Happy Independence Day 2013!

Happy July 4th everybody,

I'm so happy to make two announcements:

1)   I bought 3 balls of yarn for only $22.72 yesterday.  Tax included. Wahahahahaha
2)   By typing in "2013JULY4THYEAH" as the coupon code to get any one of my pattern in Etsy,   you will get a 40% off.  Yo ho!!!  Expires on July 5th 2013.

 One of the three balls I got is a ball of intense rainbow color yarn...got powered up by hope instantly.  

Yes, as you can see, this is Mochi Plus yarn from Crystal Palace Yarns. Spun in Taiwan.  But I don't know where the wool came from.   There are also Mochi Mini and Chucky Mochi available in different weights.   By the way, first time dealing with Taiwanese yarn.  

This ball of yarn is made of 80% of Merino Wool and 20% of Nylon.  And knitters are told that the knit made of Mochi Plus is ok with both hand wash and machine wash.    Well, dear knitters, I insist on hand wash.  I consider it in a very reasonable price for its modest softness and stunning sharpness of appearance.  Will tell you more about this yarn once I start working.

With one ball of Mochi Plus, I will probably make a quick baby hat.  Not confirmed yet. 

The "busy" model of these picture is my dear white cat.  Haha, now you know why I have never knitted with black yarn.    And no, she's not Mochi, the follow guest is the real Mochi:

Anyhow, whenever you are not too busy in knitting,  come visit my facebook page for updates and more fun.  

HAPPY KNITTING!!!

Op. 8 Scarflet

Hi Knitter,

I'm too proud to present Op. 8 scarflet and it's pattern.  YEAH.

The pattern of this scarlet is now available on Ravelry and Etsy.  Another YEAH!
The structure of this scarflet is, as other scarlet, needs extra attentions to build.  Leaves on both side, neck part which can be extended and the loop part.

To be honest, the loop is not as difficult as some knitters image: just separate the stitches into two parts.

Material: SublimeLustrous Extra Fine Merino DK Yarn Color Way294 Folie 120 yards (1 & 1/4 balls)

Tools: A pair of US #6  (4.0mm) needles

          A set of  US #6 (4.0 mm) double-pointed needle

Size: Length 82cm

             Wide Leaf 17cm

                       Ribbing  18cm

Gauges: 12 stitches X 16 rows = 10 cm X 10 cm

And since it requires something useful and advance in technical means, I will make some YouTube 
tutorials which hopefully will give a little hand to some friend knitters.

Scarflet patterns, unlike scarf patterns, are not common available.  And I'm quite amused and a little proud that I can contribute something to the repertoire.  ^____^  Thank you for all your support.

Sublime Extrafine Merino DK Yarn

Hi knitters,
Happy Lunar New Year!
Glad that I got some new Italian yarn with my red-pocket money. (hm..I shouldn't opened the envelop until the 15th of the calendar)  And this time I got something lustrous.

This yarn is made of 67% of extra fine merino wool and 33% of nylon.  At first I thought it contains some silk as it is quite silky to touch.  I was wrong.  (it does look silky, doesn't it?)

Anyway, I first bought two balls of Sublime merino dk.  The yarn is such an woolly appeal and I was so eager to make something great out of it.   Must not have a wooly  head while I am designing the pattern.  The color is also wonderful.  I believe the white string around the merino is the nylon part.  It's almost a sin to take your eyes away from it.  Innovative appearance.

I was about to make something for this Valentine's.  Well, it's probably good for next year. My fault: slow progress. 

I knitted with US#6 needles.  Well, so far so good.  Easy to handle, soft to touch.  So far no complaint about it except it's high cost.  Yet, I would say: it is worth the price.  Will blog about the scarflet soon.

HAPPY KNITTING

Op. 3

Hi Knitters,

Here is another easy scarf pattern.  This scarf was made several years ago.  It's for little kids aged 2-4.  Well, the selling point for this scarf is the subtlety of the pattern.  Due to the nature of the yarn this scarf is made of, you can hardly see there's a clear pattern of it.  But it looks much better than just garter stitch for the yarn is in one color.  Mode Dea's Cheerio is the chosen material.  Beautiful!!!

Sorry, I didn't take picture before I started knitting.  That's what has been left.  And here is the label.

And yet, it is actually made of a combo of three stitch patterns: garter stitch, square, and enlarged pattern stitch.

Length:  92cm

Width:  12.5 cm

Gauge: 16 stitches X 21 rows = 10cm square

Needles:  U.S. #6 (4.0mm)

Yarn:  2 skeins of Moda Dea Cheerio, color #8402

*******************************************************

Overall structure:

Cast on 20 stitches

Garter stitch  section          

Square section

Elongated section

Garter stitch section  

Square section

Elongated section

Garter stitch section  

Square section

Elongated section

Garter stitch section  

Square section

Elongated section

Garter stitch section

Square section

Bind off all stitches

***************************************************

Garter stitch:

Knit 20 rows

Square:

Row 1:      P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 2:      K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 3:      P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 4:      K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 5:      K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 6:      P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 7:      K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 8:      P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 9:      P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 10:    K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 11:    P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 12:    K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 13:    K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 14:    P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Row 15:    K4, P4, K4, P4, K4

Row 16:    P4, K4, P4, K4, P4

Elongated stitch:

Row 1:      Knit all 20 stitches.  But wrap the yarn twice instead of once.

Row 2:      Purl all 20 stitches.  Drop the extra wrap while pull off the needle.

Row 3:      Knit all 20 stitches.  But wrap the yarn twice instead of once.

Row 4:      Purl all 20 stitches.  Drop the extra wrap while pull off the needle.

Copyright 2012 by  eatinglemonknitknitknit.blogspot.com

                   *****************************************************

One thing I need to mention is to watch carefully when you knit.  With this yarn, it's somehow very easy to insert the needles into wrong place.  Also, once you made a mistake, it's not easy to find out (you may want to just pass), and thus not easy to fix.

But the texture of this yarn is so soft to knit.  I do love it!!!

Anyway,

HAPPY KNITTING