Cross Stitch and Extended Open-work stitch

This shot should not be uploaded just yet, because the object is for a swap and I always try not to spoil the fun! What you see from the pic is a partial view of a Blythe dress, in which I use the Cross stitch pattern and a verrsion of lacy lattice pattern. (pre-blocked though…) [...]

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Squirrels!!

Seeing squirrels bumping around tress is a common scene in London, but not so easy to spot in my neighbourhood. Ours is more of a sea bird heaven, with birds of various species liven up dock sides. So you can probably imagine how exciting I was when I see a squirrel “walking” in our communal [...]

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two dresses for little girls

Because of deadlines’ coming, I hadn’t picked up knitting needles the whole weekdays last week. But that’s what I made on Sat: The two little dresses were meant as birthday gifts for two blythe friends-Cat and Christel. We had a meet at V&A on Sunday and we were meeting then. I just had enough time [...]

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