Pocketses
So look I'll be honest. Making the pocket for this takes about as much time as making the skirt and waistband combined. It's not that it's hard, it's that it's three pieces, all of which are curvy, all of which have to fit together just right, and some of which require a bit of industrious ironing. I've made a couple of these skirts without the pocket. And it's absolutely faster and simpler to do it that way! But I also think 'god damn it, why didn't I put a pocket in this' every single time I wear those skirts. So [...]
Industrious
Sunday was for sewing, and I plowed through this in record time. I put these together with something sort of half way between a french seam and a felled seam. Do not yell at me, I'm not completely sure on the differences between the two, and I'm likely doing a slightly wrong version of both, but I love how it comes out. I even broke out the fancy super thick gold thread meant for denim for the top stitching. I'm using the selvedge at the bottom of the skirt both to show it off and so I don't have to [...]
Speedrunning a skirt
On Saturday afternoon, I decided, for reasons probably known to someone but certainly not to me, that I absolutely had to make a skirt over the long weekend. Step one was dragging out the suitable candidates from the fabric pile. Then narrowing them down (the light colored plaid is a lovely silk and linen that is better suited to warm weather, as is the floral, I'm considering lining the purple one and don't have the fabric for that yet). That left two contenders, both of which I absolutely want to have available to wear this fall and winter. But the [...]
Monthly Reminder
Hey folks, let's talk about jury nullification!* Jury nullification is when someone on a jury says 'yup, the defendant totally did what they're accused of, but holy fuck that's a shitty law, so I'm going to find them not guilty anyway.'** And then they keep saying not guilty as long as it takes. And then the defendant doesn't get punished for doing something that shouldn't be illegal in the first place. This comes in handy if, say, someone is in trouble for something like ending their own pregnancy or helping someone else end theirs (or for opposing the actions of [...]
Messy ends
Ok I know. I know that this looks like nothing so much as a pile of messy ends and poor choices. And that may well prove to be the case! But I think that if we tidy things up a bit and give it a bit of structure, we might well end up with something rather more presentable. And yes, it's the first draft, which means there are tweaks to come. But oh, oh i think it's close enough that it's worth doing, don't you?
Fried
Fried is out! It’s free for folks who either preordered my knitted bacon kit (you can see the knitted bacon in the picture too) or are paid members on Patreon. Anyone with any level of paid Patreon membership gets the pattern (it’s not available to buy otherwise)! I know Patreon is new or scary for some folks, but the pattern either comes through payhip or goes in your ravelry library just like always (and anything you put in your library while you’re a member is yours forever). Memberships start at $3 (so this is cheaper than buying the pattern directly), and [...]
Not long at all
I told you you wouldn't have long to wait! I spent much of Sunday playing with the new batch of cyanotype paper I just made. So far I have learned that the new paper (the roll I got to do the mini wall pockets with) is absolutely delightful to work with...and that it tears if you blink at it funny when its wet. Which meant I spent a good portion of my weekend figuring out the best method to shift damp tissue paper around without ruining it. But I have a method now, which means I get to play...
Laboratory vibes
So when last I left you, I had remembered I like cyanotype prints, remembered and had all the stuff to make the fancy paper, and realized I had roll of a cool new kind of paper I got to do mini wall pockets with. Which led to adorning my kitchen counter with rather a lot of paper and tape then mixing up a variety of mildly noxious potions. Then, once the sun went down, I painted the potions on the papers and left them to dry. Yes, you do this bit in as close to darkness as you can manage, [...]
More pockets
Remember how, back at the beginning of this month, I confessed to having all sorts of feelings about a silly folded piece of paper? Yeah. So. I'm folding another piece of paper. This time I'm working on a smaller/quicker version that goes together in an hour or so and uses staples and a ruler (as compared to the big one which takes four or five hours, usually spread over two days, and uses a sewing machine and an iron). This is just the first draft (meaning there are changes to come and improvements to be made!), but I am quite [...]
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