I’m racing through a new sweater, and living in my purple sweater – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 28
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 190 – FEBRUARY 6th
Transitional Weather Sweater
Black Tank Top
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Grey Tights
Various Rings
I’ve said this before, but this is the perfect sweater for days spent working at home. I originally knit it for spring & fall, but it’s turning out to also be a fantastic sweatshirt substitute. The weight is just right, the zipper is fantastic, and the hood makes it feel that much more cozy.
DAY 191 – FEBRUARY 7th
Not-So-Straightforward Basic Purple Sweater
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Long Necklace
Various Rings
I’m going to apologize in advance for how much I wore this sweater this week, but it’s pretty much perfect for this weather.
DAY 192 – FEBRUARY 8th
Transitional Weather Sweater
Black Tank Top
Birds & Wheels Flare Skirt
Grey Tights
Various Rings
This skirt is one of the 1/2 a dozen or so pieces I came into this self-made wardrobe challenge having already made. It’s not my usual style, and I haven’t worn it much in the past couple years, so it feels good to pull it back out every now and then.
DAY 193 – FEBRUARY 9th
Not-So-Straightforward Basic Purple Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Robot Clock Necklace
Various Rings
This sweater is perfect for this weather, because it’s thin enough to work amazingly well outside under all of my “standard winter layers” (coat, scarfs, mittens, etc.), and at the same time it’s not so warm that I’m over heating when I get inside.
DAY 194 – FEBRUARY 10th
Blue & Green Archer Button Up Shirt
Black Tank Top
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black & White Striped Tights
Various Rings
New tights! (and kind of crazy hair). I’ve been trying to play catch up with finished project photos, and finally figured out a way to make a matte black maxi skirt look a little more interesting – add striped tights! So you can expect a post about my Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit sometime next week.
DAY 195 – FEBRUARY 11th
Not-So-Straightforward Basic Purple Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
Again, I know I’ve talked about it before, but the combination of simple shaping, and knitting with two strands of lace weight yarn, really is what makes this sweater so amazingly wearable.
DAY 196 – FEBRUARY 12th
Not-So-Straightforward Basic Purple Sweater
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Long Necklace
Various Rings
Since I’m basically living in this sweater, I cast on another sweater using the “simple shaping + 2 strands of lace weight + excellent color” formula, and I’m racing through it. Wednesday I was to the waist, last night I finished the body, and I’m hoping to start the sleeves tonight. Basically, I’m hauling ass through this sweater.
I started a new sweater & knit some pockets this week
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about what’s happening, and what I’m working on.
Two projects got all my attention this week. But they got lots of attention.
I finished the pockets of my winter coat. (Finally!)
And I started a new sweater, it’s a top down yoked sweater, I’m through the waist, and it’s been flying. I can’t wait to wear it.
my handspun sweater is done, and my winter coat will soon have pockets
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about what’s happening, and what I’m working on.
I knit the last couple rows and bound off the shawl I was working on, now it’s sitting next to the couch waiting for a good soak & blocking.
I wove in the ends on my handspun sweater.
Which was a surprisingly huge number of ends.
For some brainless knitting, I pulled out the pockets of my winter coat again. Funnily enough, before I pulled them out of the project bag, I thought that I had an inch of knitting left on the first pocket, but it turns out I have an inch to knit on the second pocket. I don’t remember knitting that second pocket at all. Maybe it was elves? Or maybe I have a magic appearing pocket?
So, not a heck of a lot of knitting happened this week, it was mostly finishing things up – and working on secret projects.
(Wondering what happened to that project with 1800 yards of thread, from last week? Well, that project is done, the total thread used ended up somewhere north of 3,000 yards – to give that some perspective, we also bought the fabric shop around the corner out of white thread…)
