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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.
I am so proud of myself, I mean the shirt itself is no where near perfect, but it is wearable, just about!
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
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.
I made a few silly mistakes with the fair isle pattern, but for a first attempt I think I did pretty well.
I have to be honest I didn't knit it all in continental style as I had intend...
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another short sleeved sweater for me ::
Posted by vicki brown on
so as I said, new knitting skills require practice and well, what perfect excuse to knit myself a new sweater.
I saw this beautiful Katia Peru yarn in my local yarn store a few weeks ago and fell in love with it. It's super chunky and soft and I imagine it will be oh so warm too.
I found a fabulous book of fair isle in the charity shop this week, it has some really interesting history of the...
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stylish dress book ::
Posted by vicki brown on
this arrived in the post for me yesterday. I'm hoping to make myself a dress to wear to my cousins wedding in April. Inspired by this lady's beautiful creations, I feel in love with this book.
It's truly beautiful and I can't wait to get started, however I can't help but feel I was perhaps a little too ambitious, seeing as I have never made a dress before and can't read japanese!
Before I even...
owls for me ::
Posted by vicki brown on
I was asked to knit something for a twitter friend. I've never been asked to knit something for someone before (normally I just inflict my creations on others) so I was hugely flattered.
The pattern in question was owls by Kate Davies. I had never heard of Kate Davies and her blog needled before, but my am I glad I now have, she has some beautiful patterns! I completely adore these gorgeous pa...