And this one too
Alrighty, and there's that one sorted! Same general Q&A apply to this sweater as to the last one. You can scroll back a few posts (look for the one with the five columns of yellow stitches) to see what I said last time, but the short versions are no I really can't/won't show you the whole sweater all at once (for I am mean and want you to suffer, or possibly because taking a picture of a sweater is actually kinda hard), no I don't know if the stitch has a name (because seriously, this is just me doodling [...]
Uncharacteristic restraint
I...I regret to admit that another fit of nonsense has come upon me. This is, well, this is pretty much what I've come to expect at this point. But if I have to suffer through it, so do you. And I know from instagram that some of you will instantly assume that's something, um, let's say a bit biological. So before you let your mind wander too far, I'll show you another. And another. And I'll go ahead and say right up front that it is neither a critter nor a body part. However, I shall continue to demonstrate uncharacteristic [...]
Foxed
You didn't think I was going to leave the owls out there all alone did you? No...no we need some sweet little foxes to go with them. Because really, I'm pretty sure these foxes and owls are buddies and hang out and go on adventures together. I mean wouldn't you want to go on adventures with them? Just think of all the trouble you could get up to. Though perhaps what you're looking for is a more low key adventure. The sort where you visit Fawkes and Foxanne at their haberdashery and millinery shop and order an absolutely smashing new [...]
Calling it done
Alrighty, I think this is done (read, I really should stop spending so much time playing with it and do real work) and I know I am delighted with it. Now, let's see if I can answer a few questions/make a few plans. 1) Will I show you the whole sweater? Probably not. I don't do pictures of clothes on me, the dressforms I have are not the right size to show the sweater off well, and taking a picture of a sweater laid out flat that looks anything other than awful does not seem to be a skill I [...]
Doodles continue
Embroidery doodles continue to be amusing... But forward progress has been somewhat hindered by the supervisory efforts of Miss Fizzy. Work will resume when she decides she has other places to be.
Distracted
I was supposed to be out taking pictures of the foxes, but I got a little distracted. I suspect you understand! But since I did, let's do a rundown of where we are with the hats. A couple of weeks ago, I showed a picture of a pointy hats. I hadn't planned to do a pattern, because they are ridiculous, even by my standards. But folks were vocal in their requests for them, so I tried a thing. I set up a one time only mailing list (meaning I'm going to send One Single Email to it then delete it [...]
Doodles
We all know I'm not a sweater knitter. Sweater wearer yes, sweater knitter no. And while I have no desire to knit my own sweaters, I do occasionally want to, shall we say customize, the cozy, comfy, easy, store-bought sweaters I wear so often. It started with mending, because why not fix what you have if you can. Then it moved on to things like adjusting the band at the bottom of a sweater (the band that causes a sweater to draw in at precisely the point my body flares out, the appeal of which I will never understand) or [...]
Improvements
So, the sweater from the other day? The one rescued from the ravages of kitten brutality? Here it is all mended (you can watch me do some of that over on instagram if you're so inclined). And here it is with the neckline adjusted so I like it better for me (you can watch me do some of that too). And just because this stuff is important to say, here is your bonus reminder that you should absolutely have your neckline wherever you want. Anyone who tries to make you feel bad about how much or how little skin you [...]
Stabby sweet
I love cotton sweaters. I love the tiny kitten. The tiny kitten loves to make biscuits on my cotton sweaters, and sometimes this happens. So I have to fix it. In this case, when it's just One Single Split Strand, you can actually fix it pretty perfectly if you tuck the yarn back in and use matching sewing thread to splice the ends back together. But that will not be quite as sturdy as I like (I know myself, I know my laundry habits, it's better if I fix this in a way that allows for rougher handling than that [...]
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