Holey, part 2
So the first step in mending is always assessing the situation and making a plan. In this case, the situation is a couple of midsized (about the size of my thumbnail) holes in a dark pajama sweater (meaning a sweater I only really wear around the house). And the plan is 'take to it with highlighter colored stitches in an attempt to stave off January despair with absurdity and eye-searing neon.' So that should be fun. I figured I'd give it a quick swipe to get off any fuzzy bits before I started, just to make it more fun to [...]
Variations 6
Yup, yup I continue to be easily amused. Fairly sure it would be appropriate to carve 'easily amused' on my tombstone when the time comes. There are worse ways to be. This (colorful picture) is star E from the book made with slightly wider paper, with the bottom point folded up so that it extends well past the top point, and following the widest lines on the assembly guide. The white picture shows the original from the book (no, really, I promise it does, even though they look quite different, that's sort of the point of this whole exercise). And [...]
Holey
Ok, I have a sweater with holes (one I bought in 2021 and wore constantly and while wrangling knife-tipped kittens, so I'm much less salty about the holes in this one than about the disintegration of the last one), and a stack of delightfully bright embroidery floss. Which means I'll soon have a sweater with a bunch of decorations instead of a sweater with holes. I asked folks over on patreon if they wanted to watch me mend this, and the consensus was a resounding yes, so I'll mostly be showing it off over there, but I suspect it will [...]
Variations 5
I mean I *did* warn you that I took the shiny new paper and folded through the whole damn book. Which sure, I don't expect anyone *else* to do, but it was actually exactly what I most wanted to be doing while I did it, so I can't really bring myself to apologize for it. Perhaps I should exercise more restraint in inflicting it on others? But really, we should probably all be lazing about, napping as much as possible, and only interrupting our naps to forage for snacks or make some more hot chocolate. It's not really the [...]
Shoddy, part 3
Last round of Q&A about the Madewell sweater that was covered in pills after one wear (see posts from the previous two days for more details if you're just now wandering by). As before, you can see me flop the sweater around on instagram should you have such a desire. These are mostly in response to instagram comments on the last two posts (I'm a monster and have comments turned off on the blog for my own sanity). And I'm absolutely sure all those comments were left with the very best of intentions! But a couple of them are working [...]
Variations 4
So I *strongly* suspect that you folks are largely responsible for the current difficulties in finding the fancy paper you need for these. And while I did not expect to ever have 'caused a run on weird paper' on my list of life achievements, it's not the worst thing a person could do with their days on this earth. This (colorful picture) is star G from the book with the bottom point folded up so that it actually extends a bit past the top point and assembled following the wider lines on the assembly guide. The white picture shows the [...]
Shoddy, part 2
I'm fixing the Madewell sweater that was absolutely covered in pills the very first time I wore it (see yesterday's post), & responding to some things that came up in comments on the instagram post. After a solid hour going over the sweater with my Gleener I got a pile of fluff the size of my fist (you can watch me do some of that here should you be so inclined). And it looks less bad. Not great! Not new! But about how I expect a sweater to look after a few seasons of regular wear. If I didn't know [...]
Variations 3
Did I plan on admitting right out in public just how easy it is to delight me by...checks notes...providing me with slightly different colors of highly specialized paper and then leaving me alone with a paper cutter and bone folder for a couple hours? I mean no. But if you've been here for a bit, you're probably not exactly surprised by this sort of nonsense. This (colorful picture) is star D from the book with the bottom folded up at a slightly different point and put together following the wide lines on the assembly guide. The white [...]
Shoddy
This is what happened to my Madewell sweater after I wore it ONCE. One single wear and it's so covered in pills that it looks like trash (you can see it in a video over on instagram if you want to watch me flop it around while describing its faults). I suspect this is because they made it out of what they call (Re)sourced Cashmere. They don't give a lot of information on what that actually means. It seems to be mostly of a marketing term meant to make you feel like you're being environmentally responsible by buying poorly made [...]
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