The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 8 – sweater weather is here
I still don’t have jeans. I still desperately want jeans.
But unfortunately it’s starting to get a bit chilly, and what I really need more than jeans, are sweaters. Lots of cushy, cozy, warm sweaters.
So my quest for jeans is being put aside for the moment in favor of sweater knitting. Lots and lots of sweater knitting.
I’m this close to finishing my Versio sweater. Yay!
I’m almost done with a sweater I started three years ago. Double yay!
I started knitting a black lace weight sweater that’s a total nightmare to knit, but I know that I’ll love wearing. Half a yay?
Plus there’s the pile of half finished sweaters I’ve started through the years…
Also! I got my tripod – so I’m going to play around with taking garment photos – (yay! & eep! all at the same time).
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sweaters, shawls, and jeans
Each Wednesday I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
You can see all of the Wednesday posts here.
So I didn’t manage to completely finish two sweaters this week, which was my very relaxed “goal” from last week, but I did make a lot of progress.
If you follow my on instagram, you saw the massive pile of ends that I had to weave in on my Versio sweater, as well as my experiments with different colors of cording for the hems.
I ended up going with yellow and blue cording, now the sweater just needs to be washed, blocked, photographed, and worn. Yay!
My (hopefully perfect) transitional sweater has sleeves (!) and I have the zipper.
So now it’s just another pile of ends to weave in, before I can wash it, block it, insert the zipper and wear it!!!
I also started super basic black pullover out of a lace weight. It’s a nightmare to knit, but I know that I’ll get an amazing amount of wear out of it. So for now, I’m just trusting the process.
My shawl is about a repeat and a half away from being done!
I want jeans like there’s no tomorrow, but right now sweater knitting is coming first. I know that with tights and socks, I can wear my skirts for a couple more months without any problems, but I know that if I don’t get some sweaters done I’m going to hate myself in a week or two. Damn it self-made wardrobe! 🙂
The Self-Made Wardrobe Project Week 7
It’s the end of week 7, I’m writing this on Day 50, of the Self-Made Wardrobe project, and like last week, I just want some damn pants.
I’ve had a weird neck crick much of the week (probably from sleeping funny) so I haven’t gotten a whole lot of knitting or sewing done. However I did get the hardware (button, rivets, zip, etc.) I need. And I ripped open some of the seams of my experimental shorts, so I can futz with the fit, and then fix the pattern.
I also finished the knitting on my Versio sweater, and started working on an old unfinished sweater from years ago. But other than that things have been pretty quiet on garment making front.
