Twins' Mom Blog

My Latest Knitting Project - A Basic Adult Hat With A Little Twist

2015-03-05T15:06:00.001-05:00

I am waiting for a big pile of yarns that I ordered from Craftsy to arrive. So, I'm going through my stash to see what yarn I've got. I found one full skein of Noro yarn and I'm making myself another hat (like I don't have enough hat!)

A basic hat with C2F stitch knitted on circular needle

Anyway, the hat that I'm working on is a simple round hat. I began with 1x1 rib and work up into a crowd. I think it's going to be a slouchy hat because I make it a bit longer than usual. It will be interesting since I don't own any slouchy hat!

What about the little twist part? Well, it's just a little cable that knit without cable called "Cross 2 Front" (C2F). This will add a little dimension to the hat so that it won't look too plain. Although, the Noro yarn has such colorful array of colors. It probably looks pretty without it anyway.

I'm not going to mention it in detail how I make it yet because pretty soon I'll write a completed pattern and share it here.

I've made a video on how to knit the Cross 2 Front stitch (C2F) here;

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Please check back soon for my finished hat pattern.

~ Ratcha

Update on on pattern 4/18/15

The Twist Hat Pattern is now available for free at;

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VqmSzfwzsFx3tgf2xSoyPlxXc1nV70jSGkH2vVf3eOE/edit?usp=sharing

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2014-12-08T16:02:00.000-05:00

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Jade Diamond Short Skirt - Very Pretty Skirt For Girls Knitting Pattern

2014-01-17T14:24:00.000-05:00

closer look at diamond sts on top of skirt

I finally got a chance to finish up my skirt pattern for my shop. This Jade diamond short skirt pattern is available for download now at the following shops for $5.00. It designed for girls ages 2 - 10.

Etzy.com

Ravelry.com

Craftsy.com

I love the way the diamonds turn out. I decided to put this one on sale because it's a little bit difficult for beginner but you'll never know many beginners learn fast, right?

Thank you for letting me show this skirt to you. I have many free skirt patterns available at my website as well. Here is the links to the patterns; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/Children-Knitting-patterns.html

Short Skirt For Girls Knitting Pattern

If you would like more information regarding this pattern, you can visit; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/Jade-diamond-short-skirt.html

Happy New Year Scarf - A Great Way To Start A New Year

2014-01-02T15:47:00.001-05:00

Happy new year to my readers, friends and family. I have been away from this blog quite some time. There are many changes in our lives - new home and new school for the kids. It has been quite a new adventure of us all. I love living out west. There are so many great outdoor places to explore. I'm looking forward to get out there and catch some wild salmon!

Anyway, back to my knitting project. Last year I have knitted quite a few items. By far the most favorite item of 2013 on my knitting website are; My first felted basket and Easy Lacy Headband which has got a lot of great responses from knitters.

Felted basket made with one skein pure wool

Lacy headband is fun and quick to knit

These patterns are free and the headband one come with video tutorial.

My latest scarf creation is a Happy New Year Scarf which I really adored. I knitted with alpaca which is so warm and soft. I gave it to my friend and it looks really pretty on her. The pattern is also free.

Green scarf in Turkish rib stitch.

So if you're looking for easy and pretty projects to make, these are my recommendation.
Thank you for visiting and wishing you and your family the best for 2014!

~ Ratcha

Matching Hat For My Daughter and Her American Girl Bitty Baby

2013-02-20T13:27:00.002-05:00

Matching red hats for bitty baby and my daughter

I knitted a hat (more like a tam) for my daughter using a bulky yarn. It was pretty fast knitted. I added a little flower just above the ribbing. I really love the finished piece.

Both of my twin daughters have a bitty baby (twins). The younger twin found a knitted hat that I knitted for her when she was just a few days old. The hat fits the doll perfectly. Now my other twin wanted a hat for her doll too. So I thought it would be nice if her doll have the same style hat as her.
I found the same red, bulky yarn I used for the hat. So I started to make a little one for the doll. When I got to the crowd part, the yarn was gone. I had to search for a similar color yarn to finish it.

American Girl Bitty Baby wearing knitted hat with flower

The finished hat for the doll looks just as great as the big version of it. I love them both. My daughter was pretty happy about it. She took the doll around and on a road trip with the hat on.

Now the hat patterns are ready to view at; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/strawberry-twirl-hat.html

A Perfect Pink Skirt For Toddler - Sorry you have to knit it though

2012-11-30T12:06:00.003-05:00

sparkling pink skirt for toddler - knitting pattern

I'm giving out a cute free skirt pattern for toddler again. As much as I like to sell it, I just can't. Something about this skirt wants me to share this with every mom who knits. So she can make it for her little girl.

knitted pink skirt with diamond lace panel

I actually made this sparkling pink skirt for our friend's two years-old daughter. She is so adorable when I first met her in this pass Summer. I'd been thinking about knitting her a skirt ever since. Well, it finally came to the finished couple of weeks ago just before Thanksgiving. I love the diamond lace pattern I chose. This won't be too hard to knit but need a little concentration. I'm sure moms know how to do it. The skirt went off to the girl and now I just wait to see a picture of her in it.

Go download this pattern at; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/sparkling-pink-skirt.html

See you again soon!

Woman Raglan Sweater - Free knitting pattern for begginer

2012-11-30T11:53:00.000-05:00

It's getting cold and I don't really like cold much since my fingers and toes seem to get cold so easy. Lupus and Raynaud's phenomenon contribute to this. That's is why I'm so happy to have my new wool sweater to keep my toasty warm. The sweater is pretty simple - just knit mostly. I added 2x2 ribbing along the bottom edge, sleeves and neck.

Knitted raglan sweater for women (or men perhaps)

It's nice to have Knitting Software Sweater Wizard to help creating my own size and shape. It saved me lot of time designing this baby.

If you'd like to have this pattern (it's free by the way), you can stop by at my website at; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/raglan-sweater.html

Hope to see you there!
Ratcha.

Glam Girl Ruffle Skirt Knitting Pattern

2012-10-01T22:56:00.000-04:00

Knitted girl ruffle skirt using combination of worsted weight yarn and sashay yarn by ratcha

I just finished up my daughter's ruffle skirt and the pattern is now available in Craftsy Shop and Ravelry Store. This is my second pattern I have made for sale. I enjoy designing different knitted item, especially girly stuffs since I have twin girls of my own. I also have accumulated many free patterns of my own in the past two years after creating a knitting website. You can check them out at; http://to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/easy-knitting-pattern.html
This ruffle skirt is knitted in rounds using circular needle. The ruffle itself is actually a ribbon yarn called "Sashay" by Red Heart. The skirt can be customized to fit any ages and sizes.

Visit the my website or store for more details. The PDF download pattern is $3.50 USD.

Free Knitting Pattern - BOO! Halloween Candy Bag

2012-09-20T23:11:00.002-04:00

Get ready for Trick-or-Treat with your own knitted candy bag.

The original design and the finished product.

I had fun working with my girls on this Halloween candy bag project. The twins got involved and had a great time designing their own bags and and choose the colors of the yarns. So far we've got one bag done and we're happy to share the pattern with you. Stop by my website; http://to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/Halloween-candy-bag.html to download the pattern.

The second bag is in progress and it's going to be a little bigger than the orange one.

I'm excited to see how it turn out. So far, Anchalee is loving her bag and can't wait for Halloween to come.

Thanks for stopping by,
Ratcha

My first Etsy's item goes on sale today!

2012-08-27T16:28:00.001-04:00

Cute Girl Top Knitting Pattern - going on sale now for $3.50.

I'm very excited to announce my opening of Suwanlee's Children Knitting Pattern & More at Etsy.com. My first item is going one sale now.

If you have a little girl, you have to like this top. My daughter and I designed this adorable sparkling pink top together. It's a hip length tunic top for girls and it comes in 3 different sizes. You can read more about this top at; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/girl-tunic-top-knitting-pattern.html

You can either purchase this girl top pattern at my website through Ravelry store or at my Etsy shop.
Thanks,
Ratcha.

Summer Scarf Knitting Pattern

2012-05-31T12:27:00.005-04:00

Just a quick note for those who are looking for easy scarf pattern to knit this Summer. I just finished whipping up my scarf using cotton/bamboo and kid mohair. A few day later I was hit with Shingles and rashes appear everywhere on my left side of the chest, shoulder and a few on the left side of the neck. Guess what? I got to wear my new Summer scarf to cover up my rashes when I took a little trip to the doctor office. It couldn't work out better than that.

Light Summer Scarf Knitted With Cotton/bamboo and Mohair Yarn

Thank goodness I started antiviral treatment early. My Shingles are now started to crushed over after a week of contacting Shingles. I was lucky that I didn't have a lot of pain or severe burning like many people complaints. By next week, my rashes should be all pretty much clear up. I then can enjoy watching my twins graduate from Kindergarten without having to worry about my appearance any more.

Easy Scarf For Summer Knitting Pattern

Any way thanks for stopping by. Go take a look at the scarf and see what you think. I like it because it's light and loose. Just another fast and easy knit idea for your Summer Project.

Here is the pattern link; http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/summer-scarf.html

Have a great day!

How do you get Shingles?

2012-05-28T14:53:00.002-04:00

What is Shingles? I'm sure many of people don't know what it means. Well, it is happening to me right now!

I'm writing this for entertainment only. Please contact your healthcare profession if you think you're developing Shingles.

Last Wednesday, I noticed a few streaks of redness on my left shoulder. It looked like scratches from itching. I didn't worry much. The next day I noticed the rashes became more visible, but I didn't feel any pain or itches. I didn't take any action then because it didn't bather me at all. Then by Friday, it became more obvious to me that this weren't just scratches. Then for sure Shingle came to my mind and I started reading about Shingle. My rashes started turning into blisters and it kept on growing and growing. I contact the doctor and got my Acyclovia Antiviral prescription later that evening.

From what I understood, Shingle developed from Chicken Pox. When you had chicken pox earlier in life, some of the viruses remain dormant in your body. Sometimes, these viruses reappear later on in life usually after 60 years of age.

Shingle can be spread by droplet from blisters. A person who has received chicken pox virus cannot get shingle. If a person had Chicken Pox before, he or she cannot get Shingle from other, but from your own.

Some early signs and symptoms of Shingle are muscle aching (the affected nerve). Shingle usually appear along one nerve line. In my case from top of my left my neck down to my left chest, shoulder, and back. Several of my lymph nodes are swelling and tender armpit.

The rashes and blisters can be itchy and painful. Luckily, I don't have a lot of pain or sever itches (cross my fingers). The rashes will turn into blisters and eventually will rupture. Then it became crusted over. These process can take up to 4- 6 weeks depend on whether when your treatment begins. If Antiviral medication begins early (within 72 hrs), the condition would improve faster.

So far I'm on my 3rd day of Antiviral (taking 3 times a day). The rashes are looking really pink and there are many blister forming. It's the ugliest things I've ever seen on me. Hopefully, everything will settle down by the time my twins are graduating (from kindergarten).

Thanks for reading. Will update my condition soon.

To read more about Shingle, you can visit; Webmd.com

Girl Summer Skirt Knitting Patterns

2012-05-17T11:49:00.002-04:00


Easy Summer Skirt in Stockinette Stitch

It's not too late to start your project to have it ready by Summer. With these easy and fast to knit Summer Skirt Patterns you can have them ready by Summer for your girl(s). Remember to find cotton yarns or something that cool and light in weight instead of wool.

Here are my free skirt patterns you can choose from;

1. Girl Easy Summer Skirt in Stockinette Stitch Pattern

This skirt is knitted in round with circular needles. My older twin loves wearing this skirt so much and she wore it all the time since she was about two or three. it's also twirly skirt.

2. Simple Eyelet-Rib Skirt For Toddler

This one is quite simple to knit also. It's a quick knit skirt. I made it for my niece's daughter birthday. The eyelet-rib pattern is on the top portion of the skirt.

3. Scallop-Edge Skirt

This is by far the most popular skirt among my visitors. I had seen a lot of photos and comments on knitting forum. I posted a few photos of the skirt in my gallery page at my knitting website.

4. Adorable Short Skirt For Girl

This one of the first skirt I designed for my girls. I very easy.

5. Girl Twirly Skirt

This one is very similar to the first pattern except without eyelet between the 2nd and the 3rd tier.
I would choose a little less fuzzy yarn for this if I were to do it again. With Caron Super Soft in navy blue, the fuzz shows up so easily. It didn't turn out well for a school uniform.

Good luck with your project. Hope to see you at my knitting site.

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

2012-05-08T00:18:00.000-04:00

Maryland sheep and wool festival 2012

I went there to buy yarn and eat lamp kabob, my husband went there to buy plants, my kids went there to see sheep and eat ice-cream and my friend went there to buy lemongrass and weaving yarn. There is always some things fun for everyone there at Sheep and Wool Festival.
Sheep skin & wool Floor cover

The twins posting with leggings!

Want to spin you own yarn? You can buy many bags of these.

Never seen anything look so lovely as these...uhh

Yarn, yarn, yarn what yarn to buy!

cute sheep logo pottery

Knitted necklace at Sheep and wool festival

Visitor enjoying Sheep and Wool Festival

Foods Services

Parking lot looks pretty full

We went early and got there at 9, but the parking lot was already packed. It was fun and exciting to see a big crowd. Knitters, spinners, gardeners, musicians, sellers, buyers and family roaming in the streets and shopping for yarns and goods. There were so many shops to look at and so many sheep to see.

We all enjoyed looking and petting sheep, especially the girls.

Plenty of plants to buy here at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

My husband found all the plants and herbs he wanted. I found my cotton yarns plus extra skeins of wool. The girls found some ice-cream and cotton candy and my friend found two perfect cones of yarn to weave a scarf for her sister.

We had sheep kabob for lunch but I found it quite tough. I would go for a lamp sausage next time. The weather was very hot like Summer. Luckily I brought my hat and a light jacket to protect myself from the sun. (I have Lupus and sunlight is my enemy!)

This sheep is so adorable. I think he is smiling.

I love everything about the festival (except a long waiting to get to the bathroom). If I could I would buy a whole bunch of yarn, but I was good this time.

I have my next knitting project planed in my mind - A sweet Summer, cotton camisole for my younger twin. She already sketch me her design and I can wait to get started. I'm still working on a Summer top for my older twin and I have to get it out of the way first before I can start the new project.

It was a fun day for all of us. I'm glad we went.


Bargain Yarn at 50% original Price. Got some of these.

Flower Photo Book - A Mother's Day Gift For My Friends

2012-05-01T13:17:00.001-04:00

Flower Photo Book - Make A great mother's day gift

I usually take my dog for a walk in the morning during the week days when my twins are off to school. Quite often my friend Sandy, would come along with me. I've been practicing closeup photo shoots with my new iphone 4s during these walks. Sandy would help me hold my dog's leach so that I could easily took the pictures. Many of these photos turned out great!, I would say. Both of us really enjoy looking at all the flowers, trees, birds and many things along the bike path and around our neighborhood.

Mother's day is around the bend and I thing I've found the best gift for Sandy. Even though Sandy has never have a child, but she is a nurse and a good friend and she deserves to have a mother's day gift.
I created a photo book of flowers that we were looking and taking the photos of them.

Here is the album of the flowers I took; Hope you enjoy them!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Shutterfly baby photo books are the perfect way to preserve your baby's precious moments.

Thai New Year (Song Kran Festival) At Wat Thai DC

2012-04-23T11:30:00.002-04:00

A Buddha Shrine Inside the temple at Wat Thai DC.

I'm a little bit late writing this post because Thai New Year was on April 13, 2012 and the festival took place on April 15, 2012. We tried to get to the temple early as we could to beat the crowd. It's always been crowded there. This year we has quite a perfect weather for it. It was sunny and warm. Usually we would be walking in a mud. The food stands opened earlier than usual. There so many variety of foods to choose from. Finally we decided to buy some sticky rice, Isan sausage, bbq chicken for breakfast.

Suwan (back) and Anchalee posting in front of Thai Temple

Suwan and Anchalee at wat thai dc.

Suwan and mommy in front of the temple

After breakfast, we shopped for plants - bought home some basil and pepper plants.
The girls wanted to go up to the temple, so we went up stair and take a peak at the crowd. The monks were there to bless visitors. The temple hall was filled up with visitors sitting on chairs and floor waiting to get close to the monks for blessing.

Anchalee and Suwan in front of The temple's Chamber

The monks chanting during Thai New Year

Suwan and Anchalee watching people

A Bell Tower, one of memorial donations from a Thai family

This year, I didn't feel patient enough to wait in line so we decided to came back home.
It was a short trip but was nice. We took a school bus provided by the temple back to the metro station where we parked our car. It was close to 11 am and the line of people who wait for the bus to get to the temple was way too long. But everyone looked pretty cheerful!

If you live in the area and would like to visit Song Kran Festival in April, you can check out the temple website at; www.watthaidc.org

Korean Food For Dinner

2012-03-02T12:21:00.001-05:00

Love this Korean Yam, I boiled this one with slices of ginger and then add honey & mayo sauce, Yum!

I love going to Korean restaurant. I love the food and all of Korean restaurants I've been to are very nice and clean, compare to most Chinese Places. The best part of the meal is the condiments. All those little side dishes that come before your meal. They're so wonderful.

We have our joke amongst our old friends about a Chinese Place we visit in Baltimore, where there were lots of mushroom (fungi) growing in there. Hope they didn't use them for cooking!

Shiitake Mushroom saute in olive oil and soy sauce, sprinkled with roasted Sesame seeds

Anyway back to the Korean Food. I'm Thai but every once in awhile, I have desires for certain foods like Mexican, Indian or Chinese. Yesterday, I felt like eating Korean so I drove to a tiny little Korean Store and grabbed a few items for dinner.

Here what I came up with.

Bulgogi: sweet-salty flavor marinated thinly sliced of fine beef and quickly braised in a pan with onion, scallion.

- Almost 2 lbs of thinly sliced beef to make Bulgogi
- 1 large Korean yam - for salad
- 1 jar of Kimchi
- A bag of dried Shitake mushroom - to make saute mushroom with soysauce
- 1 lbs of of home-made mixed Korean veggies (fern tips, spinach and bean sprout)
- 1 lbs of tofu - for pan BBQ

Pan BBQ firm tofu with garlic, scallion and sesame seed

- Little bit of prepared sweet black bean which was ready to eat.

I don't know why I tell you all this and don't share the recipe. I guess I just want to spread the work that Korean food is pretty good and healthy and it's not that hard to cook. Korean food doesn't involve a lot of spices like Indian food. The basic Korean cooking ingredients are such as soy sauce, sesame oil, red chili and bean paste, ginger and garlic. So next time, when you wonder what to make for dinner or where to go out to eat, considering Korean food!

Fiesta Lacy Zigzag Scarf - Scarf Knitting Pattern

2011-11-18T12:29:00.001-05:00


lacy zigzag scarf knitted with Fiesta La Boheme

Remember the yarn I just bought? Now it turns into a beautiful scarf. I was searching through different stitch patterns for 2 days before I came up with this lacy zigzag one.

Lacy zigzag scarf ooking pretty on my chair


look pretty good on me too!

Enjoy it while I can because this scarf is going to be wrapped up for a Christmas gift. You can find this pattern at http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/Lacy-Zigzag-Scarf.html

More Yarn! Fiesta La Boheme Starbust

2011-11-03T15:32:00.000-04:00

Fiesta La Boheme Starbust in Rhubarb with Metallic

When my friend called me yesterday and asked if I wanted to tag along with her to a yarn store. You probably guessed right. Of cause I wanted to go to the yarn shop. We spend almost 2 hours in the shop searching for suitable charcoal color wool to make scarves for my friend's sisters. We both making fun of the colors my friend's sisters choose. My friend ended up not buying any wool because there weren't many choices on the charcoal color. All of these beautiful yarns, Why does it have to be charcoal? We were making fun of my friend's sisters. I, on the other hand, ended up with a beautiful skein of yarn called "Fiesta La Boheme Starbust". It cost me $35 (actually $20 because I had $15 gift certificate). It has all sorts of fiber contents in it - Rayon, bushed kid mohair, wool nylon and metallic. I had a plan in my head of what to knit this beauty with. The secret will reveal in the near future. For now I just want to share my excitement about this yarn. I just checked Amazon.com out and they do have a shop that carries this yarn at about $30.00 but without the metallic.

My AdSense Revenue Increases with SBI - Update

2011-09-26T11:10:00.000-04:00

My Adsense Revenue increases with SBI

I started blogging 4 years ago, part time. It took me 4 years to earn $100 from AdSense. I started a website with SBI in April, 2011 and now I earn about $15 - $30 a month from AdSense Ads! This is very exciting news for me. I am so glad that I decided to give SBI a try. Some day I'll come back and tell you that I earn $100 a day! That's will be my goal. Just keep watching me!

It's true that content is the king. It's hard to find content to write about. But...if you're already know something like for example, you're a dog groomer. You can just write about dog grooming with your eye close. This is what make it so greats. Sitesell.com/saledirect0.html will guide you step by step on how to write thing that you're already know and make it appeals to your reader.

SBI is not for people who want a quick fix. It's not for a lazy person. It's for people who have passions with great motivations. You have to study, research your keywords, build a blue print for your site and many more. All of these will happen with the help of SBI and SBIers, of cause.
So, if you're looking for a way to increase in AdSense Revenue, you should considering SBI a try.

My website statistic update.
This update is up to today Sep 25. There are still 5 more days to go into the report. I think by the end of this month, I'll probably have around 8,800 visitors.

Summary of my http://to-knit-knitting-stitches.com statistic since the beginning.

I'm just so happy and want to tell everyone about it. I'm now making even to the monthly cost that I pay for SBI, wait.. actually I make $7 extra because I made a commission from selling one SBI. You don't even have to own SBI to be SBI affiliate. Go check it out at SBI affiliate sign-up page Should you give SBI a try? Think about it carefully.

In conclusion, I definitely see the differences in increasing in my AdSense Revenue since I started monetized my SBI website with AdSense Ads.

Thanks for visiting,
Ratcha

Where to Buy Cake

2011-09-22T10:15:00.002-04:00

Where to Buy Cake ? - Well if you're wondering where to buy a good and tasty cake, you've come to the right place. Do you like chocolate cake, cheese cake, pumpkin cake and many other cake? Claire's Gourmet has delicious and many cakes you can choose from.

Where to buy cake and help public school at the same time?

How would you like to help fund public school and eat cake too? What if I told you that you can do just that without even spend extra dime when you order cakes or other goodies from Claire's Gourmet. You'll get your tasty treat and my kids' school will get fund. My kids go to Paint Branch Elementary in College Park, Maryland. They're starting Kindergarten this year. As a mom, my job is to help them sell these goodies. So far I've got about 5 people to help out.

So, next time when "where to buy cake" question enters your mind, please remember to buy it from Claire's Gourmet.com. Visit the website to download full brochures of pizza, gourmet cakes & desserts, and other sweet treats along with nutritional value charts.

When purchasing a cake, you'll be asked to enter a participant code.

Here is ....

My participant Code: 007814

Read Testimonials Here

Thank you for your support.
Ratcha - First time Fundraising Mom.

Support Public School when buying Gourmet Desserts, Pizza and Sweet Treats.

2011-09-15T14:51:00.000-04:00

All American Chocolate Cake

Looking for best gourmet desserts, pizza or sweet treats? Claire's gourmet has what you need. You will not only get to have yummy treat, but you will help giving so much to our school. Claire's gourmet is teaming up with many organizations and schools around the country for fundraiser. If you're planing to raise money for your organization, you can simply sign up with Claire's gourmet.

In order for an organization to earn money, you must enter codes for the participant and the organization.

There are many good looking gourmet desserts to choose from
like this 4 lbs, 10' All American Chocolate Cake, which goes for $25.95.
or "gourmet turtle cheesecake"

gourmet turtle cheesecake

There are also many choices of gourmet pizza, cookies and sweet treats as you can see from screen short below.

Gourmet Pizza

Gourmet cookies and sweet treats

So, stop by http://clairesgourmet.com today and help support my kids' public school (Paint Branch Elementary School in College Park, MD) today and get yourself a yummy treat.

When checking out, you'll need to enter these codes;

Participant code = 007814

Organization code = 4003

Thank you for your support!

Big Chevron Scarf - Easy Knitting Pattern

2011-09-09T16:52:00.000-04:00

Free Knitting Pattern - Big Chevron Scarf in Autumn Colors

This is a very easy scarf to knit and I think you'll love it. You can find this pattern at my website at;
http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/big-chevron-scarf.html

A long while ago, I found some discount bulky yarn and I didn't quite know what to do with it. I love the color and the softness of it. Finally I got to use it to knit a baby vest (it even soft enough for baby!). I got a lot more yarn left over to make this big scarf/wrap.

I found a "chevron and feather" stitch pattern I really like for this scarf. It was real easy to knit because the pattern has only 2 repeating rows. The scarf turned out nicely I think. It's not too plain and too lacy. The zigzag edges give it a nice and different look.

So if you're looking for an easy scarf pattern to knit, this is a perfect one to try. If you prefer smaller scarf, you can buy non bulky yarn instead of the bulky one.

Thanks for stopping by.

I've Found the Best Rice Cooker Ever!

2011-09-02T18:50:00.000-04:00

A rice cooker and a slower cooker in one? and the best part of it is that it made out of CLAY. If you'd ever tasted anything that cooked in a clay pot, you probably noticed that food tasted and smelled better. I grew up eating rice cooked in clay pots all the time and I had no idea that clay pot would make rice taste better that regular pot. I guess I just took it for granted. I've been looking for claypot for some time, butI've never found anyone that I really liked. A few month ago, I came across this website which sell claypot that can be used for rice cooker as well as slow cooker. I'm so excited and can't wait to get my clay rice cooker. In the mean time I thought I would share it here with you.

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Virginia Earthquake At 5.9 on Richter Scale

2011-08-29T23:46:00.001-04:00

Last Wednesday (August 24, 2011), US east coast got hit with one of the strongest Earthquake in the century. I have to record this down for myself since I live in Maryland and I could experienced this earthquake for the first time in my life. I was working at my desk and suddenly the dog started to bark and bark. I heard tumbling noises from upstairs and I thought something had gone wrong with the air conditioning unit which located up on the attic, or a few robbers had got into the house and try to steal stuffs. Then the whole house started to shake. I grabbed my keys and purse and ran out the door. Then my husband called from work to see if I was ok, then I realized it was an earthquake. It took awhile for me to figure it out! We were lucky that nothing was damage. I was amazed nothing fell of the shelf or the wall since it was pretty strong quake at 5.9 on Richter scale. After the earthquake, we had Irene, the Hurricane. We were blessed again with only short of power for 12 hrs. while millions of people are still living with out power. I hope those people will get help soon so they can get back to their normal life again. I know this will not be the same for everyone, but we can only hope for the best. I prayer for all of those who are effected by Hurricane Irene.