an almost finished sweater, and an experiment in sewing jeans
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I finished the body and sleeves of my Versio sweater the other day, and started on the hood last night. Maybe I can finish the hood in a day or two?
My first experiment sewing jeans happened last Thursday.
The conclusion: it could have gone (a lot) worse.
And that’s what I’ve been working on knitting & sewing wise.
There’s been some writing – about sweaters that morph as you’re knitting them, and asking what mistakes you can live with.
Some editing – The Self-Made Wardrobe Project page got an update, and so did the about page.
Some thinking – I’m working on a wrap up post for the first month of the self-made wardrobe, but the words that say what I’m trying to say are proving somewhat elusive.
But mostly, I’m hoping to finish up the hood of my sweater so I can come back to knitting my lace shawl, and some of my old sweater works in progress.
(I’m still amazed that I have 5 sweaters in progress… how the hell did that happen?)
sweater weather, rainstorms, and a sassy-tinkerbell-mug
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I cut the waistband & hem band to the skirt I was working on last week, while catching up on podcasts. Then attached them Thursday morning, before wearing it for the rest of the day. You can see the finished skirt in last Friday’s Self-Made Wardrobe update.
The solo lace shawl of my needles is getting worked on, but I need to remember to set myself time to work on it. Otherwise I’d just keep knitting my sweater.
I did end up running out of the black Forest Hills yarn I’m using in my Versio sweater, and had to pick up another ball. But this time I’m remembering to wind it before trying to knit from both ends of the skein.
The beginning of fall mean the return of sweater knitting weather (yay!) and drinking tea from my sassy-Tinkerbell-mug. Although August is throwing us a swelter-y farewell, complete with rainstorms and humidity.
I love the fabric you get when you hold multiple strands of lace weight yarn together. The fabric is soft and supple, but you can use a larger needle than you normally would for lace weight yarns. It’s a technique I call for in the Xylia, Yuki, and Idril, to create interesting stockinette shawl that don’t take an age and a half to knit.
a skirt, a shawl, a sweater, and a dress
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
I added another 10 rows or so to the lace shawl I’m knitting out of Julie Asseline’s beautiful “Merletto” lace weight yarn.
I got through the the striped section of the first sleeve on my Versio Sweater.
I was planning on working both sleeves simultaneously, by finishing a stripe on one sleeve, then working that same stripe on the second sleeve. But when it came down to it, I went the route that gave me fewer ends to weave in…
I’m working on a pleated skirt for The Self-Made Wardrobe Project. I absolutely adore the idea, but I’m hoping it doesn’t look too much like a tablecloth.
And I spent about 9 hours this weekend putting my latest jersey wrap dress through the rigors of train travel and it held up beautifully.
