Laura Chau

Laura, a Chinese-Canadian woman, poses in front of a wooden fence. She’s wearing a mauve handknit lace cardigan, white tee and blue striped skirt.

Now available on Ravelry! The Blantyre cardigan is worked flat in pieces with sleeves knit in the round. Charts and row by row directions included. 10 sizes from 32-66” chest. ravel.me/blantyre-car...

Laura, a Chinese Canadian woman, stands in front of a weathered wood fence. She has her hands in the pockets of a blue and white striped skirt, and is wearing a white tee shirt and mauve handknit lace cardigan with 3/4 sleeves.

Coming Friday: the Blantyre cardigan pattern! A lovely lace cardigan with all over lace patterns and a v-neck. The body is knit flat in pieces and seamed before picking up to work the sleeves in the round. 10 sizes up to 66” chest.

A gingerbread-brown sweater in progress laying on a wooden floor. Both sleeves are on the needles. The lower body of the sweater is worked in perpendicular brioche stitch.

I should’ve striped in the different dye lot into the brioche section so I’d have enough of the original dye lot for the sleeves and bands. But am I willing to rip all that out? 🫣

Recently watched Future Man and although it’s quite vulgar/raunchy (produced by Seth Rogan) it was really good! Wolf is the best character by far.

I think I will be calling it Blantyre! I’m hoping to release this pattern in July.

We got a new AC and it is keeping things at a nice 24 inside. I won’t go outside though!

Laura, a Chinese-Canadian woman, wearing a mauve hand knit lace cardigan over a white t-shirt and striped blue skirt. She’s standing in her home studio with her hands in her pockets, looking down.

I need to take some proper pattern photos, but it’s just too hot!

Two dark pans on a stovetop with English muffins in progress. The ones on the back pan are browned and almost done, while the front ones are just getting going.

Making english muffins for the freezer!

Not really a Doctor Who finale spoiler: how did Mel’s hair do that, and how did she drive her scooter there?? Wacky. Very sad that 15 only got 2 short seasons.

Tried Indomie Mi Goreng today for the first time (somehow!) and it was very tasty. Kept it pretty simple with corn and edamame, and a fried egg.

Diagonal ribbed knitted lace in shades of gold, turquoise, plum.

Went to the Korean grocery for kimchi, gimbap, fried chicken and rice cakes. Now I think it’s time to sit on the couch and knit!

Balling =\= bawling!!!

Now the body chart only goes up to a 42” chest! Yeesh.

So it looks like Kotn has done away with XXL sizes? I’m sad, I love my t-shirt from there and was hoping to get a couple more.

That thing where I really want to start a new knitting project but all my yarns seem wrong.

Walked through The Bay yesterday to see what they had. Found a shirt I liked, but it was only 25% off and still over $40!

Laura, a Canadian woman of Chinese descent, standing in front of a bright paned window wearing a Perpendicular Pullover in teal and yellow stripes.

It’s been a WHILE since I last uploaded a new pattern, so I am thrilled to announce that PERPENDICULAR PULLOVER is now available on Ravelry!

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Underside of a glass bowl with red, purple, and blue Jello.

I made three layer Jello! I use less water so it’s firmer. Blue, purple, raspberry.

Howwww is it that Excel thinks everything is a date except for actual dates!!

A blue bowl of ruffle-y noodles with veggies.

Dinner: shallots, zucchini, tofu, cabbage, garlic, ginger, light and dark soy, sugar, shao xing wine, chili crisp, green onions, coriander, sesame seeds and oil, white pepper.

I have been to Service Ontario THREE times so far and not had any luck doing what I need to do. Fourth time’s a charm?

My dad is being discharged from the rehab hospital on Friday and will have a PSW every day. Renting a wheelchair so the floor needs to be clear! Kinda wish we had ever moved as a family so we’d get rid of stuff, ha. Instead it’s 40+ years of accumulation.

I just don’t understand how my mom is ok with having boxes of (non perishable) groceries on the floor instead of having places for it to go! Just keeps ordering with no place to put anything.

Got up to go to the bathroom and now I can’t get back to sleep because I keep thinking of how to unfuck my parents’ house. Spent yesterday getting a truckload out of the house but there is sooooo much stuff 😫😫

We bought some Chapman’s ice cream and while the flavour was good, the texture was too whipped and cotton candy-ish at regular freezer temp. Put it in the chest freezer and it’s much better!

Four knitted squares in different colours attached into a strip, with the edges on a circular needle. Background is a crochet chevron blanket.

Trying out a new idea 💡 lots of fun, if a bit fiddly!

I wish scoop neck tees would come back! All these crew necks strangle me (ie Old Navy vintage tee).

My yarn stash isn’t inspiring me. Maybe I need a field trip!

Laura is a Chinese Canadian woman wearing a yellow and teal handknit sweater with horizontal stripes on one half and vertical stripes on the other, with the colours inverted. She’s posing by a window with snow outside.

This week I have helped my dad move between hospital places TWICE, and had my first mammogram. It’s been a lot. But this sweater pattern is coming soon!

Just cast off a sweater. What should I knit next?!