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Ok, finally I finished my KAL project last week The project is held by dinamic crochet mailing list for October. But , because of Ied celebration the due time is postponed untul November. It’s nice, actually the pattern is not my choice, I’d prefer to choose another pattern on vote… but in fact, the result is nice ! It’s a nice motif scarf, my first scarf using other stitch beside knit and purl there are knit2tog, yarn over, purl2tog, knit3tog, sl 1 k2 psso, p2tog tbl, and ssk. And for the truth… it’s more easy compare with cable stitch

I used 2 ball of pink rayon cotton running together to make this scarf. Due to the yarn characteristic I used, it seems that I need to do more blocking to make it more steady… I mean not curl in when wear it. Maybe it’s better to combine rayon cotton with cotton yarn together. I’ll try next time.

I finished this scarf a time before visiting my grandpa, eldest and youngest Aunty…, and as predicted before my youngest Aunty struck on it as the color of the scarf is the same with crochet bag that my mom made for her What a coincidence! So I’m promise her to make one smaller, with 1 yarn only before my cousin wedding next month in Padang She wants to wear it at that time

So, enjoy the nice motif closer…, maybe you want to make it too

Phew! Finally it finish Yup, it’s my September CAL project with my mailing list friends. Thanks God I can finish it  on  the last day of this September I did it 100% finish on a car ride at Bandung, visiting my mother-in-law who get ill last week.

Considering my stash, I made this bag with uncommon color combination. My friend  call it a weirdo color when saw the WIP, but when it almost finish she struck on it and make a bargain to have it But it’s pretty bag actually, isn’t it? I used brown, pink and coffe-milk cotton yarn and a small amount of bali-cotton (Indonesian Cotton Thread ) left from my tunisian bag project.

This bag made in  crochet method with single crochet (sc) sticth for the body, but I combine it with tapestry crochet at some rows to make a dotted effect.  To fill the handles I used “tali tambang” instead of cording. To make a connection between the body, handles and ovelay and also to keep the color harmony, I added 1 row extra in brown on top of bag’s body. You can see it at the inside part of bag… I think it’s a sweet lining

So, here I’m … ready to show off my bag. Maybe I have to spare an extra time to lining the body to make it more firm.

Pfffff, akhirnya selesai juga nih bikin coaster dari project MT Coaster asuhannya mbak Lenny. Ceritanya beberapa waktu yang lalu mbak Lenny menggelar project MT (Mistery Thread), berhubung bikin coaster (kecil kan) langsung deh daftar jadi perserta pertama. Ealah selesainya urutan buntut … :”> jadi malu… hiks

Coaster yang terdiri dari 8 row ini unik, karena row 5-8 overlap alias tumpang tindih. Jenis tusukan yang dipakai simple kok cuma ch, sc, dc, sl st, sama tr. Hihihihi, yang baca pusing ya Ini contekannya:
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Akhirnya…, kurang lebih itu kata mbak Lenny via email beberapa hari lalu. Yup saya dan bundanya Azka ini beberapa waktu yang lalu janjian bikin project merajut bareng… istilahnya knitting along kalau gak salah. Kita kenalan di milis mari_merajut…, email-emailan terutama pas banjir besar kemarin karena keluarga mbak Lenny tinggal di daerah yang kena banjir. Nyaris mau kopdar waktu mudik tapi sayangnya gagal, trus saya juga dikirimin paket dari Jepang. Mbak Lenny juga selalu support saya via email waktu mas Riyo habis kecelakaan. Makasih ya Bunda Azka

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