Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Custom domain + posterous

I have been considering using posterous for my happyeclair.com blog. Why? Because i want to write my techy/geeky stuff there and these geeky thoughts are more random these days. That and i really can't blog in my new workplace. So i'd actually be posting from my phone. My crafting blog will remain on wordpress on craftyneko though. That one's more established already and i rather like it already. Blogging using posterous seems more practical for my geeky blog because this might be brought about by things i see around me. Or things i hear. Or things i end up talking about with friends over coffee. So yeah. Anyway, enough pamali

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Sent from my Nokia Phone

Custom domain + posterous

I have been considering using posterous for my happyeclair.com blog. Why? Because i want to write my techy/geeky stuff there and these geeky thoughts are more random these days. That and i really can't blog in my new workplace. So i'd actually be posting from my phone. My crafting blog will remain on wordpress on craftyneko though. That one's more established already and i rather like it already. Blogging using posterous seems more practical for my geeky blog because this might be brought about by things i see around me. Or things i hear. Or things i end up talking about with friends over coffee. So yeah. Anyway, enough pamali

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Sent from my Nokia Phone

Friday, August 13, 2010

Crochet and Knitting Booklets from Saizen

When I learned about the new branch of Saizen in Trinoma, I just had to go there myself and see the goodies. XD In Galleria, I am overwhelmed by the sheer number of items. In Trinoma, there are a lot of things but it's not that overwhelming compared to Galleria.

So one Sunday when my sister and I met up with PJ for time to catch up, we dragged her to Saizen. And she was the one who first spotted the crochet and knitting booklets. At the time I bought two. The amigurumi one and the crochet booklet.

Crochet knit
It says crochet knit but it's really crochet and more crochet. XD I really like the scarves and hats in that booklet. The cloche looks quite intimidating because there's a part that you crochet over the finished hat. So the embellishments are all crocheted too.

The amigurumi booklet has patterns for different creatures but I love the panda here. And the patterns are not in spirals but rounds which are joined by a slip stitch. It looks like a good reference ^^;

Amigurumi

The other two booklets, just got them over the weekend. I couldn't resist after a trip to Saizen in Ali Mall because of the 58 peso small skeins of yarn which have three colors and are bulky. Argh! I want to crochet and knit so much these days!

So speaking of knitting, I decided to get the other two booklets. The knitting booklet has a moss stitch scarf which I'd like to make, as well as hats! Hats are awesome but it has cables so I am not sure I could make the hat already. :(

This is what the knitting booklet looks like:
Stick needle knit

And lastly, the small article knit/crochet booklet. I found the tawashi cute and well, there's a bag pattern too!

Small article knit

All these booklets cost 85 pesos each. So far I just saw all of them in Trinoma but maybe Galleria has them too, hopefully. My friend Jonette said she saw big knitting needles in Galleria. Weird. I don't recall seeing yarn and knitting needles in Trinoma. I should go check out the Galleria branch soon.

That will be all for now because I need to sleep. XD