Taaaa dahhh!!!
It’s taken me so long to reach my 200th post. This blog has been around since 3 May 2006. That’s more than 2 years! Wow. Can’t believe it’s been so long.
Anyway, I’ve decided to hold a contest, mainly for knitters/ crocheters or people who use yarn, somehow. Sorry for non-knitters.. I know there are many people who read my blog and aren’t knitters and have no use for yarn. I will try to cater for non-users-of-yarn for my next blog contest okie?? 
Anyway here are the rules and instructions:
- The theme of the contest is, “Knitted (or crocheted) items that have gone wrong.”
- Anyone can join. Even if you are not living in Australia.
- The prize will be a skein of Malabrigo Sock Yarn in the colourway “Stonechat”, kindly sponsored by Yarnandkisses. Here is a picture of it. Drooly drooly:
Here’s what it is : All you have to do is to write a story (doesn’t have to be too long, just precise would be good) about a project that you have started and realised it’s not going the direction you wanted it to go.
- You must include either a photo or a detailed description of the project, or both if you want to!
- You may write it in any style you like. Narrative, suspense, comedy etc etc…
- Injecting humour into your story would help too.
Ways to enter:
- Write a blog post on your blog and link it here by posting a comment ON THIS ENTRY. Not on any other entry, please. Even if this entry is no longer the current one, I still check past comments as they are highlighted everytime I log into WordPress. So don’t be worried that your comment or link will not be read.
- If you do not have a blog, that’s fine. You can email your story (title it “Blog contest”) to :
me [at] inoriz [dot] com
Replace the [at] with an @ and the [dot] with a .
- Otherwise, you are more than welcome to leave a comment with your story ON THIS ENTRY.
- Go around, spread the word about this contest among fellow knitters/crocheters/bloggers! The more the merrier!!!
- You do not have to submit your personal details. The winner will be notified and details will be collected only then.
- The contest will be open for 3 weeks. Ending Friday, 20 February 2009.
- Judges’ decisions are final! Yes there will be more than one judge so don’t throw rotten eggs in my direction if you don’t win!
Go forth and think of your stories! I shall start the ball rolling by posting mine!
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The Bootie Gone Wrong!
When Sunshine was a wee little newborn, I was worried about her feeling cold (it was cold in the hospital room) as she kept kicking herself free from her swaddle. The midwife then handed me a knitted cardigan for Sunshine to put on. The cardi was soooo teeny and adorable.
Most importantly, it made me want to knit for my darling daughter. And that desire only grew stronger and stronger each and everyday I held my precious bundle.
As a Chinese (No, I’ve never been to China though but my ancestors were from China), I believe in and follow post-maternity ‘guidelines’ that have been passed down from generation to generation. They call this the ‘confinement period’. And it is what it’s stated – being confined for a month indoors. Both baby and mummy.
This is to prevent diseases from getting into us since we are most vulnerable during this time. It also prevents us from catching a chill from the cold winds outdoors.
So during that month, I wanted badly to pick up knitting. But how? I cannot go out!
So I asked Nad to please, go to the library and borrow books on knitting. Especially knitting for beginners.
He went and borrowed this awesome book and I loved him so much for being spot-on choosing such a perfect book.
Then, I got my God-sis to come over to teach me the basic knit and purl. She also taught me how to cast on and bind off.
Then, I asked Nad to go to spotlight to get some wool and a pair of ‘Size 6′ needles.
And I got started! I knitted the simple bootie in that book. It was my very first project and I was so excited! It had yarn overs and decreases and all those funky stuff! Woo hoo!
And then I stitched it up!!! Woo HOO!!
And this was how it looked like:
Hey! Not bad for a beginner! Right!?
Except that when you compare it to how a normal bootie should look like:
It’s TOO BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIGANTINORMOUS!!!!!!!!
Dear beginner knitters (and even seasoned ones alike), check your pattern if “Size 6″ needles refers to US6 or Metric 6mm. Because, Huge . Difference .
In Australia, the metric system is used for needle sizes while in USA (where the designer lives and where the book was published), they have their own sizing guides. It’s again, different in the UK. So check your sizes! US6 is equivalent to 4mm. Which is 2mm smaller than the 6mm needles I was using! You can check sizes on this chart.
Anyway, it was a very funny and good experience for me. The lone bootie (no way I’m knitting the other side for a giant baby!) was left hanging by the cot and used as a handkerchief dispenser.
It actually fits Sunshine somewhat now.
Hehhehehe.
Have fun and good luck to all participants! Come on! Flood the comments!
