The Handiworks: Knitting and crochet in Singapore

When Katherine decided to join us, she did it with trepidation. It's not due to fear of the unknown, as she has been knitting for 2 years. But rather, she felt uncomfortable doing a transition from her ex-knitting instructor to us. So she's requested not to be photographed in person. The Singapore knitting market is so small that almost all the instructors do know of each others' presence. While some do get territorial with their customers; here at The Handiworks, we embrace an open at

Our uniform knitting adventure

Published on 2012-01-30 23:00:00

If you have been following the other blog, you would know that the resident enabler aka Emy ("moi") loves to knit and crochet.That said, often the customers who come for their lessons get the first hand updates and access to the latest WIPs on my needles.And once in a blue moon, there'll be a project I am working on that gets everyone excited and then we'll get a mini KAL or CAL going.Let us show you the creations of our customers.Recognize these?The above FOs are knitted by Jenny and&

Great modelled capelet shawl

Published on 2012-01-16 20:00:00

Photography is not a strength of ours. Want proof?Here are some photos one of our customers have taken of their own FOs (which I have reproduced here with permission).See how real human modelling makes a whole world of difference?Chai Bee's really good with photography! In fact, the above shows the true color of the yarn which I haven't been able to capture.You can compare these to the ones I have taken.Here's how the original pattern looks like.More details of the project are posted here.******

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