2019-03-17 06:36
There have been a number of pairs of handknitted socks sitting in my mending bag for a very long time. Most of them were badly damaged and I postponed dealing with them for as long as I coul… Read More
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2019-03-15 06:19
A few months ago, my daughter (the middle one) asked me to make her a little doll-size backpack. She drew me a picture to explain her specifications.It took me a while to get to this project… Read More
2019-02-21 09:19
The only cardigan I knit this winter is for my eldest daughter. My husband picked out the color and yarn, while my daughter selected the design. The yarn is some Turkish acrylic from our loc… Read More
2019-02-02 11:46
This winter, my knitting has been sporadic at best. I just managed to finish a few small projects and worked on and off on a larger one. The first small project that got completed was a vest… Read More
2018-12-23 15:59
The dollhouse was finally finished last month. It took me fourteen months of off and on work to get it done. And it was the most exciting and enjoyable experience. It got a lot of appreciati… Read More
2018-10-29 10:12
This blog has been badly ignored, almost abandoned, for the last seven months. I have nothing better in the way of excuse other than that life got in the way. I put away my needles for… Read More
2018-03-03 21:44
The spring in definitely in the air, here in Islamabad. The winter chill is gone and we have days at a stretch, of warm sunshine, interspersed with spring showers. My latest projects suit th… Read More
2018-02-08 18:33
The past few months have been intense. Important family affairs took much of my attention, time and energy, so I had little to give to this blog. My crafts slowed down but did not halt, as I… Read More
2017-11-27 08:18
After a summer-long hiatus, this project was recently picked up again. At that point, it needed a few inches of knitting on the body and both sleeves. A few rows on it every night and… Read More
2017-11-06 18:29
Kitchen was one of the most daunting part of the dollhouse, bathroom being the other. (I'm still figuring out, how to make a toilet.) What made it more challenging, was that the girls wanted… Read More
2017-10-12 20:17
Continuing with the dollhouse, the first room put together was the living room. I started with a sofa, made of fabric scraps and cardboard. It is upholstered in some leftover cotton fr… Read More
2017-10-06 20:43
It all started when my eldest daughter wanted a dollhouse and I offered to make her one. I had built one before, when she was smaller, but it was pretty basic. It was made of thin cardboard… Read More
2017-09-29 18:20
I have been terribly remiss in updating this blog of late. It has been four months since I last posted here and for that, I apologize to my 1.5 readers, if they are still around.We have had… Read More
2017-05-23 06:49
It has been more than a month since I updated the blog. It has been tiresomely hectic. In addition to the mundane affairs of domestic life, the summer has arrived with quite a literal bang… Read More
2017-04-15 05:33
As things continue to heat up here in Islamabad, my apathy towards my cardigan-in-progress persists. My creative urges are finding new, weather-friendly avenues like handlettering and art. (… Read More
2017-03-30 00:56
With our temperatures rapidly climbing and the weather turing unusually hot for this time of the year, I have quite lost the will to work on my cardigan. Instead, I did reorganisation of my… Read More
2017-03-16 09:21
The final examinations are over and the school is out for the older kids, so I have a bit more free time, Alhamdolillah. I have been putting that time to good use by expanding my craft horiz… Read More
2017-02-22 14:07
The plain black sweater is finally done and I have been wearing it for many days. It is warm and comfortable. Its construction was a bit weird in that the pattern asked for too many sts in t… Read More
2017-02-03 15:19
This winter, I had multiple requests for knitted/crocheted slippers from my kids. I had planned to make three pairs but due to the relative shortness of our winter coupled with my relative l… Read More
2017-01-24 16:39
Before I got caught up in sewing my daughters' dresses for a family wedding, I had cast-on for a black cardigan. I needed one for routine use, and considering how black (and sparkly black at… Read More
2017-01-06 19:01
So the first finished project of 2017 gets to be a hat. More specifically a school hat for mu pre-schooler. She would wear no hat except her older sister's Poppy, so I decided to make her on… Read More
2016-12-19 15:19
This pattern must be easy to adapt, because I successfully managed it with different yarn weight, needle size and guage, considering too, that I knit this adult-sized sweater for m… Read More
2016-11-04 14:51
I know this blog has been neglected for too long, but life has been crazy busy lately. It has been hard to find a moment to catch my breath and slow down, let alone find any time for knittin… Read More
2016-08-18 07:26
Finally a post about the Boxy Lace sweater for my eldest daughter. This was the July sweater for my year long a-sweater-a-month plan. I got a little late in getting it done and later i… Read More
2016-07-30 13:25
Here is the promised post about the Eid dresses I made for the girls. It took a few days to get cool and dry enough weather to get a photo shoot. The fabric for all three dresses was the sam… Read More
2016-07-20 14:23
Eid came and went so fast, just as all the good times seem to. It is already two weeks past and we have settled back into the dull routine of the ordinary day-to-day life. But the people aro… Read More
2016-06-25 10:54
Ramadan, our favorite month of the year, is down to its last 11 or 12 days. We had a wonderful start to the month, when we were able to sight the Ramadan crescent ourselves.Since then, it ha… Read More
2016-06-02 19:05
I reclaimed this yarn from a baby sweater, that I had knit for my littlest two years ago and had since then been outgrown. After searching through all possible patterns and failing to f… Read More
2016-05-13 09:01
The finished sweater (in this case, I use the term loosely to include all types of clothing) for the month of May, is the dress for my youngest daughter that I started last October. It was a… Read More
2016-04-21 15:18
So while I waited for the right time to wind yarn for the next sweater for my daughter, I cast on a vest for myself. This change of plans means that the sweater of the month, for April, is t… Read More
2016-03-30 10:55
The March sweater got finished on Friday. What can I say about it, it was just my kind of project _ a yoke full of colorwork, and stretches of plain stockinette stitch for mindless kni… Read More
2016-03-15 12:11
My knitting resolutions for 2016 include knitting at least two full-fledged sweaters for each of the four kids, plus a couple of vests and a sweater and vest for myself, insha Allah. It roug… Read More
2016-03-07 20:48
Life has been very busy lately. March is the month of kids' final examinations. So on top of all the drudgery of routine housework, I also have to help them with their exams preparation. At… Read More
2016-02-21 20:57
The sweater for my son was done during the week, and a brief spell of rain, brought down the temperature low enough for him to wear it during this winter. I used my laddu pattern f… Read More
2016-02-15 20:43
Recently, at our home, there arose a need for a particular type of bag, with a good number of pockets. This was the perfect chance for me to pursue my ever-expanding pinterest board for sewn… Read More
2016-02-11 20:35
I am working on a sweater right now, another one for my son. It is more than half done, only half a sleeve and the yoke being left.For the last few days, I have taken time away from it to se… Read More
2016-01-26 21:13
After completing my last project, which was that pair of upcycled gloves, I promptly started another knitting project _ another sweater for my son. This one is far simpler than the cabled on… Read More
2016-01-09 17:24
Five years ago, I made these socks for my son. Over time, these developed holes in the soles and went to languish in my mending basket. I came upon them some days ago, while cleaning my craf… Read More
2016-01-01 14:34
Three weeks ago, I made a tall claim of getting this sweater done in a week. But seasonal illnesses took most of December away from me and I was only able to really knit during the las… Read More
2015-12-09 05:11
November was a month of hope improvements. We had to get the plumbing replaced in the bathroom, to make sure we had hot water this winter. Besides that and some electrical work, we decided i… Read More
2015-11-06 14:49
It must be the longest a finished project of mine has taken, to get posted on the blog, but life has been very busy lately, and I survive by triaging my to-to list. So this is the sweater fo… Read More
2015-10-25 06:11
I have no pictures of any wonderful FO (finished object) yet, but my knitting has picked up speed lately. I started this month with a dress for my daughter. Fingering weight yarn on 3.25 mm… Read More
2015-10-06 13:28
This year, I find myself drawn to little baby dresses to knit. I am currently knitting one of my youngest and I got one off the needles recently. This post is about the latter. Like sev… Read More
2015-10-01 10:37
The only sewing project I did this Eid was a dress for my eldest daughter. She wanted something fancy, with glitters, sheer material and whatnot. She chose the style hersel… Read More
2015-09-25 04:59
Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and all-around wonderful Eid! Read More
2015-09-12 14:52
The second attempt at a toddler sweater with the yellow yarn, was a success. This time, I went for a pullover rather than a cardigan. Interestingly, this pattern has the same lac… Read More
2015-08-24 20:59
Even though I have little progress to report, I have been busy this month, knitting-wise. I got some new yarns, picked out the patterns for them and got down to knitting the first of them. I… Read More
2015-07-31 22:00
While the inspiration for my next major knitting project still eludes me, I tried my hand at a couple of smaller projects. The first one is a bit different from my usual ones and I made it e… Read More
2015-07-23 12:48
When I started this top, it was with the intention of using up leftover yarns and getting a small sweater (toddler size...maybe) as a result. As I mentioned earlier, I was too lazy to… Read More
2015-07-22 14:46
Ramadan passed too quickly and we deeply miss all its wonderful routines and busyness. Eid is over too, and life is slowly returning to its mundane routine. It is hard not to experience a di… Read More
2015-06-29 10:32
Before my knitting hiatus, I had started this project. This is to be a top, with linen stitch detail, which is actually an attempt at using up scrap yarns. I cast on with a certain number of… Read More
2015-06-17 20:27
Ramadan (1436 A.H) starts here on Friday. Today will be a busy day, with me doing the last-minute, pre-Ramadan cleaning of the house, etc. My already dwindling craft activities will essentia… Read More
2015-05-28 07:53
My excuse, for neglecting this blog for a month or so, is my being out of sorts. The burn-out left me with little inclination for craft of any kind. However, I had managed to do a few sewing… Read More
2015-04-21 07:15
This project further proves the point that one does not think straight when in the throes of maternal love. At one such moment, I promised my daughters dresses inspired by Elsa's, of the ani… Read More
2015-03-31 15:02
With addition of the littlest to our family, the Family Hands Portrait was due for an update. While I procrastinated, everyone who saw the portrait hanging on the our bedroom wall, commented… Read More
2015-03-26 06:02
Appropriate to the changing seasons, this project is a knitting/sewing hybrid. I used about 100 yards of this cotton/nylon yarn to knit a yoke and then sewed it into a dress.The multic… Read More
2015-03-23 17:52
The past month or so have been intensely busy, leaving me little spare time to craft or blog. On top of recovering from my concussion (which I did, soon enough), and helping kids with their… Read More
2015-02-14 18:21
The little hand-me-down cardigan was worn by at least five little girls, including three of mine, mashaAllah, over the past decade. The tag on it, indicates it was originally a 18 month size… Read More
2015-02-01 12:46
Just as I suspected, in the case of my grandpa sweater, the tubular bind-off at the lower edge and front bands, did not hold up well with wear and stretched to much out of shape. So much so… Read More
2015-01-29 06:21
This week, I took up crochet for a change and made a pair of moccasin out of the old patttern of mine. Even if I say so myself, the pattern was easy and fast. However these slippers ar… Read More
2015-01-22 16:10
These days, my son is really taken with all things frost-related. So it came to me as no surprise when he wanted me to make him a pair of gloves with snowflakes on them. But it was taking a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We have had a lot of rain this month and so while I finished this coat a week ago, there has not been enough light to take proper photos till now. It may look benign or even nice, but… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My current wip (work in progress)I am knitting this cardigan top down. I had planned to finish the neckline with a few rows of ribbing and it was to have the first buttonhole as well. So i p… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I know I have been neglecting this blog for some time and I am sorry about that. What with a new baby, two rounds of flu which escalated to something worse for our youngest two, the annual e… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Once we somewhat settled into a routine with the new baby, I treated myself to some yarn shopping and bought three sweaters' worth of yarn for the older kids. I got to work on the firs… Read More
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