The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 8 – sweater weather is here
I still don’t have jeans. I still desperately want jeans.
But unfortunately it’s starting to get a bit chilly, and what I really need more than jeans, are sweaters. Lots of cushy, cozy, warm sweaters.
So my quest for jeans is being put aside for the moment in favor of sweater knitting. Lots and lots of sweater knitting.
I’m this close to finishing my Versio sweater. Yay!
I’m almost done with a sweater I started three years ago. Double yay!
I started knitting a black lace weight sweater that’s a total nightmare to knit, but I know that I’ll love wearing. Half a yay?
Plus there’s the pile of half finished sweaters I’ve started through the years…
Also! I got my tripod – so I’m going to play around with taking garment photos – (yay! & eep! all at the same time).
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The Self-Made Wardrobe Project Week 7
It’s the end of week 7, I’m writing this on Day 50, of the Self-Made Wardrobe project, and like last week, I just want some damn pants.
I’ve had a weird neck crick much of the week (probably from sleeping funny) so I haven’t gotten a whole lot of knitting or sewing done. However I did get the hardware (button, rivets, zip, etc.) I need. And I ripped open some of the seams of my experimental shorts, so I can futz with the fit, and then fix the pattern.
I also finished the knitting on my Versio sweater, and started working on an old unfinished sweater from years ago. But other than that things have been pretty quiet on garment making front.
The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 6 – I just want a pair of damn pants
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made, for one year.
You can read more about the project here.
It’s the end of Week 6 of the Self-Made Wardrobe!
Most of this week was spent working from my couch in my pajamas, which has made me realize that I have very few run-out-to-the-corner-store pieces in my wardrobe…
Which has added some fuel to the made-some-damn-jeans-already fire.
So. Some much needed jeans hardware is on the list to pick up this week. And some time has been set aside to futz with the first sample, and fiddle with the pattern. And I hope to hell I’ll have a pair of jeans soon.
Because as someone who lived in jeans before this project, a month an a half of nothing but skirts is quite enough, thank-you-very-much.
I just want a pair of damn pants!
(Also, I’ll try and remember to shoot in daylight from now on, so there’s no more crazy yellow photos.)
