My first machine knitting pattern published!

I am so excited that my first machine knitted project is finally published for sale after been tested by my Ravelry friends. It is called Somewhere Over The Rainbow, a cowl knitted with my own hand painted yarn in long colour repeats. I want to thank my testers Dana, Liz and Cindy for their lovely work and time. Most importantly, my heartfelt thanks to Sandy who has taught me to write up a simple and easy to follow instruction. It was with her help and encouragement that I have decided to give it a try. Hope you like it!

Available on Ravelry: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Crusty Capelet

Crusty Capelet
Originally uploaded by patriciatph
Another project on my machine and going to publish the instructions as well!

Dreampassion.etsy.com SALE!!

My apologies for not been blogging for a long long time. Hmm...almost 3 months ago! Life has been rather busy after setting up my etsy store. I have been knitting though and completed a few projects. Let me see....these three projects are knitted with my own hand painted yarns:

Travelling Woman using Pretty In Pink, a wool/nylon fingering weight yarn dyed using the layering method in the oven.

Raspberry Scarf, a 100% pure bamboo dk weight yarn.

Amaranth Darkside Cowl, 100% wool worsted weight yarn.

I just love to knit these little gifts for babies and children :

Burnt Orange Owlie, also using my own hand dyed yarn.

A cute lilac head band modified smaller from Ropes and Ladders for little Celestine.

Wurm, using two kinds of cotton yarn to create this effect for my nephew who just loves blue!

And finally, Sun and Sand using Malabrigo Silky Merino Yarn in Sand.  This is my own design and I am thinking of writing up this pattern for sale.  It is a top down short sleeve cardigan that has a front button.  What do you think of this idea?  Do you like it?

Oh I almost forgot! I am suppose to tell you of my store wide sale. Starting today, I am having a 10% store wide sale on all items.  Hurry! Don't miss it!  Just 10 minutes after I have posted my sale, one item has been sold. It is my favourite long colour repeat yarn Bell Pepper which I actually can't bear to part with. Well, that is a good start! :)

I am back!

You must be wondering why I have not blogged for so long. Well, to cut long story short, I was not feeling well for almost a month. I lost 80% hearing in my right ear somewhere in late January this year. You may think that loosing hearing on one side is not a big problem since I still have my left ear. It is not that simple because there was this very disturbing loud noise I hear on my right ear. So I actually can hardly hear. I couldn't eat or sleep and lost a lot of weight. Doctor couldn't explain the reason for the sudden loss of hearing. Life was totally upside down and I felt so helpless and lost. Didn't know how to live the rest of my life. I was hospitalised twice and I all I can do was to pray hard. One day, I heard my phone ringing so I automatically used my right ear to hear. I could hear my husband talking to me! My hearing is back, thank God!

I am back with my knitting again and have completed these projects:

My first project is Liesl.


This is Duet by Linda Wilgus from Knitty.com.  Yarn and buttons are gifted by Nikki and Karin. Thank you ladies! :)

My own design that I call Sonata after the name of yarn which is Elann's Sonata Pink Pearly. At first I thought that lace weight yarn would be perfect for the flounces, but I  found out that dk weight work as well too.Love how it turned out!:)


This is an earlier project that I designed myself too. Saw this beautiful cable stitch pattern from a stitch library and simply fell in love with it.  The name is of course none other than Cables, Cables, Cables which explains it all!  Yarn used is Rowan 4 ply soft in Bright Rose and buttons are made from key rings. 
This is a pretty and cute hat for Candy's niece called Lacy Girly.  Modified to add bow instead of ribbon which I feel is more practical for a new born baby.

And, my latest design is Autumn Leaves knitted from my spindle spun and hand dyed yarn.  This is a simple and easy knit that will bring out the beauty of hand dyed yarns.  I love the wavy effect of the scarf.  If you like it, these are the instructions:

Yarn weight : Fingering
Yardage : 245 - 248 metres
Gauge :  7 stitches and 8 rows = 1 inch in stockinette stitch
Needle : 3.5 mm

Cast on 28 stitches.
Knit 3 rows.
Row 1 : Sl 1, knit 1,* k2tog, yo*; repeat * * 3 more times, knit 8, repeat * *  4 times, knit 2.
Row 2 : Sl 1, knit 1, purl to the last two stitches, knit 2.
Rows 3 to 12, repeat rows 1 and 2.
Row 13 : Knit 10, *yo, skp*, repeat * * 3 more times, knit 10.
Row 14 : Sl 1, knit 1, purl to the last two stitches, knit 2.
Rows 15 to 24, repeat rows 13 and 14.

Repeat Rows 1 to 24 till end of scarf but when you come to the last row of scarf, do not repeat last row of pattern.
Knit 3 rows and bind off.

Wet block and gift it to someone you love! :)

Cabled Cowl

I saw this beautiful cowl from Elaine's blog and cannot stop myself from knitting it. The actual pattern calls for an aran weight yarn but I am using Dream In Color Smooshy Blue Lagoon which is a fingering weight. Needless to say, my cowl is much smaller and it is short of 6 rows. The circumference is 31" and the length is 10".





I use a 5.0 mm circular needle for the whole cowl and cast on 228 stitches using the cable cast on method. Cast off using p2tog, slip stitch back to the left needle and repeat till the end for a stretchy edge. This is my first cowl and also my first Dream In Color yarn. I just love the subtle colour variation of the yarn and it is so soft and fun to knit too.

Wish that I had bought 2 hanks instead of one, then I would have a bigger cowl!