Buzzy CrocKnit

My Online Shop

risna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:35:28 +0000

Since I fell in love with needle and yarn, I’ve been wanting to have a store with many yarns and needles in it.. Well.. finally I started an online shop with my friend. Our main target customers is in Indonesia. My Friend is also a yarn lover, she started playing with needle and yarn almost [...]

Coasters using Mali Dokmai Stitch

risna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:56:24 +0000

Yesterday one of the Crochet Partners member asked about Thai Crochet Stitch. I remember that I learned that stitch from my masseuse. But I just realized that the shape of the flower was different. The one that was uploaded in Crochet Partners have 4 rays while the one that I learned before has 6 rays. [...]

Sewing shirt (again)

risna — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:39:47 +0000

I’ve finished sewing a shirt for me. I started this shirt last week in the Elvira sewing course and continued it at home by myself. The original pattern (from an old magazine) was using buttons and doesn’t have any darts for shaping. Actually the pattern is not for my size. I asked my teacher to [...]

Dress shirt and Trousers

risna — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:22:53 +0000

I learned to sew a dress shirt lately. I thought it would be easy since I’ve sewn a few pajamas shirts. It appears it’s not as easy as I thought. I learned to make the shirt with french seams so it looks more neat inside. Attaching the collar and the cuff was also another [...]

Sewing Pajamas – Trousers

risna — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:43 +0000

Kemarin malam jahit piyama buat Joe lagi, kali ini pilih yang mudah dulu, jahit celananya. Berhubung beberapa teman (dan sepupu) yang mulai menjahit juga pada ga percaya mudahnya bikin celana piyama, kemarin sempet-sempetin deh sambil difoto. Bagian mengguntingnya ga difoto karena dilakukan malam sebelumnya. Mudah-mudahan waktu menjahit bagian blus nya juga ga lupa untuk foto-foto [...]

Knitted Bobble Scarf

risna — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:53:32 +0000

Finally, I started to knit again. My friend shared some knit patterns on her facebook and I can’t resist the temptation to knit again. I need a new scarf, not a thick one but warm and have style to use at the office. I decide to learn new things this time. I choose this pattern [...]

More on Sewing Experiments

risna — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:08:01 +0000

The problem with many hobbies with limited time is I always wanted to make things but sometimes I don’t have the time to finish it immediately nor to update it on my blog. Well I don’t want to give too many excuses for my laziness to update my blog. I don’t know what to [...]

Crocus Doily in Red

risna — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:12:23 +0000

Finally I finished this doily. It took me months to made this. A lot of other things distracted me. I cannot remember when I really started this project, but I remember queued this doily on Ravelry since December last year. As this is an exchange doily (which I already received the exchanged since last year), [...]

Block of A Month Ravelry

risna — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:45:54 +0000

My sewing machines has been distracted me from my hooks and yarns, but I’m glad I joined a group crochet block a month cal in ravelry. I made these squares in the January and February. Actually the rule of the group only ask to choose 1 square per month, but since all the offers looks [...]

Sewing Experiments

risna — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:30:49 +0000

After my first trial with quilting, I thought I need to make something easier than quilting. It was fun to do quilt project, but I don’t want to spend hours with the sewing machine just to cut and sew some fabrics. Joe and I need new pajamas, so I decided to make pajamas for us. [...]