Upset
May 17, 2008 at 9:47 am | In Craft - Misc, Misc. | 7 Comments1. News about the earthquakes in Sichuan Province in China are all over the internet. They are just too sad to read, but I keep checking for the latest updates and wish to see more people to be rescued. My best friend, whom I made the panda in the banner for, left Sichuan only a few hours before the earthquake started. I felt relieved when I found out she was safe. Meanwhile, the disaster became more realistic to me. Continue reading Upset…
Occasional knitter needs markers
May 6, 2008 at 10:44 am | In All Finished Crafts, Craft - Misc | No CommentsTags: knitting, notion, stitch marker, weaving, yarn
I’ve been knitting a little more than usual recently, but the knitting “mojo” is almost gone now. I surely wanted some of those nice little notions sometime when I was knitting. Meanwhile, another me kept reminding myself of the limited space in our apartment. Hopefully I didn’t expand my stash and my tool kit too much.
On the other side, for a little more serious knitting project, say a garment, there are some really necessary tools, e.g. stitch markers and stitch holders. Without any stitch markers, I may have to count the same 100+ stitches over and over before carrying it on. I have a yogurt bottle to keep scrap yarn I got from the projects. No matter how short the yarn would be, I keep it. Whenever I need a marker, I simply pick a piece distinct with the working color and tie a slip knot onto the needle or a stitch so it can be taken off easily later.
Ready for Vacation
February 2, 2008 at 10:22 pm | In All Finished Crafts, Craft - How-to's, Craft - Misc | 2 CommentsTags: brooch, felting, knitting, needle felting, wizard, yarn
Finally, I survived from the exam week and started packing for the LONG vacation. I cannot wait to see the families and the friends. Hopefully, the unusual heavy snow won’t be so much trouble for us.
KnitML etc.
January 3, 2008 at 11:20 pm | In Craft - Misc, Craft - Websites | No CommentsTags: knit, knitml, plushie, research
Neglecting the potential damage of XML tags cost me 3 hours of sleep last night. One trivial “<” has made at least a whole day of computation useless. Unfortunately, that’s how people learn. After all, XML is pretty interesting. It should be carefully handled, otherwise there would be unexpected lose. I guess it’s the same case for KnitML.
Chaos, sorted out
November 16, 2007 at 7:31 pm | In Craft - How-to's, Craft - Misc, Misc. | No CommentsTags: , blue, france, strike, tutorial link, yarn, yarn winding
I’ll stay here for the weekend. I could go home on Thursday afternoon, but it’s risky that I might not be able to come back on Monday, or even next week. The situation of railway services is not improving anyway. I hope the strike would be over soon.
What people like
October 23, 2007 at 7:15 pm | In Craft - Misc | 1 CommentTags: fd's flickr toy, flickr, mosaic
1. tatting medallion, 2. listening, 3. tiny squirrel, 4. paper basket box, 5. mail pocket from dishcloth, 6. irish crochet flower, 7. chubbey and her hand puppet bear, 8. orange, 9. Everybody loves Amineko, 10. chubbey stitching, 11. purple cat, 12. flower pig zodiac, 13. fortune cookie 001, 14. pink rose pouch made in 2005, 15. yellowngreen flower pin, 16. crochet bracelet revisited 003, 17. pink yarn snail 003, 18. pink yarn snail, 19. vw bug, 20. flower stamp, 21. felting cat 3, 22. bear family, 23. amigurumi cat 2, 24. felting dog, 25. lamb purse, 26. cat stamp, 27. eggplant stamp, 28. crocheted butterfly, 29. pumpkin
I always like playing with fd’s flickr toys. I’ve seen people making Explore poster all the time. Finally, I made my own. To make the poster look bigger, I chose to include the recently dropped ones also. 
Please do not laugh at me! I am not a pro flickr user, therefore this toy can remind me of what I’ve done a while ago. I’ve been more productive in the winter 2 years ago. Continue reading What people like…
Oh, Ravelry!
October 3, 2007 at 10:03 pm | In Craft - Misc | No CommentsTags: ravelry
After a few months of waiting, I finally got the invitation mail from ravelry! It’s my lucky day~I’m so happy~gonna update all my crochet and knitting projects later~ 
Is she Momotaro?
August 8, 2007 at 11:34 am | In Craft - Books, Craft - Misc, Craft - People | 1 Comment
もも たろう is one of my favorite Japanese stuffed animal designers. The name seems to be pseudo as ももたろうis the name of a popular hero from Japanese folklore. It’s probably the reason I couldn’t find much information about this designer (probably a group of designers). It’s hard to find a right query for any search engines. (hmm…..I started to wonder if ChaCha has any Japanese speakers in their supports. Their engine doesn’t work with Japanese so well anyway. ) Another reason is most of her/his books were published at least 10 years ago, in which years Internet was just invented. Nevertheless, lack of information won’t stop me from admiring the nice cute softies in the books. It possibly makes these cute stuffed animals more attractive…. (Please tell me if you know more about this Momotaro, say websites, blogs, etc. :-))
Flower-pin revisited
May 23, 2007 at 8:59 pm | In Craft - How-to's, Craft - Misc | 2 Comments
I made this tutorial last August when I just started blogging in English.
I’m still alive…..
May 2, 2007 at 10:16 am | In Craft - Misc | No CommentsNew semester started and there are soooooooooooo many assignments……. 
I haven’t even managed to take a look at my pictures taken in Edinburgh yet…..The only craft I’ve done last week was…….Mr. Y’s new underwear, which is not allowed to be posted…..
Here are some great links of pictures from “Moscow Fair 2007” I would like to share with you.
Blahblah- eiscat: MCI is going to release on the 21st~
- eiscat: it seems the new MCI issue is out. a good excuse to cross the border~
- eiscat: evil diarrhoea
- eiscat: jet lag......*yawn*
- eiscat: the latest threadbanger episode is cool!
- eiscat: so......IM is not possible now?
- eiscat: It's really not so straightforward......
- eiscat: good~
- eiscat: cannot put twitter badge in wordpress blog.....:(
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