A LITTLE SEWING
I finally managed to get back to my cowl front pattern alteration experiment. I am very pleased with the final result. It took me quite a long time to get the sleeve cap to align to the top of my shoulder and actually fit into the armscye. I tweaked here, I tweaked there. I was a tweaking maniac. Then there was taking things in, getting the underarm seam to be just right so that when I raised my arms I could well, raise my arms. I am liking working with knits a lot. They are not at all like what I produce with needles and yarn but still, they are a great addition to one's wardrobe.
I ended up with several, not quite perfect attempts that are fine for wandering around the house in and a pattern that can be cut out and sewn up in an afternoon producing a lovely top. I stockpiled my attempts so I could switch my serger over to its cover stitch function. (Note to self: Never buy a combined machine again, just way too much trouble changing plates out.) I ended up spending an enormous amount of time getting the sucker to work properly. I mean and eNORmouS amount of time. But in the end it worked. I can be amazingly stubborn as anyone who has spent any time around me can attest.
Next up on my sewing agenda was Sobretto, a free pattern from Colette Patterns. It's a super easy pattern that you download and print out. Then you trim and tape the pieces together. If you are a beginning sewer this is a perfect pattern to make up. All of two pieces, no closures to fiddle with because you use bias tape for the neck and arm openings. It's a pattern that can be gussied up as desired. I did a muslin and thought the armscye gaped more than I liked and the back neckline was a bit lower than desired so I whipped out my French curve, some tape, and tissue paper. Voila! A much better fit.
We finally had a decent storm come through and give us some much needed rain. Not enough, it's going to be a long and hot summer but it was great. At the height of the storm our propane delivery truck drove up, topped off our tank (country people have great big tanks of propane) and promptly got stuck. Absolutely and totally wedged against one of our oak trees.
Four hours and four men working in the pouring rain. Two two trucks (the first tow truck got stuck TWICE). I haven't had such an amusing morning in ages. I got to stay indoors taking photos in between sewing. Our driveway was severely chewed up and the tree took a very nasty gash. The company responsible has already been out with an arborist and a man who will bring a tractor and a heck of a lot of dirt and make things all better again. I assume the tree will live long and prosper though somewhat scarred.
I always enjoying seeing a hint of what creatures wander around during the night. Tracks of who knows what. Probably a loose dog and something much smaller, I don't think it's our cats.
There has been knitting. I may actually finish my Knotty Gloves which will end up being fingerless gloves. I chose my yarn, Koigu's Kersti based on color so I have 44 stitches cast on, not the 60 the pattern calls for. It's driving me nuts trying to get the thumb gusset in the right place. The gloves are way too long in the wrist. I could unravel them and them and then bind off. It wold be a lot of work. I am pretty tired of this project. Tired. Seriously Tired.
I also knit the sleeve of Samsara using some pink Fleece Artist/Scotian Silk and as feared the whole thing bloomed after blocking a huge 2" all around. What to do what to do. It's a lot harder to knit from stash than I had thought.
posted by Earin Marybird @ 2:27 PM
1 Comments:
Congratulations on your sewing triumphs. Your very own cowl pattern - how wonderful! Sobretto looks very nice also.
And not a hint of black or white in the lot. Who'd have thought?
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