A crafting retrospective
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jenthompson, I've decided to go crazy and make some costuming/crafting resolutions and do a small re-cap of the year in fiber. Out of courtesy to my psyche, I will not list the projects I started and didn't finish.
Things I finished
Sewn
1. Civil War ballgown and underthings (corset, chemise.) Go me!
2. Natural Form bodice for Dawn. It fit! Hooray!
3. Victorian vest for Eric. It fit! :) But I didn't line it. :( But he likes it! :)
4. Pink 18th-century jacket to go over my red Elizabethan kirtle, to fake a middle-class look. Add my knitting and the monarchy is coming DOWN! Technically, the sleeves need finishing, but that's a quibble.
5. Black velvet Victorian bonnet that needs trimming. But I'd call it done.
6. Purple/white polka-dotted pajama pants for me, cream/pink floral pj pants for brother's girlfriend for Christmas. Simplicity 4380: Pattern highly recommended, with a narrower waistband.
Knitted
1. Five or six cat toys for the naughtiest cat on earth: a couple mice, a felted ball of my own design, and his favorite toys: felted garter-stitch squares tied in a knot.
2. Two garterlac washcloths
3. Two bath mitts for Christmas presents.
4. A cabled hat for friend Antonio.
5. A tiny sweater for my grandparents' Christmas tree, which I still need to give to them.
I know there were some other things, but I'll be damned if I can remember what they were. Maybe if I used my crafting journal for its intended purpose . . . or the paper journal in my knitting basket.
I had been thinking that I hadn't accomplished much this year, but that's a ton of things right there. The knitting projects were all small ones, though. I haven't really had the heart to pick up anything huge following the failure of my Heathery Duo Skirt. (Note: Sometimes, you'll hit gauge in stockinette, but not in the pattern. A year of work down the drain.) And after Naughty Cat peeing all over my Flowerbasket Shawl last summer.
Goals in another post. I've gotta go make scalloped potatoes for the New Years Feast.
jenthompson, I've decided to go crazy and make some costuming/crafting resolutions and do a small re-cap of the year in fiber. Out of courtesy to my psyche, I will not list the projects I started and didn't finish.Things I finished
Sewn
1. Civil War ballgown and underthings (corset, chemise.) Go me!
2. Natural Form bodice for Dawn. It fit! Hooray!
3. Victorian vest for Eric. It fit! :) But I didn't line it. :( But he likes it! :)
4. Pink 18th-century jacket to go over my red Elizabethan kirtle, to fake a middle-class look. Add my knitting and the monarchy is coming DOWN! Technically, the sleeves need finishing, but that's a quibble.
5. Black velvet Victorian bonnet that needs trimming. But I'd call it done.
6. Purple/white polka-dotted pajama pants for me, cream/pink floral pj pants for brother's girlfriend for Christmas. Simplicity 4380: Pattern highly recommended, with a narrower waistband.
Knitted
1. Five or six cat toys for the naughtiest cat on earth: a couple mice, a felted ball of my own design, and his favorite toys: felted garter-stitch squares tied in a knot.
2. Two garterlac washcloths
3. Two bath mitts for Christmas presents.
4. A cabled hat for friend Antonio.
5. A tiny sweater for my grandparents' Christmas tree, which I still need to give to them.
I know there were some other things, but I'll be damned if I can remember what they were. Maybe if I used my crafting journal for its intended purpose . . . or the paper journal in my knitting basket.
I had been thinking that I hadn't accomplished much this year, but that's a ton of things right there. The knitting projects were all small ones, though. I haven't really had the heart to pick up anything huge following the failure of my Heathery Duo Skirt. (Note: Sometimes, you'll hit gauge in stockinette, but not in the pattern. A year of work down the drain.) And after Naughty Cat peeing all over my Flowerbasket Shawl last summer.
Goals in another post. I've gotta go make scalloped potatoes for the New Years Feast.