Monday, September 19, 2016

Where is the sunlight!

I have moved here in this apartment 6 months ago, and since then I haven't taken a good photo of my knitting,  there is absolutely no sunlight in this apartment, I'm living in first floor surrounding buy high building on the west side, that's mean that there is no sun and no natural light,  I like my photos to be taken with natural light, I think it's the most beautiful pictures ever,  it seems to be that I have to set a place with white board and light to take my pictures from now on

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

rest from my sweater

I'm almost done with body ribbing for my sweater, but I took a few days rest coz I'v been sick for a few days now
my neck an shoulders muscles is hurting me, I had a flu plus been exposed to cold wind sometimes while wearing summer clothes in home and sweatting after house work , to me it's the main reason for muscles pain , so it's not just knitting
I want to finish it so much but in the same time don't wanna hurt myself more , so I'm knitting 3 or 4 rows every time, but I'm better now , can't wait to be fully ok from the flu and start keto diet , and be healthy all the time inshaallah 

Thursday, September 1, 2016

My actually first sweater


Hello everyone,  first I'm so sorry I know I haven't been written for long time,
All this time I wasn't knit a lot,  usually socks with slow process due to my hands pain, 
I have decided to start ketogenic diet so I can treat my nerves pain symptoms,
I'm having flu right now so I'll start keto after getting better
Now the important thing is that I have started my first decent sweater,  I had knitted three sweaters before
1: the first one was way before I understand how sweater fit and before my understanding of body measurement terms in English,  I write the pattern by myself and it was disaster,  too big cardigan with half sleeves (coz I ran out of yarn and keeped searching for it for three years after I knit it),  I was determined that I knit it all in one piece although I didn't have circle needles,  so I used 4 straight needles to knit it,  3 needles hold the stitches and 1 working needle  I know that was the stupid thing to do but I followed very bink knits video (without buying the pattern that knitted with much thinner yarn) 
This sweater was the beginning of my nerves pain,  it was too heavy on my hands and I couldn't see the brown yarn well so my neck was laying down all the time,  it's not good story,  never wearing it.
2: my second sweater also was my pattern,  simple drop shoulder sweater,  it acrylic  (before I understand the difference between yarns)  size was just fit in,  while it supposed to be with much more positive east, I had wear it couple times outside,  and now only wear it at home.
3: my third sweater was for my father,  body was good,  sleeves are too wide so I sew it and it was my first successful sweater I knit also by my pattern,  never sew the buttons in it, he told me that he want to choose the buttons by himself, I gived it to my father at my wedding day with a big kiss and thank you,  don't know if he had wearing it or not,  but I'm happy,  it takes my four years to finish it(again I ran out of yarn )
Now my first decent sweater it also my my writing instructions but it Karen Templer instructions
I can't be thankful more for her,  I'm so happy my the sweater progress till now,  my measurement it excellent and I'm about to finish the yoke now,  I pray that it came out nice
But the shocking thing is that I have found 100% wool yarn in Egypt  I almost can't believe it till now,  I went to a store never been before and asked the man there about a yarn that have the higher % of wool,  he said 100% wool??  I told him : yes if you have,  he gave me Himalayan Efsun yarn,  once I touch it I couldn't believe the label,  100% wool!!  Are you sure??  He said yes,  how much you have?  And colors??  I couldn't believe so I searched on ravelry and boom I found it ,  it’s so rough but still love it,  I'll go next month to buy as much as I can from the new stock he will have, while finally I have some money, I'm so happy  .



Wednesday, January 27, 2016

waffles mitts

workingon my new pattern (waffle mitts), it's so easy and fun to knit, finished left hand and knitting right hand now, although it's fun to knit I cant keep my mind away from knitting knee high sock coz of the weather , it's too cold and my legs are freezing, but I will fight this feeling and finishing this mitts firs also coz of the weather :))
yesterday I went to buy something and once I got out to the street my fingers went numb, I couldn't feel the coins in my hand, so I'll finish it first and moving to the the socks.
   

Sunday, July 5, 2015

First fingering sock

I finished my brother sock ( sock#6 ) at 3am and stayed up till (6:43am) to get a nice picture of it , it's my first fingering yarn sock and I'm still learning every day new trick πŸ˜€ 

Yarn is ontheround-spontaneous-sock-yarn ( thanks @Lauralie Haikin ) it's very beautiful yarn , I love it

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

When there is nice people on Earth

I'm extremly happy with three lovely ladies will sent sock yarn to me , I can't believe how lovely they are , and finally what I was doing in my whole life is reterned to me now , thanks god .
I have been nice and generous person my whole life , since I was four years old and taken care of my younger twins for 20 years , and helping friends and family and strange people ( don't mean to brags ) but I never get anything back , always get harm from people and always people said that I'm naive and stupid and people take advantage of this, And didn't mind that until two years ago , and I start not let any one get advantage me .

Now I get pay back , and can't stop crying from happenes , I'm so happy 
Thankd ladies : lauralie Haikin , Anne Grieve and Danialle Nabozny  
Thanks so much for your gifts 
Got bless you 

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

First socks in progress

Can't sleep , knitting in bed , my first socks , that's two days work , just finished the gusset decrease and continue with the foot for few row till I fall in sleep , really liked the yarn so much and the color too , didn't like the magic loop , prefer DPN 8" , going tomorrow to store to buy it I hope I could found size 3.5mm , wish me luck


Friday, May 15, 2015

Jarbo sock yarn in Egypt


I can't believe it , I actually found sock yarn in Egypt πŸ™ŠπŸ™Š , the seller and the store owner are ignorant , I almost had heard attack every time I touch acrylic 😁, and I can not describe the look on their faces when I asked if there is another yarn 75%wool 25% nylon , it was like I speak hieroglyphsπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ ,Thank god they let me go around and read labels on each yarn in the store , I'm so hungry for knitting socks , if I liked the yarn I will go back and purchase the remaining 6 skein (from the same color, I have no choice) and knit different patterns , wish me luck with this yarn


I started the first ankle sock.  Ans I love it allready , the color and the yarn 

I went to the store and bought all the 7 skien in the store ( from the same color ) and planning to testing in dyeing 

Oh I love wool so much  

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Kitchener stitch

You should understand it and then it will be incredible easy , basically every stitch must have knit and purl stitch in it , so the front needle have purl then knit , the back needle have knit then purl , so the first two stitches FN purl and leave it and BN knit and leave it , then start your repeat , FN knit off needle and purl the next and leave it , BN purl off the needle and knit the next abd leave it ( knit off purl , purl off knit) and the last two stitches , FN knit off, BN purl off , once you understand the concept you will never look to the instructions and just do it while watching TV     

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Addicted to knitting socks

It's facebook group name and it's 100% right , once you knit socks you can't stop

I'm just knitted one socks and i'm addicted already , don't have enough yarn for the second pair and don't have any socks yarn or dk yarn , but can't Handle not knitting so I picked up aran yarn and will write a new pattern and knit it , look to those balls it's make me so proud that I can wind it like this just by my hand  


Friday, April 3, 2015

Be strong

I will be strong , workout hard , get more mussels and get butter arm and shoulder  
And get back to knitting and never get sick again 
Go and workout and never stop again , never

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Why knitting?

It's my passion
It's pure creation
Making something from scratch, literally from scratch .
Goes from A to Z in one big single step
And , ta tah ... You are a super hero ;)

It's knitting

Weasted time

For the first time in my life , I actually HAVE free time with no serve to do ,  I wish I could knit , I could have knit at least 3 sweaters by now.

Monday, February 23, 2015

End the conversation

Finally I learned when to shut up and stop talking, if they didn't got it the first 200 times, they won't get it now

said to knitters ever

OMG
I finally found it
it is the most hilarious video EVER

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Learning Korean

When you learn a language that you actually love by your self (no academic forcing)
It became so FUN
no matter how hard it is or that you can't memories word spelling 
No thing will stop you
And you will remember everything so easily 

Korean and ridiculous easy
So so easy
I LOVE IT   

Friday, January 16, 2015

Monday, December 29, 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014

Dreaming with wool

Today I dreamed about YARN
My dream was about buying new yarn , a lot of wool for sleppers and some cotton for dishcloth 
And when I got home I was so excited to knit with it but I calm myself dawn and said ( soon your hand will be fine and knit again )
Oh I want to knit
I need to knit

Monday, December 22, 2014

Knitting for life

https://www.facebook.com/KnitandStitchCollection/posts/415702451918354:0

Yes ans yes and yes

I infected by cervical spondylosis  because of looking down all the time so I stopped knitting 9 months two times during two years , I spend those months just like pregnancy , nervous all the time, angry ,moody , knitting is joyful and the most relax thing in the world, I treat by physiotherapy now and will never not stop knitting again