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Vogue 1099
August 25, 2009
Tempting though it is to plaster photos of my chickens all over the blog, I thought I'd better leave them out this time - they will be back soon!
I have been doing quite a bit of knitting and sewing recently. I had been very close to finishing Vogue 8280, but I fell out with the fabric, and it's now sitting in a bag until we make up. I'm using a wool fabric with lurex, and although it feels nice as a fabric, on the cut edges the spikey stands of lurex stick into my skin and actually give me a rash. So I'm having to retrospectively bind all the seams, which is so tedious and fiddly I don't want anything to do with it for now! Also, I'm pretty sure all my bras would show underneath the dress, which isn't exactly motivating me to finish it....
Instead of finishing that one, I have started Vogue 1099. I'm really enjoying this one!
Here's what it's supposed to look like:
I'm just making the jacket for the moment. I've got a really nice fabric - it's like a tweedy cotton. I bought a silver lining fabric, and silk organza for the contrast collar.
Here's some of my progress so far:
I'm basically making this because I love the sleeves! The body of the jacket is really big, and I hope it looks OK to wear when it's finished.
There are 40 steps, and so far I've done 20 of them, so maybe I can finish it at the weekend. I also just bought a ton more paper patterns on sale! My big goal this year is to make a winter coat (or 3!).
Posted by jen at 08:52 PM | Comments (7)
Odds and Ends
August 15, 2009
I have been slowly getting along with my Mum's cardigan, and have now finished the back, both fronts, one sleeve, and started on the last sleeve. So not much further to go!
Here's a crap photo of the fronts:
I haven't made any effort to match sections of colour. I think it looks nice all random! I am quite keen to finish the cardigan, because of all the nice things to knit in the new Rowan, but also I just got the new Kim Hargreaves book, Precious, in the post as well! There are lots of lovely things in there too.
Finally, I had a lovely cuddle with the chicks the other day:
They fluttered onto my lap and stayed for ages, snoozing and preening themselves. Margot is laying eggs every now and again, and is looking splendid - a big fat glossy hen! Georgina isn't laying yet, but is getting more vocal and stronger, which is nice.
I might try and finish the second sleeve now!
Posted by jen at 09:44 AM | Comments (1)