Crafts

Another Scarf Done

Thanks to Geekchic, I’ve been bitten by the knitting bug once more. Have been knitting on and off for a bit (mostly off), but when you have a knitting buddy, it’s very easy to get on the wagon once more.

I bought this beautiful wool-alpaca yarn from Morris and Sons, and with just one ball, I finished this, using the stockinette stitch, in probably a total of 3 hours. Slow by the knitting people’s standards, I’m sure, but for a rookie like me, it’s my fastest record thus far.

20090614 Wool Alpaca Scarf

It’s really soft, and the yarn’s just gorgeous. Unfortunately, I cannot wear this with my black coat as it sheds like crazy. Oh well, can’t win ‘em all. It’s also the most expensive piece of yarn I’ve bought so far. Thank goodness at 37 bucks per ball, I only need one to make a scarf.

‘Tis a pity I didn’t leave enough yarn to make pom poms at the end. That would complete the look.

*hugging the soft scarf*

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Me Knitted Scarf

Is it sad that I know how to knit? If not, then what is sad (or sadder) is that I only know how to knit scarves. I have no idea how to knit anything else. Quite frankly, I don’t have the patience to. A college lecturer taught my friend and I to knit during one of our Moral Education lessons. We started off with a scarf. Do you know how long it took me to knit that bloody scarf?

FIVE months. With many holes to boast too.

I brought that scarf with me to the UK, but I never did wear it because I was afraid I’d dirty it. It took me five months to make it, dammit. So, it stayed in the cupboard for 3 years before I brought it back to Malaysia.

Fast forward 10 years, and I still only know how to knit a scarf. BUT, behold a whole new record.

Knitted Scarf

Six days.

This is what happens when you have way too much time in your hands. Still, it’d be great for those winter-y days and nights.

Hmm … what colour should I do next?

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Domesticated? Yes. Housewife? Erm, No.

As time draws near to the day that I’ll be leaving for good, I’ve been thinking a lot of what I’m going to do when I’m in Melbourne, whilst settling in and looking for a job. I reckon I’d be Australia’s sampah masyarakat for three months or so (hopefully no more than that, but you never know), so I have to get myself prepared with things to do whilst I’m at home, and that hubby’s away at work.

So far, I’ve been collecting a lot of recipes of stuff I want to try out, ‘cos by the time I move over, I’d finally have a kitchen of my own. I loved cooking when I was in Japan; having my very own kitchen, where I know where every single thing is, rocks. What with the variety of ingredients I can get there, methinks I might be able to be adventurous and try out new recipes.

I’ll also be packing my cross-stitch kit with me. Imagine, I was such a tomboy during my early secondary school days, who can’t cook (I burnt the rice, broke the eggshells into the pan with the eggs, dropped tomatoes … you get the picture) and can’t sew (Mum did all my needlepoint projects for me). Now, I can proudly say that I can cook … well, not enough to make a 10-course gourmet meal, but enough to get by. I also can knit (only scarves, but hey, it’s an achievement!), and I love doing cross-stitch.

Cross Stitch


This took me only a few hours to do. Simple and sweet. Thought it’d be cute in our new home :)

People kept telling me that I’ll end up being a housewife in Australia. Now, before y’all think I’m housewives-bashing here, do bear in mind that I have immense respect for homemakers; I mean, heck, just take a look at our prominent bloggers who are homemakers – 5xmom from Malaysia, Karen Cheng from Australia, etc. These are no ordinary women, and certainly figures whom I greatly admire.

I guess, for me, I’m just not ready to give up the rat race just yet. After all, I’m still young. I’ve only been in the working world for four years. As my parents would say, I’m still “mentah”. We’re planning to begin a family only in a couple of years (although there is no 100% foolproof plan for this … *gulp*), and in between, I’d love to continue to work. When the next chapter of our lives happen, then we’ll see how things go from there.

For now, I wouldn’t mind myself a bit of a break and get on my hobby kit ;)

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