~klick klick..there goes my needle

~wee..a month long of silence..But then again, I’m not sure if there’s anybody reading this blog. Hehe..

I have been so preoccupied nowadays. There are a few cards I’ve made but I haven’t had the chance to take pictures, crop and edit and upload it here. I’m one of those people who get excited at trying new things and these new things take up my time leaving other hobbies neglected for a while. Hehe.

So this card is special because it combines two of my favourite things right now. Recently I’ve ventured into crocheting! It’s knitting but using only one knitting needle. I’ve been watching other people knitting and it looks like fun and the result is very nice. So I decided to conquer the art myself, lol.

I learned by book which is my mother’s old knitting books. At first, I was baffled with all the terms and diagrams. So I said to myself, be patient and practice first with the basic one. Therefore I turned to the very last page where all the basic type of stitches was shown in illustrated instruction. I practiced every type of stitch at least twice and it’s really very easy once I’ve master the basic stitch. Now I can start knitting a real piece and here comes the next baffling moment. How do I read this pattern diagram? Where do I start? They look easy when one by one. But now they were combined in one drawing, the stitches interlinking with one another to create a pattern. Help! Luckily I have my mother who was an ardent knitter once upon a time but unlucky for her to bear with her daughter’s constant nagging. Love you mom. Hehe.

yup, it's a bit lopsided=p

So as you can see on the card, there’s my first completed crochet flower motif! Yey! Hehe. I got the idea to put it on a card because I meant to give it to someone and I’ve been finding a suitable way to do so. And I love how the card turns out=)

I used a shimmering deep maroon stock card to get a nice contrast with the white crochet thread. To use glue will be quite impossible and messy so I simply stitch the edges of the pattern onto the card. Then I used my super cool new Dymo caption maker to emboss the words ‘~for you..’ (noticed the small sun after the words..super cool!=p) This new tool of mine even has three changeable wheels for multi fonts and symbols. I like!

Then I pasted the black label onto a silver paper before sticking it to the card. On the inside, I just pasted cream paper to write my personal wish with some embellishment. Done! =)

:: wish me luck for my next knitting task!=)