Thursday, March 28, 2013

The GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY

Good.

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Bad. Penciled in the motif every scallop.  Much more embroidery to go. IMG_0831 (1280x853) 

The UGLY.  I have two daughters!?! Actually it’s hard to call all these little pieces ugly.  Let’s go with VERY VERY BAD given our countdown to Easter.IMG_0832 (1280x853)

Break over.  Sewing must resume.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Front Inset

Lu’s inset it smocked, to be blocked and set.  Onto the second.

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Scallops

In the time it takes a person to make a whole dress I was able to accomplish the hem of—wait for it—of an apron.  Good grief these dresses.  There is a serious discrepancy with the amount of time left before Easter and the amount of sewing, smocking, applique, and embroidery I have left. 

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Night-Knit-Sew

I used a traslation from a French pattern that was not very helpful but by miracle the dress turned out.  I made it as a stashbusting play dress but it turned out more sweet than I anticipated.  I’m excited to make some more.  I think I can adapt this one to be a very versatile pattern.  It is sized for Lu.  

IMG_0641 (830x1280)The yarn is Rowan Calmer. It was left over from my Fifi project years ago.  The Fifi shows the color more accurately.  I need to grab a better photo of the dress.  More specifics can be found at my Ravelry page. 100_5625

Night-Knit

I enjoyed knitting the infinity scarf for my friend so much I looked through my stash.  In the years I’ve taken off knitting my style has changed some and the stash items don’t make as much sense as they did when I originally bought them.  This is Malabrigo Worsted, Applewood.  I only had one skein, intending at the time of purchase to make a cozy little sweater for my new baby… who turns three soon.  I jumped on Ravelry and paired this pattern with the lonely skein.  Ravelry has grown since I dropped knitting and it is amazing the volumes of information available.  The pattern is A Noble Cowl by Emily Kausalik.  No revisions.  It is perfect for the cold winter we’re having. 

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