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Geranium Dress 1

I made this yesterday for Lindsey! It was pretty quick – about 3 hours (didn’t do the buttons yet though). The next one is already going together much faster, especially because I didn’t have to seam the front skirt. I think I’ll wrap up the baby gifts this weekend and…

Melilot muslins

Even though I felt a bit lazy today, I decided to just do the Melilot muslin. I did a tissue fitting then hemmed and hawed about the muslin, but decided to go for it because drop shoulders + tracing paper was really hard to make any sense of. It was…

Maybe I get blocking now

Last night I knit a swatch for Jamie’s baby sophisticate. For a change, I wasn’t annoyed about it, and actually blocked instead of frogging it. I mean, I guess it did turn my wonky bulbous sorta-rectangle into an actual rectangle, soooo maybe I understand.…

Most Stylish Outfit

Did you know I’m the most stylish person in Old Town, Alexandria? Last weekend Stitch and Fibre Space had an Old Town Handmade Society raffle with one ticket winning $250 to each store. They also had a few additional prizes for most stylish outfit, most outrageous, and multi crafter. I…

Xmas/baby gifts are go!

I stopped at Stitch and Fibre Space today to start gathering supplies for gifts! Mal helped me pick out some fabric for Jackie’s tote: I of course had to mock it up in photoshop! I’d prefer the tapestry fabric on the front, but Mal raised the point that Jackie doesn’t…

Seamwork Adelaide #2

I saw this Nani Iro double gauze at Stitch and couldn’t resist it! Turns out, it’s a lot harder to work with than the Birch double gauze. It’s a little looser woven, and stretches a bit more. It also seemed more delicate in general and prone to pulls. BUT, it’s…