Ive just completed my 2nd charcoal portrait. This time drawing from a photo. Sigh... I think this drawing is a failure though - the woman in the original photo was a beauty, but turned out to b...
Watching the Spud KAL on Ravelry was fun, but far from really get to knit up this wooly sheep myself! So heres Alan and my Spud, now joining the herd (ravelry project page here).It definitely is...
Following Janes 2nd class, I did my first charcoal drawing. I have done some pencil drawings like 10 years or more ago, but this is my first time with charcoal. The charcoal I had was a s...
I complained about a hat that I knit with 100% super-wash wool that grew enormous when washed in one of my recent posts here. After a few pages into this excellent book "The Knitters Book of Yarn...
Ive just signed up for the "Portraits and Papers" art course by Gritty Jane (check out here). The first class is about contour drawing, and I just did my first blind contour. You ...
Hi Knitters,This is the first sweater I knit for the new baby. Its knit in the beautiful yarn of Spud & Chloe Fine, a fingering weight blend of wool and silk. Click here to see this p...
This weeks iheartfaces photo challenge theme is "a touch of sun".I took this photo of Alan holding Bryans hand (or finger, really) during sunset in HK Disneyland (with a p-s cam). Its m...
Hi Knitters,Therere over 600 different Rainbow Marley hats from Itty-Bitty Hats on Ravelry, and Ive just finished my very own version of it. Its for our new baby due next January...
Hi Knitters,I just received 3 skeins of the above crisp white cotton yarn that I bought on taobao.com. My original plan with them was to knit the middle size bear of Spud & Chloes Three Brr...
Hi Knitters,I dont know if you remembered this Sideways Grande Cloche that I knit for myself last year. It was the first project with yarn I purchased in China. It was labelled 100% wool....
Hi Knitters,Im making good progress with this Little Baby Sweater for our new baby. The garter stitch stripes are turning out beautifully. Everything is looking very promising, but for one thin...
Hi Knitters,I found the perfect hat for new and expecting moms! Yes, it is the one in the above picture, a pattern called Seedling by Alana Dakos from Never Not Knitting. Now, do you know ...
Hi Knitters,This is Alans new hat, Brown Bunny. This is the second time I knit this pattern from Itty-Bitty Hats. Because therere just too many things I want to knit, I almost always ...
Perhaps some of you would have heard about the "Chinese milk scandal" in 2008? It involved some milk producers added a chemical called melamine to infant formula (milk and other m...
(Picture from The Purl Bee)Hi Knitters,Dont you love this sweater? Well, I subscribe to Purl Sohos newsletter, and I was so excited to see this baby sweater! Itd be perfect for our new baby due...
Hi Knitters,I think I shall share with you my current WIPs. I started these at the very beginning of my pregnancy, before I started to feel sick.The first one, in the above photo, is a Hat call...
Hi Knitters,Thank you for your comments on my last post. Youre such a caring bunch! Thank you! Ive updated myself on some of your blogs and you all seem to have done quite some knit...
Hi Knitters,Ive been away for so long that you may start to think that Im gone for good. But now Im back! As this above picture shows, I have some good excuse for being away for so long, so ple...
Hi Photographers,This is my entry photo for this weeks I Heart Faces photo challenge. What do you think?Best,Lucy
Hi Photographers,I took this picture two months ago at the Hollywood Hotel in the HK Disneyland Resort. Alan was wearing a yellow pyjama, so I think this can be entered for this weeks themed ch...
Hi Knitters,Its obvious from the lack of knitting posts that I havent been knitting much lately. Ive been quite busy searching for a new office and a new apartment at the same time. Weve ...
This weeks I Heart Faces photo contest is "Motherhood". My husband Bryan isnt a photographer, either, but I really like this photo he took with my point-and-shoot yesterday. ...
Hi Knitters,Im posting a few photos we took in restaurants during our HK Disneyland holiday. This picture of Bryan at the top was my favorite. The wall decor of the restaurant was pretty ...
Hi Knitters,Im no photographer, but Ive recently joined the I Heart Faces community. They run a themed photography contest every week. Only have a point-and-shoot camera, I decided Id try...
Hi Knitters, Ive finally completed my version of the Dream Catcher Blanket, a free pattern from Spud Says!. Im calling it "Rainbow Blanket". It took me almost a year to compl...
Hi Knitters,This is my favorite photo taken from our holiday in the HK Disneyland Resort. Above is the original. I made some adjustments and tried a few different presets in Lightroom, an...
Hi Knitters,As you may already know from my previous post, we went to the HK Disneyland a few weeks ago. My last post showed some pictures of the daily parade, and Heather (click for her b...
On the 104th day after the winter solstice its the Chinese Tom-Sweeping Day, also called the Qingming Festival (heres the wikki link if you want to find out more). After missing this important ...
Hi Knitters,Last week, we enjoyed our two days holiday in HK Disneyland. Alan certainly had a LOT of fun! We first arrived on Thursday afternoon, and after checking in with the Hollywood Hotel,...
Hi Knitters,I knitted this Pumpkin Hat (click for Ravelry project page) in December 2009, when I first started knitting and seven months pregnant. It was way too big for Alan when he was born, ...
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