Category Archive:   Craft & Art


Before we went to Jindabyne, there were a couple of days really cold and wet. Our neighbour’s 12 months old boy was wearing his beanie already. Then I went through Vivian’s wardrobeto try to find a hat, the only hat I found was a beret that I knitted for her when I was pregnant. The [...]

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I love knitting baby bootees. They are quick to knit up and fun to make. You never get bored with doing them because in one tiny pair of bootees, there are so many knitting techniques you could use, from basic increasing, decreasing, k2tog, to fair isle, short rows turning. And they are so cute, even [...]

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按理说,我现在的生活是不大可能有时间鼓捣什么绣花的。每日虽算不上完全是披头散发、衣冠不整、忙乱不堪,但也基本上处于完全被这个小人儿给占据得没有任何其它时间了。好在这几个月有我妈在,所以我就乘着所有可利用的间歇,今天绣两针,明天绣两针。

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Officially I am on my leave now. I was told by a lot of people and books related to pregnancy to make best used of this period of time to get plenty of rest before the crazy time eventually comes. However, nothing really made a difference on who I am. I am just being very [...]

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An acquaintance of mine at the work went to a conference in Adelaide and brought back a pack of worry dolls. Those little dolls are probably made of tooth picks as structures and wrapped with knitting yarn. They are so tiny and cute that I couldn’t help falling love with them. Then I was told [...]

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Seriously, I think the last time when I did paper cutting was probably back to my primary school days, given it’s in a country where paper cutting has such a rich tradition. I really don’t think I had two crafty hands at that moment, which probably explaines why I didn’t develop a passion on paper [...]

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