Wool winding

I am winding beautiful pesto green Wollmeise wool on my winder tonight. Oh joy..

ready to be knitted. Full of possibilities.

Berry hats

I was in the mood for some baby hat knitting last week. Found this awesome free pattern for berry hats. Digged in my stash and found some yummy cotton/linen/viscose yarn. Perfect.

I love this pattern. Makes a cute berry hat in just a few hours. This grape one is going to one of my best friends, who is pregnant with her first baby. Congratulations Fizah!!

Unfortunately my girl loves the hat too. See her grubby little fingers trying to grab that hat?

So I told her I'll knit her one. She told me "Pink hat!!!"

Tadaa!

It was impossible to take a photo of the hat on her because she kept hiding behind Adam :)

Strawberry hat for my cheeky girl. Love you!

Let's catch up

What have the kids been doing (while mom is busy NOT updating her blog ) ?

hiding, at Pantai Kemasik, Terengganu

They've been doing a LOT of playing, jumping, shouting, pretending, living.

Universal Studios Singapore with family

at KL Bird Park, for Mia's birthday trip

birthday girl

One of them turned two! ( and just can't stop telling everyone about it!)

KL Bird Park

I feel so blessed. 2 complete years of breastfeeding!!! Syukur alhamdulillah....

Though now I'm a bit uncertain how to wean her off...errkk...any suggestions are most welcome..

how can i resist that face? @ the beach Awana Kijal Terengganu

at my birthday trip - The Mines Wellness Hotel

making sandcastles @ Awana Kijal Terengganu

peace by the lake @ Mines Wellness Hotel

I turned errr.....30! that's it, no more zoomed up pictures of my wrinkling face on this blog!

So that's all from us. How about you?

i need you

Yesterday Adam did something naughty. I was rather angry with him, and so I had him sit on the couch for a time-out. I was folding laundry at the time. When I was finished, I got up and went upstairs to put the folded clothes in our closets. Mia as usual followed me everywhere I go.

Adam stayed put where he was. But then I heard him crying out ;

"Mommy! what about me? don't leave me alone please! Siapa nak jaga Adam? Mommy jagalah Adam please....Mommy...I NEED YOU! I NEED YOU! I NEED YOU!"

oh my baby....

Dress 1 : Yellow Dress

This dress is sort of a quick fix, because I already know by heart how to make it. Only I altered it a bit for fun. Come to think of it, a lot of things I sew are 'quick fixes'. Hmm. It's funny how I can knit slowly and leisurely, and yet when it comes to sewing I just want to get.it.done.NOW.

Let's have her stand up to see what the dress really looks like.

I added a sweet little apron, which is basically just a square-ish piece of fabric.

The bodice is peasant top style, chopped a little short. I like this style because it means no buttons or zippers - easy to sew and easy to put on the wriggly girl..

It looked like she was getting tired of photo taking...

and now she was literally saying "Dah!"

For the next dress, insyaAllah I will attempt to learn pattern drafting and draft a custom fit body draft for Mia and turn it into a dress. Goodbye quick fix! Wish me luck!

Mia's dress(es)

It's December. Time to start sewing some dresses for a special girl's upcoming birthday. This is a tradition I hope to keep. Yesterday the sewing urge I have been waiting for finally arrived, phew.

No time to dilly dally...I dove straight into the good stuff - my precious Little Folks voile. I am making a modified version of one of her existing dresses.

I am a little positive that I might make a few more dresses, seeing as all I can think of is sewing right now...

I do get lots of help....

Getting Lost

If there was ever a place I want to get lost at, it would be here.

We went there as an impromptu short getaway after my friend's wedding (Fiza and BBM girls, boleh letak you gorgeous girls punya pic kat blog tak?) We stayed at the Lost World hotel (nice hotel) The hot spring is a must-go. Especially at night, the setting is quite romantic..

Warm, natural hot spring...in a well-maintained facility...it was a bit crowded when we were there..if there was less crowd I bet it'll be lovely there..

The next day we went to the theme park. They have a nice petting zoo. You could catch fish...

touch a snake...

and err...hamster? er...squirrel? rat??

I much prefer this place to Sunway Lagoon. One of the best part about this place is...the backdrop! Look at that beautiful banjaran at the back!

Adam had so much fun with Abg Zaid, Abg Amar and Abg Adam....thank you Cikgu Julie kasi pinjam your son :) the children play area is fun, safe and child friendly...loved it!

bye bye Nigel. Hope we'll see you again someday!