Jack Yan’s Neighborhood

bro didn't manage to take away my laptop to the place he is currently staying.guess he was really busy.

oh well, one week more to my first paper which is biology paper 2 - consisting of 4 structured questions and 3 essays.. yikes!~

for the pass few days, i have been trying hard to focus on my studies especially CHEMISTRY which i am weak in..but the study mood was not there!~argh!` the definitions and the formulas just couldn't get into my head.looks like i am gonna say bye bye to chemistry..拜拜！~ lolz!`

anyway, i manage to control my addiction towards the internet.i am onlining once a day.

and later today, i am going to catch a movie with my friends.. 2012! can't wait.

I decided to alter a beautiful lace pattern I found on ravelry to create a cowl for my grandmother.

I thought when I visit her December, it would be nice to bring a present, and a knitted gift will give me something to do on the train up to visit her. I thought we could spend the evening doing some knitting, and then I'll go back to London the following evening.

Here's the design so far:

Little Red Riding Cowl

she loves red so I bought the brightest, boldest red wool I could find.

The pattern seemed a little complicated at first because I couldn't figure out exactly which parts were the 'v' design and which were part of the scarf pattern the designer had chosen, but in the end I simplified it down to the basic 9 stitch repeat, which works out like this:

After casting on a multiple of 9, joining and and knitting the first row (if working in the round) or purling the first row (if working flat)

(k3, k2tog, YO, K4) repeat until end of row
purl entire row (knit, if working in the round)
K2, k2tog, YO, k1, YO, SSK, K2 until end of row
purl entire row (knit, if working in the round)
K1 k2tog, YO, K3, YO, SSK, k1 until end of row
purl entire row (knit, if working in the round)
knit entire row (knit, if working in the round)
purl entire row (knit, if working in the round)
repeat until desired length

I'll post when it's done! speaking of, my gryff scarf is almost complete but I usually remember to work on it after I'm already in bed, and as I need to confirm how much longer it needs to be by standing up, I end up working on something else instead. I have a pair of socks and my own cowl in angora to do before I leave Roma, as well as a few balls of left over wool I don't particularly want to carry home so I have a few things I can work on!

The more dogs I meet the harder it is for me to choose which breed I like the most!

This Old English Sheep Dogge could be one of three!

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The more dogs I meet the harder it is for me to choose which breed I like the most!

This Old English Sheep Dogge could be one of three!

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http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_2&listing_id=33539991

Oh come on - you know you want one.  You could even buy one for your special sweetie for Christmas or Valentine's day.  BAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously fellow voxers.....there are some genuinely fucked up people in the US of A. This one ought to be in therapy, or more to the point, in a nice quiet room all to himself with photos of Ronald Reagan covering the rubber tiles on the wall.