Beautiful Sunset....

I happened to capture this sunset from the backyard of my house yesterday, very beautiful indeed... 
It only lasted for several minutes, I was glad my camera was ready to take this scenery.

Xmas mini knitted-socks

I knitted this xmas mini socks for december gallery in merajut.com

CraftAndMe

http://www.craftandme.com

Website kerajinan tangan; tersedia bahan-bahan untuk merajut: benang, jarum rajut, bag handle; juga tersedia pattern dan buku second hand untuk handcraft.

Lomba Kreasi Merajut

Rajuters, ikutan lomba yuk
berkreasi merajut based dari pola buku Merajut Untuk Pemula by Thata Pang
hadiahnya seru, ada benang impor n lokal, peralatan rajut sampe kaos
ditunggu sampai tanggal 31 Desember!
:D

Rajuters, ikutan lomba yuk
berkreasi merajut based dari pola buku Merajut Untuk Pemula by Thata Pang
hadiahnya seru, ada benang impor n lokal, peralatan rajut sampe kaos
ditunggu sampai tanggal 31 Desember!
:D

Rajuters, ikutan lomba yuk
berkreasi merajut based dari pola buku Merajut Untuk Pemula by Thata Pang
hadiahnya seru, ada benang impor n lokal, peralatan rajut sampe kaos
ditunggu sampai tanggal 31 Desember!
:D

Rajuters, ikutan lomba yuk
berkreasi merajut based dari pola buku Merajut Untuk Pemula
hadiahnya seru, ada benang impor n lokal, peralatan rajut sampe kaos
ditunggu sampai tanggal 31 Desember!
:D





Rajuters, ikutan lomba yuk
berkreasi merajut based dari pola buku Merajut Untuk Pemula by Thata Pang
hadiahnya seru, ada benang impor n lokal, peralatan rajut sampe kaos
ditunggu sampai tanggal 31 Desember!
:D

Album2: My Crochet and Knit Items

Love this mini sweater, havent been knitting for quite sometime as I hate knitting big project so this mini sweater is just perfect. Use the pattern from 'Barbie and Me' book.

Poem: When I Come To You

When I Come To You

I come not to change you,
But only to delight in our individuality,

I come not to lean upon you,
But only with desire for our love.

I come not to deplete you,
But only to add my life force to yours.

I come not to possess you,
But only to awaken our sharing.

I come not to stand firm upon only my opinion,
But rather to lie closely beside you in tenderness.

When I come to you, I ask only that we come together in love."

-- Carol Fitchett

Paulo Coelho: Book I have just finished

Title: The Devil and Miss Prym (Paulo Coelho)

I have just finished this book. For those who knows Paulo Coelho might be familiar with his style of stories, and this one is also sort of the same in style with his others books.

This book is the last of the trilogy: "And On The Seventh Day". The first two books are: By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept and Veronika Decides To Die. But they can be read separately.

The book is about a question: Is human basically good or evil?

Good question.
One small town had a visitor coming. With his coming, came as well 'the devil' by his side. This visitor challenged the honest n modest people in that small town, offered them a good fortune of gold bars in return of a death of someone in that town within a week. A girl named Miss Prym was the first one to be offered to deliver that news to others, and she had a separate condition to have a gold bar just for herself. That was a challenge for the girl should she just thought of herself and being selfish, she would take the gold and just go away from that small village. The offer itself was very challenging for those modest people, the money could be used for their welfare and to build their village for better, the cost was one life of someone...  just one life... just find a useless person among them.. and one sacrifice to save many...

The ending is actually a happy ending, might be weird if Coelho did it differently. But somehow I am too happy with the way the story ended. Same case with the previous book I read: The Zahir. The ending is a bit strange...

Or maybe it is not important? Maybe the message is far more important that Coelho thought the answer to the question is seen from the optimistic view: That people are clearly capable to do evil but still essentially or basically they are good. The villagers in the story were lucky to have a Miss Prym to remind them of something evil they might have done because they were just one inch away to do a murder.. as guns were ready, a (not volunteered) victim was unconscious and everybody was ready to do their part for the murder...

What a relief the murder had been stopped from happening..

But what if someone like Miss Prym is not there? ........

??
??
??

I remember a good friend said: people are not completely black or completely white.. we are grey..... the difference is whether it is light grey or dark grey..
and I hope we all are trying hard to be light grey..

Bday Present from a friend...

Yesterday got a nice surprise, a package arrived from Germany, my friend Eckart sent me this.. They are wool, very nice and soft.. and all are pink 
Huraaayy...!!
Thanks a lot Eckart!!

Waah.. kena tag juga nih :D

akhirnya kena tag dari mba Thata.... :D
8 hal kalo bareng hidup ama aku...
hmmmm.... siap...:

1. aku lebih cespleng di malam hari daripada pagi hari, jadi pagi mah ga siap kalo diajak diskusi dll dll, maklum otak kudu di-warm up dulu

2. cinta banget ama kopi and buku, jadi ini mah ga bisa diganggu n diprotes, lbh rela beli buku daripada beli tas LV :D

3. ga suka dibangunkan dari tidur huahahaha...

4. ga terlalu doyan makan hehehe.. lumyan kan bisa hemat beras.. tapi demen juga klo nyobain makanan baru, sekedar icip2 dan tau trend makanan terbaru, tapi biasa cobain restoran baru based on recommendation, ga pernah jadi pelopor percobaan pertama..

5. baca koran tiap hari is a must, bahkan lagi liburan di negara orang jg pasti nyari koran lokal, mgkn bakalan rebutan koran pagi hari nti klo dah bersuami hmmmm...

6. moody juga, bawaan gender kali yah.. kalau lagi hepi segala pasti ok, kalo lagi bete yah mgkn sedikit reserved.. pengennya sendirian..

7. ga suka ngurusin orang lain, kesannya malah cuek banget, pd dasarnya ga suka ikut campur sih tp klo dimintain input aku pasti ga keberatan, krn katanya aku tuh objektif :)

8. bisa dipercaya :D :D  jadi banyak org suka curhat...

wah aku ga nge-tag sapa2 dulu deh, lagian udh pada kena semua hahaha...

My crochet craft again

Hello Kitty pouch with tunisian crochet

this is for july's theme of merajut.com: children
I made the pouch with tunisian crochet with some cross stitches done on it.
The most difficult part turned out to be: attaching the zipper
but glad it's finished now

Crocheted top - finish

Finally, it's finished!
:)
i used: 3 balls of rayon cotton
hook: 4/0

My WIP crochet top

blum kelar nih,

maklum ga pake pola, bagian bawahnya sudah bongkar beberapa kali krn ga hepi dng motifnya, tp untunglah benangnya msh survive..
btw itu strapnya sementara pake pita dulu untuk keperluan try out di badan hehe.. ]
mudah2an bisa cepet kelar

First Tunisian Crochet Item

My first attempt with tunisian crochet, at first a bit worried as it rolled up but i read that it was supposed to be like that

well this is the finished item... :)
I used cotton yarn with tunisian hook no 4 (=3.3 mm)

The pouch is so pinky n girly  :D 
This tunisian crochet is fun and exciting, I love the texture of it, thinking now to make a new project with the same stitch...hmmmm....

iklan asing dilarang?

pemerintah kan mau menerapkan larangan iklan asing di televisi, bagus juga yah supaya pengusaha periklanan lokal dapet jatah donk.. tapiiiiiii setelah diliat2 di televisi, memang bbrp iklan yg saya suka ternyata memang produksi luar.. ga bohong tapi memang kualitas bagus

contoh: iklan nokia, iklan mobil2 terbaru

kalau iklan sampo sih aku ga terkesan yah, biasa2 aja

lalu iklan tipi flat LCD yang main golf itu, apa yah namanya.. klo websitenya sih inget: moretosee dot com (loh jadi ngiklanin.. bukti kalau nama website mudah diinget jadi nempel di otak)
suka banget deh iklan ini, sederhana apik bahkan sampe musiknya pun ok, dan sama sekali ga ada cewe pake rok mini n sepatu hak tinggi (ehehe.. )

dan kepikiran juga gimana klo iklan marlboro di-lokalkan juga?? dimana nyari cowo indonesia yg macho ala koboi dengan kemahiran naik kuda dan menggembala ternak2 di alam liar..?
eng.. ga cocok kali yah?? hihihi...
btw suka banget deh iklan marlboro di tipi akhir2 ini, yg critanya mobil tumpangan hampir jatoh ke jurang tuh.. ;)

note, menurut wiki malboro tuh beken oleh billboard advertisements and magazine ads
yah memang keren sih..

PPPI juga mgkn rada nyadar kali yah, soale di kompas hari ini minta pemerintah mempertimbangkan hal ini krn merasa kemampuan blum cukup...

small projects

Being busy and not too productive lately, here are some stuff I made:

a bag for my sister :) sort of like fat-bottom bag but not exactly
I did it without pattern, just dc all along, made a square and folded into two, then attached with slip stitch to the wood handle.. I am quite happy with the result but next time I probably will do it with hd stitch instead dc, as I still have a pair of wood handle from mba Thata, I will make myself a bag too



I bought one kg of this yarn some time ago.. er maybe it is more suitable to be called rope, as it is very hard I suspect it is used for tying packages or boxes, bought it from a small store, that rope was displayed along with giant rope, the one used by Boy Scout.. ahaha....
didn't know what to do by the time I bought it...
Well at least now I have made something, a container without a lid, I can fold it a bit and use it like the picture on the right, or I can fold it halfway down to make it shorter (pic on the left botton).. There is no pattern, it's my own design
hmm.. I like this one, may made another big size one later on.. well this is just a warming up, besides I only just used up 0.005% out of one kilo of that rope :)

puzzle..

http://n.nfshost.com/1.html
The puzzle came without a name, without instruction...
Think outside the box... what do ppl call it? lateral thinking? non-linier thinking?
:)
try try.....

ok, a hint: what you need is to change the url to get to the next page
here is the link to the next page:
http://n.nfshost.com/2.html

note: i'm myself still struggling.......

Poncho? Spiderman?

scan from a magazine, ga ngerti bahasanya..

liat ponchonya sih keren...
ya? ya?

tapi liat judulnya kok ada kata spiderman??

A Personal Crochet n Knit Project Lot

http://crochet.vrya.net/
A personal website with lots of crochet n knit wearable items along with comments.. very useful for advanced knitters n crocheters

isenk...

hasil isenk... emang ga jauh dari crocheting pdhl critanya mo rehat dulu dari crocheting

--> scarf mau disertakan untuk theme merajut dot com bulan maret...
simple pattern, hanya chain dan dc

sebenernya aku buat bbrp scarf dng model persis sama tapi lain benang, jadilah 3 scarf sekaligus dlm 3 hari.. rekor terbaruku...
mudah2an cuaca bandung tetap dingin spt skrg supaya scarf bisa dipakai :)

Yarn from mba Hernik - shirt alteration

Baru sempat upload, benang kiriman dari mba Hernik :-) thanks berat loh mba..

Ketika iseng liat2 lemari, ada kaos asalnya model sabrina, tapi karena ga suka model sabrina (kaos pemberian my sis), cuma sekali pakai lalu mondok lah di lemari sampe setaon lamanya..

Aku potong dan rubah jadi model halter neck shirt, rencana awal mau beli pita untuk sisi bagian atas yg dipotong, tp sampai berhari2 terlalu malas ke toko, lalu liat benang mba Hernik loh kok warna birunya pas banget, ya udah deh aku buat semacam tali panjang, cuma tusukan dc saja...
hasilnya (spt biasa lupa photo bentuk shirt aslinya) :

*iseng...*

Lace Bolero - ribbing how to

Membuat ribbing tidak sulit, aku pikir sebaliknya latihan dulu (pakai benang lain) supaya ada ancer2nya bagaimana gitu buatnya

Latihannya:
1. ch 6
2. sc into second ch from hook and into each ch across, ch 1, turn
3. sc into back loop into each ch across, ch 1, turn

ulang baris 3 terus..

SC INTO BACK LOOP atau Slipper stitch bisa dilihat seperti di gambar, ijin mba Thata nih pake gambarnya :)
Intinya tusukan sc tapi hanya pada loop belakang
setelah membuat beberapa baris, akan terlihat ribbing, terlihat pola timbul tenggelam

nah ribbingnya kan sebenarnya harus di-attach ke body bolero, jadi bedanya di awal membuat ribbing dibuat slip stitch, buat row 1, lalu tusukan spt di row 2 di atas (tanpa ch 1 di akhir row) lalu baru slip stitch 2 kali untuk di-attach kembali ke bolero, turn dan teruskan kembali dengan row 3..
mungkin gambar di bawah bisa dedikit memperjelas

Note. Panah merah: start dengan slip stitch ke body bolero
Titik hitam: slip stitch

Untuk Katrin, mudah2an dimengerti ya...
Lebih gampang kopdar sih n ngasih contoh langsung ya dibanding menulis.. hehe..



note:
barusan nemu link untuk menerangkan ribbing:
http://bythehook.blogdrive.com/archive/205.html

Crocheted top for mom

Item yang ku buat sudah bbrp minggu yang lalu, ini untuk ibuku hehe..
big size ya.. ibuku dah ngomong berkali2 pengen atasan crochet, aku nya yg ga pede..
sampe dibela2in ngajak aku beli benangnya =D
udh dipake bbrp kali =D
hmm tapi kayaknya motif nya ga terlalu cocok buat ibu2 ya..

Lace Bolero - Finish

bolero kelar!!



total benang: 5 gulung @50 gram

crochet hook: 4 mm untuk granny squares dan 3.5 mm untuk ribbing

waktu pembuatan: 2 minggu lebih

kesulitan: medium



tp aku pikir pola bolero ini sangat jelas dan mendetail, jadi jangan
ragu untuk mencoba



dan sesuai dng mauku, boleronya angeeett banget..

=D



ditunggu hasil teman2 ya..

Lace Bolero - last step

joining kelar semua..!!

tapi ops setelah liat2 lagi pattern (bad habbit, kadang liat pattern setelah jadi), tnyt joining untuk bagian tangan
sedikit lain di ujungnya...

bongkar deh... untung cuma sedikit

setelah joining kelar lalu buat edging neck dan front panel

nah jadinya begini:


dicoba2 di badan rasanya cukup deh.. so far ok..

mulai ribbing tangan.. aku pakai hook satu no lebih kecil dan jumlah sc
dikurangi 1, jadi hanya 5 sc (aku ga mau terlalu lebar ribbing di tangan)

pertama buat ribbing ga ngitung, akhirnya malah melebar bukannya mengecil

bongkar lagi...

(sayang ga diphoto..lupa..)

liat pattern lagi: dibilang ribbing 4 rows untuk tiap ch-5 sp

baru deh bener.. ribbing nya looks rite


bikin ribbing lumayan pegel...
photonya aku buat hari sabtu, sekarang dah kelar sih, tinggal weave in sisa2 benangnya, nanti dah beres aku photo lagi :)

akhirnyaaaaa kelar juga!

ayo yg lain tetep semangat!

Lace Bolero - ganti layout

setelah dng giat membuat 22 granny squares + half granny (2 buah)+ 3/4
granny (2 buah) aku taroh sesuai layout, kebetulan kemaren krn bosen aku
dah join 12 squares duluan untuk bagian blk bolero, rencana semula
membuat ukuran medium...
(sorry tail ends nya msh bertebaran dimana2...)


ternyata size nya kegedean buatku!!

aku lupa memperhitungkan wol yg aku pake itu elastis banget



wah gawat..



apa boleh buat, aku harus buat jadi ukuran small

kalo menurut pattern di website untuk ukuran small, bgn belakang bolero
itu 3x2 squares

tapi aku ga suka ukuran menggantung begitu

lagi pula bgn depan nya aku pun ga suka

dan kayaknya kecil banget yah..



aku bongkar joiningnya dan coba2 di badan dng bantuan peniti di bgn
joiningnya, buat mengira2 sizenya dengan lebar 3 squares instead of 4
squares, ternyata ok juga mengingat wolnya elastis



akhirnya buat layout beda sendiri



bagian depan keliatan tumpang tindih tapi pas aku coba darurat sih di
badanku jauh banget antara half square kiri dan kanan.. jadi msh ada
space untuk ribbing

let's see deh......

jadi bongkaran tahap 1:

1. bongkar joining

2. bongkar 3 squares berlebih (untung cuma 3 hehe..)



mudah2an ga ada bongkar2 tahap berikut :P

Lace Bolero - joining

Aku suka dng pattern lace bolero ini karena jelas bener explanationnya, ada image nya juga..
Penyakit pengen cepet kelar kalau buat project keluar lagi deh.. sudah buat beberapa granny square n merasa bosen hehe... akhirnya liat2 lagi bgmn joining square nya,  dengan modal square ada 6, aku coba2 joining, males baca pattern aku lgs liat gambarnya.. ga terlalu susah sih..
mba Thata, bener ga caraku?

ok deh.. start lagi buat square nya huahauaaa...

teman2 lain sudah sampai dimana?

Lace Bolero - project bersama

UPDATE - 26 Feb
--------------------------

Milis merajut dot com mengadakan kegiatan merajut bersama (crochet along) membuat bolero dan afghan, untuk sementara ini project bolero akan mulai duluan karena sudah ada beberapa peserta yang tertarik.

Project bolero, pattern lengkapnya bisa dilihat disini

Bolero ini dibuat dari susunan granny square yang nanti akan disambung2, dan terakhir dibuat edging berupa ribbing di seluruh sisinya. Sisinya kelihatan seperti knitting ya tapi ini 100% crocheting.

Bisa berkreasi dengan warna n benang2 yang akan dipakai

Sementara ini yang akan bergabung dengan project ini adalah: Mamacat, Bunda Yenny, dan Indri. Rekan2 lain ikutan juga yah.. biar rame..
mba Thata sudah pernah buat bolero ini, nantinya bisa kasih inputan juga kan mba :)
nanti rekan2 yg gabung, supaya posting juga kemajuan projectnya, diphoto juga kan nanti siapa tau banyak yg tertarik dan nyusul juga =D

oh ini contoh granny square nya, seperti ini:

ayo ayo.. ikutan..

projectnya belum dimulai, masih pada nyari benang dulu....










update 26 Feb 2007
----------------------------
Ok untuk temen2 yg sudah dapet benangnya bisa langsung buat granny squarenya, jumlahnya tergantung ukuran boleronya, klo aku mau buat ukuran medium jadi perlu total 22 granny square
jangan lupa ukuran gauge yg direkomen 1 square = 10 cm
biasanya sih tahap buat granny square kadang membosankan :-) diulang2 terus sampe hafal polanya n sampe ga perlu liat contekan lagi hehe..
dengan metode slow n nyantai, anggap sehari bisa buat 2-3 granny square dah bagus banget tuh.. dalam sebulan bisa jadi bolero dah kelar..... aminnn...
kalo bosan bisa break dulu, nanti diterusin lagi, seperti mba Thata bilang enjoy aja jadi buatnya menyenangkan...

selamat merajut!

total peserta sekarang: Mamacat, Indri, bunda Yenny, mba Thata, mba Hernik, n aku (= 6 orang)

Gimana ya bikin ini?

lagi kurang ide mau buat apa, liat2 lagi gambar yg aku save di kompie dan inget lagi sama gambar ini, lupa aku save dari mana, keliatannya knitting dan kombinasi purl n knit yang sembarangan tapi hasilnya great!! apa ada pakar knitting yang bisa ngasih ide gimana yah bikinnya..

White top

A repeat of my fav pattern, this time using cotton yarn and I'm sooo happy with the result

heart doily

Valentine is coming.. I have this heart pattern from Thata (thanks mba =D )
havent blocked it yet..

pink crochet top

Another crochet top! Use local cotton yarn and after half finished, I realized the color is too bright!! Took ages to finish..