Weeee,this is fun....

Yay! I made my friends son this cool hat. I came home from school and just started loom knitting again. I looks like it has these cool blue and green swirls coming from the top.
Its time to try to "Learn to Knit cables on Looms". I think I am ready now. I have to read through the instructions and I will check on youtube if there is a video. That would be great. So lets see how my next hat turns out. I have to make one for my son Ibraheem. I think I am going to make another money bag for my friend Maryam. Go to go now.

I made a red hat.....

I loomed knitted this cute litte hat for my friends daughter. I finally made a brim. I didn't do it before,I was just do lazy. But it really adds a nice touch. I really like the color red.





I am currently working on another hat on the yellow kk long loom. One thing that I have been enjoying is using the little loom tool to e-wrap. It cuts time for me and I can knit even faster. Since three come in pack I was able to give some to my loom kntting friends. You really can't find looms or loom notions here is Egypt. I have to go and wake up the kids for school.

Mini scarf...

Here is the mini scarf I am making for my mom. Pretty easy. I am using size US 11 Bryspun needles. I really love these needles. They are so light weight and smooth.

Still Loom knitting...

It has been a week that I have posted but I am still making stuff. I had the pleasure of using my KK Corker and it was fun. I loom knitted a little money bag and I corked the strap. I am going to this shop to get a cool glass button for the flap. Next I loom knitted a hat for my husband from supper scrappy scraps. It came out really nice and he is happy!
I have to check and see what yarns I have left to use. I have a half way done crocheted poncho. This is the only project I will have to purchase new yarn to finish. So I guess I will make that my last project My daughter Sumi loom knitted a little pair of mittens. I will give these to my friend's little newborn to keep his hands warm at night. She used the In The Attic thumb loom.
Finally, I decided to give the hat that was for me to my mom. I can always make myself another one. I was knitting a little scarf to go with it but I was to tired to finish it in time. I will try to see if anyone else is leaving to the US so they can put it in the mail for me. My hubby left this morning to America, I am missing him too much already. I love you sugar.

I finished my wrist warmers. I didn't realize how cozy this yarn was. I love it. I had just bought 2 little skiens. I made these on the In the Attic purple mitten loom. I just don't know how to make a hole for the thumb. Maybe I will search for it today because I want to make my sons a pair. They always wear my old ones from last year. I want to make a sort of camouflage combination. I have to look in my scrap pile. On to the next project.

These are for me....

I bought this yarn and I just didn't know what to do with it so it ended up thrown in my yarn basket. I needed a new pair of fingerless mittens and already one is done. I love these colors.

Still Loomknitting.....

I just finished making these colorful fingerless gloves for my daughter. Made with the In the Attic small 18 peg purple loom. These were actually for me. While I was on my second one, she tried the first one and said, "OOh, can I have these?". Of course I said and I already have the scrap yarn I will dig up to make one for me. This yarn is almost done. Come to think of it, I have to make one more hat for my big boy, and maybe 3 more fingerless mittens for chilly mornings while waiting for the bus. I don't want to hear complaining about how come mom didn't make me a pair. Well anyway, on to the next scrappy project.

Mood:Stressed /Solution:Loom Knit like a Maniac!

This is going to be a nice warm one for me. Can you believe its to wear inside my flat when those nights get really chilly. I started to make myself some fingerless gloves. There are too colorful but again, it's using scrap yarn. I have to get rid of this yarn. It's been in this basket too long. I started making a granny square something and I am going to go around and around with all the little scrappy balls of yarn I have left. Who cares what it will look like. It will probably look like a mess but crocheted very neatly and I can sit and watch tv and be warm. So what.

You know, sometimes I feel I want to get in a car and drive. I miss my family.

Scrappy Hats, I'm addicted!

This one is for Sumaiyah!


This one is for Ameenah!


Whew, finished two hats with scrap yarn. Thankyou Barbie for modeling it! I have already started another one. I still have to make two more hats so everyone in the house will have one. This one is for me. HeeHee. I am thinking fingerless gloves next.

A hat for my little guy

It was fun loom knitting this simple hat. In the beginning I had made a huge pom pom. It was so funny, I had to get a scissor and trim it until it was just right. I am on my second hat now. I am digging out all this scrap yarn and making stuff with it.




I loomknitted "Lulu the loomknitted dolly". I forgot to stitch the mouth and bow. Doesn't her body look like a prescription pill? I found this pattern at "Bev's Country Cottage".

Ramadan is almost over....

It's been a while since I posted. I have had a long summer. It was so hot this August in Egypt that I was sweating standing still. I am so glad the summer is over finally. Now its getting breezy and its still very sunny. Ramadan is almost over and it has been a very enlighting month. Mostly all my friends came back from the UK from there summer vacations and children are starting school. I have been very busy teaching people how to loom knit this past summer. The craft shops don't sell looms or any new notions. I have only seen knitting needles and crochet hooks. My husband brought me some looms that I ordered over the internet to share and give to my friends. I crocheted one poncho and a loom knitted poncho, two hats and 2 pairs of mittens for my friend from France. I have to say it was fun loom knitting. I found it effortless. I am teaching my friend how to make a flat panel on the loom and she is loving it.

Mundillo (Lace Making)

I am from Moca, Puerto Rico. When the Spanish came to Puerto Rico they brought Lace Making with them, in spanish it's called "Mundillo". I remember as a young girl how my grandmother would make lace. She also did beautiful embroidery. At that time I didn't ask her how to do it, but now I want to learn how. My sister recently went to Puerto Rico in February. She went to the Museum of Mundillo "Lace Making" in our hometown Moca. She bought a Mundillo for me. I was so excited when I received it. She also bought an instructional manual all in spanish. Oh my, I can almost vision my grandmother busy twisting the sticks, which is what I used to say. Here is a nice pic. I promised my sister the first thing I make it will be for her. This is an incentive for me. A promise is a promise. I can't wait to get started.

In the process of moving...

Moving again, but still in the city of Rehab. I am happy, the apartment is only a 10 minute walk. So I am packing and getting everything ready. Well I got some new stuff and currently working on crocheting motifs. I am making a rug with my big red spool knitter. Hesitantly I am putting it all away until I get settled in my new place. By the way, I finished my tote bag. Had to, had to frog it half way, removed the strap and the pocket and made it into a small hand tote. I even added a lining so my stuff won't fall through the stithes. Love it so far.

Almost finished, (not yet)

I had originally made a strap for a tote, but after a days use I realized that it would stretch all the way to my knees so I had to undo the strap and make it into sling bag. My goodness, I can't believe how comfy my bag is. I made the strap wide and therefore I eliminated that sometimes annoying strap that digs into your shoulder and leaves a red mark when you are carrying books. I want to make a drawstring and a little button for the pocket. (After all this I realized I am not happy with a sling bag. It's not what I want, so I am frogging the strap and 1/4 of it to crochet 2 small handles then I hope I will be happy)

Needed a little color....

Went back to the yarn shop and bought the same yarn in olive, just one skien. Tucked everything into my knitting sack and hopped on the bus to school. I didn't forget my tiny helper "The Crochet Answer Book". While on the bus I added a little color to my bag. I think it looks nice. Now I have to figure out how I'm going to finish it. I wanted to make handles but I think it's too long now so maybe I will make a strap to create a sling bag. I bought some wooden purse handles. Like I know what to do with them? I will figure it out and try to search for some ideas.

New totebag for me!

I bought some nice yarn from Kulli Shae(Everything Store). I really love this yarn and its 50% wool. I started making a sack for me. I doubled the yarn and crocheting it with a k hook. It's coming along pretty well so far.

Important slipper heel link

I have found instructions on how to make a heel for slippers on a loom. I don't want to loose the instructions so I created the link and I can click the title and it will take me straight to the page. Duh! Did I need to tell myself that? Yes! Anyway, I haven't tackle this sadly to say but I am going for it this time. I want to make my hubby some slippers with a nice heel. The website is www.decoraccentsinc.com. I want to get myself a nice big Infinity Rake. Hoping hubby will get it for me before he comes home!!!!

Another throw2gether sweater

Hala and I made this sweater for her nephew. We were able to design it very easily. We had a lot of fun crocheting this. It only took us a week. It's cold in the evenings in Egypt so we wanted to make something very warm. We used N & J hooks and ofcourse tripled the yarn for fast results.


I am still going to school at the Nile Center in Nasr City. I am taking my final for the second level of arabic. Hopefully if I do well I will be in third level arabic. My reading has imporoved so much and I have learned so many words. But there is still so much to learn. I had to buy "Al-Mawrid" a huge 125 egyptian pounds. A big fat arabic-english dictionary. I needed major help with translation and this is helping me big time. My younger kids are all fluent in arabic now and are way ahead of me especially in conversation. So far, its all worth it!!

Throw together sweater

I have to say, I never crocheted or knitted a sweater. I really want to do one though. I have found an easy pattern that I can make for a small child. I hope to give it a try soon. But anyway, I am teaching a friend of mine how to crochet and loom knit. Its a shame my camera was not working at the time. She loomknitted slippers and a bag that was so colorful and pretty. She wanted to crochet her daughter a sweater. But I really am not skilled in this area at all. But I remember that Lion Brand had a free pattern for a baby sweater where you make 3 panels and stitch them together. So I told her to make three panels and we took her daughters measurements. She crocheted the panels and I stitched them together. Then I picked up stitches around the arm hole and crocheted in the round. LOL. I thought I was crazy. I made a rectangle and stitched one side and attached it to the neck and made a drawstring. Then she bought the buttons and I put them on and we created this little sweater. Not bad for something thrown together. I promise I will try to make one with a pattern but this was easy and fun too. Now she started to make one for her nephew in a different color and almost the same style. Lets see how it goes.

Amigurumi

My daughter crocheted this cute little giraffe for a gift. She is currently working on a turtle.