in the instep.

I certainly hope the mother to be who wants this for her coming baby boy will like it.








till my next entry................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 11:50 PM 10 comments

Project booties again.....

2 pairs of booties from newborn to age 6 months ......

Comments appreciated about the booties if any so I can amend changes in future.

till my next entry.............................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 11:34 PM 11 comments

Knitting goes on ......

Last nite while waiting for the Asian Idol to come on tv I was feeling a little sleepy so what I did was to have my nescafe which I seldom do at night ... drinking coffee and I certainly paid for it as I couldn't get to sleep till almost 2.30am.



During the Idol show I sat and watch and at same time start another bootie in blue and halfway through I found the colour too dark so I tried and mixed it with white - experiment mah and end result as shown below and I did that in 2 hours... record breaking!....hahaha



Who do you think will win the Asian Idol? that Indon guy Mike is good and with a big country with voters he's likely to win.



Who do I vote? of course lah my own home grown Hady Mirza even if he doesn't get top hopefully not last either.



The blue and white bootie I knitted last night ......


I knitted this mitten today ..... doing booties is much easier ....any takers??

Lunch and dinner today is nasi lemak ..... been a while since I last cook it .


Then my sis Aini and family came and brought durian and after eating them I still 2 more left maybe tonite whilst watch the result of Asian Idols may eat them.I'd better start on a diet again soon as I've been eating too much these few weeks.




Now that I am back at knitting Aini niece in law is also due in 2 wks time a baby boy and little Adriana ask if I am going to knit for the baby too??oh..oh...looks like my hands are full now.
Poor books still waiting to be touchhhhhhh ....... soon soon......

I managed to print some knitting patterns online which is so handy safe me going down to the

store .... time and .For everyone info I am not an expert in knitting I just knit from pattern prints and leaflets.I pick up knitting at a young age of 6 watching my arwah aunt and she thought me how to knit and purl .... I only start to read instructions at a later age and even now some short forms are still new to me.I learn through trial and error and alhamdulillah so far so good.Even managed to knit a pullover for my trip to the states in 1985.









till my next entry....................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 7:39 PM 16 comments

Project completed


Yes my project of knitting 2 pairs of booties finally completed in 3 days *whew!*......

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 9:29 PM 10 comments

Project continues......

Friday is here again and tomorrow is the beginning of another weekend oh wow how the time just flew by and things I want to do has been on hold as I've been busy knitting.

The 3 books I bought during the writers festival are on hold ... .......



Today Doc Adah is back to work after 12 days away on holiday to Eygpt and she bought each staff a bag .... thank you Adah for remembering us.

The souvenir bag from Eygpt ... there were 2 colours black and white but I chose the one above.

She also gave me this fridge magnet ... cute rite? another addition to my fridge magnets collection.

And of course I haven't forgotten my project today ......................

Cat cat don't you think this pinkie one is just as beautiful as the previous ones?Just look at the instep pattern and I shall call it *twinkle toes* .... hahaha ..... hopefully I can do some knitting tomorrow so at least my task for 2 pairs of booties to fly to Sydney will be successful afterall.

I bought more wool today cause 2 people are interested to buy bootees knitted by me:) insya'allah when I have the time I will knit them and fyi I've never sold them before and whatever I knitted is either for nephews and nieces or given as presents except during my early days of nursing I did them for charity.So if these 2 beautiful people are still keen just donate the $$ to any mosques/surau nearer to your home.

Perhaps when I retire I may knit for survival ..... hehehe ........cam mana maklang kita bolih kongsi niaga nanti ....... hahaha

I was hungry so I fried this egg noodle with chicken meat and cabbage .... look at the time on the photo .... its not dinner but more like supper to me I am going to be fat eating at this time of the night.

and here's


till my next entry ...................................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 11:32 PM 12 comments

Project day 2......





Alhamdulillah finally I complete a pair of booties tonite ..... *whew!!* ...... not eh?

They are for this Princess Sophie .......who is fast asleep.

Santa Will all smileeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

till my next entry...................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 12:21 AM 14 comments

Project day 1

After I logoff last nite at around 9.30pm I start on my new project infact I have to crack my head on how many stitches to cast on etc ... been over 15 yrs since I last hold a knitting needle.Finally my super duper brain managed to crack the secret code .... slowly it came back and the misssion begin ............. at least I managed to knit till abt 10.30pm .. I would have continued if not for the yawning *very dangerous this is where you may drop a stitch*and I hate picking it up ....hehehe


My thought before I went to bed last nite perhaps I can do a little bit of knitting at lunch time but I was wrong.I had to buy lunch as I didn't bring any from home so the time was wasted there and byt he time I finish eating I only have about 20 minutes...nevertheless I managed to knit up to the instep and making eyelets for the ribbon.


The minute I got home I rushed doing everything as I am in the mood to knit then came the hardest part of remembering the pattern .... *alamak my brain really kaput now* .... tried very hard to think at last I remembered this pattern which is simple...........



At 8pm the eyelets completed ..... I knitted till almost 9pm and then I forgot to how to cast off....alamak again .......... I tried of few times and at last got it ..... terrible isn't it?

One side is completed as you can see the side and front view ..... how?.... cantik tak?

Tomorrow is day 2 and I hope to finish another and I will have a complete pair then.

till my next entry ....................

Labels: Handwork/hobby

posted by Kak Elle at 9:32 PM 16 comments