Rift and Sock
This is a sock from Knitpicks’s Socktacular. It has an eyelet rib pattern and an unusual heel. I’m also still working on the Market Jacket, and I have made the head of a stuffed bunny, but even so I have […]
Spoonflower order
I’m working on paying off my medical bills and saving up for a trip to Germany I hope to make in September, and therefore I have been avoiding spending money. I decided, though, after long thought, that I have to […]
DYW Spring 2022 Palette
Coral Rose is also in the Pantone palette for Spring 2022, so that lets me bring in the new coral yarns. And I do have some periwinkle yarn, so I currently have two fabrics and half a dozen coordinating yarn […]
DYW Palette Spring 2022
Looking back, I can see that I usually do some variant on blue and coral for spring, and gray and burgundy for fall. This year, I’m planning on Very Peri with Granite Green — or purple and green. Not blue […]
DYW: The Story
It’s Story time at DYW. I always have trouble with The Story in Design Your Wardrobe. I shouldn’t. That should be the easiest part for me: pick a few words that sum up the elements you notice in your inspiration […]
DYW Spring 2022
The Seamwork Design Your Wardrobe challenge begins today. I’ve been mulling over the plan for this year. I feel like I have plenty of clothes at this point. I also have lots of lovely fabric and yarn that needs to […]
BPV and spring colors
My Spoonflower order arrived, Coincidentally, I got an email ad showing this trio of colors: I resisted the temptation to order yarn, but I think this grouping of periwinkle, blue green, and gray will be my Spring 2022 DYW palette. […]
Sewing Patterns?
The Seamworks DYW doesn’t begin until February 28th but I’ve been contemplating it. I sorted through my sewing patterns and found that all but two of them are now too big. Off to Goodwill with them! I do have my […]
Sassafrass
#1 daughter and I went to a local winery to check it out as a wedding venue for #2 daughter. I wore Look #1 from my Labor Day sewing — the DYW 2021 Fall Collection. The winery had a lot […]
Living Room Week 2021
It is Living Room Week, and my living room needs a lot of attention. But it is also Labor Day Weekend, and I am determined to get my Fall Collection made. I sewed up the second pair of Miracle Pants […]