Tutorial : Book Cover

Pengen bukunya lebih rapi dan gak gampang kotor ? mungkin jaman dulu bisa disampul pake kertas atau plastic, tapi kenapa nggak kita salurkan kreativitas kita ke buku buku kesayangan kita ?

Berikut ini adalah tutorial untuk cover Al-Qur’an ukuran 6’ x 9’. Biasanya temen temen yang pulang haji selalu dapat pembagian Al-Qur’an ini.

Alat dan Bahan yang diperlukan :

- Kain perca macam macam motif (B)
Potong : 2,5’ x 4,5’ --- 10 buah

- Kain motif potong 8,5’ x 19’ --- 1 buah (A)
- Kain lapis potong 8,5’ x 19’ ---- I buah
- Benang sewarna kain

Cara membuat :

- Sambung kain perca motif (B)
- Jahit dengan kain (A)
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- Setrika kain lapis dibawah kain ini.
- Lipat sisi kiri dan kanan (2’) atau sesuai ukuran buku dan jahit seperti gambar


- Balikkan dan siap digunakan


Boleh juga ditambahkan book mark dengan cara dijahitkan ditengah lapisan dalam.

Selamat mencoba….

Slip-Stitch Texture

Another stitch to learn....

After reading Interweave Magazine Winter edition, I tried to learn this technique.

The above picture is just the simple and easiest woven pattern given.

and it is so simple, you just have to know about knit and purl and wyf (with yarn in front) and how to slip.... easy 'innit ?

And this second pattern is still using slip stitch tehnique but you need to slip the yarn a bit longer, and insert the needle under this loose strand and knit to next stitch.

It's fun to learn something new, you want to try ? please email me ....

Woven Pattern on Net Stitch

I just learnt this stitch, woven pattern on net stitch.

I learnt it from this book , it's quite easy to do it.

First you have to prepare basic net, it's just using dc and ch like the picture above.

Next you have to make chain in the square and over the chain space. Do it loosely to keep work flat.

In the book is only one chain in a square but it's look to tight for mine so I made 2 chains in a square and a chain over the ch space.

The result is like this (RS)

And this is the wong side

I thinks better to use the contras colour so you can see the horisontal and vertical stripe clearly. Mine is not to clear since I use blend colour in the same tone with the plain one.

Soto Padang

December 'Masak Bareng YUk ' event is Soto Padang.

I don't remember when was the last time I have this menu, maybe since 1993 when I visited Bukit Tinggi. It's just I prefer Soto ayam or Soto Lamongan better than this.

Actually I am not sure if this is the correct soto Padang. But I got the recipe from "Seri Masak Femina PRIMARASA" so I am a bit confident to post this.

Here is the recipe (I copied from the book)

SOTO PADANG

Ingredients :

400 gram beef

2000 ml water

1 tsp salt

5 kaffir lime leave

2 lemongrass

2 salam leaves

1 1/2 cm ginger

1 cm galangal

1/2 nutmeg, 5 cloves, 5 cm cinamon

spring onion

glass noodles (I don't use it)

Potatoes - boiled and dice

fried shallot, and shrimp crackers

Ground spices : 10 shallot, 4 garlic, 2 chilies, 1 cm turmeric, salt and pepper to taste

Method :

Boil beef with salt, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, salam leavs, ginger, galangal, nutmeg, cloves, and cinamon until tender.

Slice the beef thinly and fried until crispy ( I cheated --- I used ready made crispy beff from Pelita Nasi Padang)

Fry the ground spice until fragrant and add to the stock.

Add spring onion and serve hot.

I serve it with rice cube and this 'kampung crackers' since I can not find the 'kerupuk merah'

Enjoy...

Blue baby hat

This blue baby hat was made for one of my friend who just has a baby girl.

I plan to make a pair of booties to comlete it.

It's just simle crochet with sc, dc and shell stitch, using 'Four Season - Cotton quick' yarn in blue and blend colour, and hook no 4.

Update : the booties finished, using Indonesian Cotton Thread blue and white, and hook no 4

The pattern is from Thata's book second edition, Crochet for Baby.

For those who wants to know more about the thread and other Indonesian yarn please email me.