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Cardi in 4 days? Day 4 :: Complete ::

Posted by Unknown on

I did it! With a little last minute crochet on the train and some late night weaving in and button sewing, I finished the cardi, though it's probably more of a shrug. I even made the buttons myself, with a little help from the toddler.

I made it a lot shorter than I intended, not just because of the tight deadline (promise), but also because the dress had such a high waist band, I thought it...

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Cardi in 4 days? Day 4 :: Complete ::

Posted by vicki brown on

I did it! With a little last minute crochet on the train and some late night weaving in and button sewing, I finished the cardi, though it's probably more of a shrug. I even made the buttons myself, with a little help from the toddler.

I made it a lot shorter than I intended, not just because of the tight deadline (promise), but also because the dress had such a high waist band, I thought it...

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Cardi in 4 days? Day 2 ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Almost finished with the bottom now :)

Cardi in 4 days? Day 2 progress :

In fact depending on how I go it may be finished, as on trying it on with the dress it stops perfectly at the waist. Although I am concerened that it flares out a little too much. So I'm going to work on the sleeves today and if I get them done in time I may even frog the bottom and make it a little less flouncy, you know because I haven't given myself a tight...

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Posted by vicki brown on

I did it!  I stitched together my first garment from a pattern and in Japanese at that.


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I am so proud of myself, I mean the shirt itself is no where near perfect, but it is wearable, just about!


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I decided that I should start with something reasonably simple looking and that wouldn't require too much fabric and I only used an old sheet. That way if it did go terribly wrong I wouldn't have ruined some...

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mustard hearts for me ::

Posted by vicki brown on

mustard hearts for me ::


 


my newest short sleeved sweater is finished!  It still needs blocking (which I'm really hoping will give it a bit more length as it's a teeny bit short) but otherwise it's all finished and I'm quite in love with it.


mustard hearts for me ::


I made a few silly mistakes with the fair isle pattern, but for a first attempt I think I did pretty well.


mustard hearts for me ::


mustard hearts for me ::


I have to be honest I didn't knit it all in continental style as I had intend...

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