Category: sewing

  • the sweet smell of freedom..

    So I’m done school for the time being – until the 16th, when I start summer session four days a week. Ouch. In the meantime – finish the licorice cardi, or Phildar jacket, both only hours away from completion? Nah.

    I’m SO not in the mood for finishing work. The solution? A knit in the round tank, out of All Season’s Cotton, which shall be a fast knit with minimal finishing. Love it.

    Oh, and I made another skirt!

    Sorry for the lack of a modelled pic, but I’m not in the get-dressed-for-blog-pics mood. It’s the same pattern as last time (Butterick 3134, with modifications), but this time it was much, much faster to make, because it’s fresh in my mind what I need to be doing with it.

    Since there’s so little knitting content, let’s take a look at the 100% cotton batik fabric, shall we?

    One more thing…I know people are trying to subscribe on Bloglines, and my feed *still* isn’t beign recognized. Little help? Dani, could you maybe send me your rss2.php file so I can take a look and see if mine’s at all different?

  • she sews

    I finished this cute summery skirt.

    It’s 100% cotton. It’s unlined, so it’s very light and swingy! It was a pain in the ass though…ah well, I’ll know for next time – follow logic and not the pattern.

    I’ve also been knitting – doing the waist decreases on Soleil:

    Spinning, too – I started spinning up the dyed Wensleydale top. I think I might finally have gotten the drafting thing a little better, because this is quite a bit thinner and a bit more consistent than what I was getting before.

    Last but not least, I finished my first bag for sale!

    Both inner and outer material are 100% cotton, preshrunk. Outside a black and white fish print, inside purple check. The straps are 100% acrylic, but are flexible and soft like cotton. In the second pic, the bag’s holding 3 skeins 1 balls of yarn and isn’t even half full! Dimensions are approx 11″ x 4″ x 10″. Special intro price is $25 USD or $32 CDN which includes shipping! Email me if you’re interested – I take Paypal (balance transfer only) or personal check.

    I’ll be setting up a temporary page soon for this stuff, and I’m trying to get my new website up and running too! I’d better get to work!

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  • in craft up to my ears

    I’ve got so many things to do, and very many of them are crafty which makes me happy! Of course, there’s still that pesky exam next week, but…we won’t talk about that (don’t worry, I’ve got my schedule all set up and will be studying muchly – this exam’s worth 50%!).

    I received a Global Priority Mail box! It contained some yummy fiber.

    The white is a pound of Corriedale top which I’m planning to dye with Kool-aid when I have some time, and the light blue is Ingeo – corn fiber! It’s cooool, but I don’t want to mess it up so it’ll probably wait around for a little bit while I, you know, learn to spin better.

    I also got this handpainted Wensleydale top.

    As for the knitting, I seem to have been bitten by a bout of startitis. The Phildar Jacket looks like this…

    But I’ve started these:

    Soleil, out of the Madil All Seasons (I love lace!)…

    …and a cardigan out of black Cotton-Ease (I love you Cotton-ease!). It’s a raglan with kangaroo pockets and – my favourite part – both a knit-in hem at the bottom and a facing for the zipper at the front edges.

    So you can see I’ve got quite a few things to keep me busy – I’m also working on a springy skirt for myself, as well as bags to put up for sale. Also, I’m going to redesign and launch my own domain which will house the blog plus a little webshop – if anyone wants to offer their coding expertise, I would be ever so grateful! Oh, and I got a *great* deal on registering the domain, server space, etc. – less than $10 for a year! Email me if you’re interested in the deets.

    Happy Monday!