Wow, can you believe we've finally hit the last week of Knit for Victory? It's been nearly three months of 1940s-inspired knitting! I wanted to post a reminder on the deadline. Knit for Victory wraps up on Friday, January 31st. Rochelle has graciously offered to help put together an amazing slideshow round-up of the finished projects, so make sure your knitting gets included. I've already seen sooo many great finished ... Read more »
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Lladybird Lauren shows off! A Modern Sweater With A Vintage Look
Boy do I have something special for you today! The multi-talented LLADYBIRD Lauren is here with a stylish guest post for us as we wind down Knit for Victory! Lauren's sharing a modern pattern with a vintage look. And she turns the tables, too—if vintage style everyday isn't your thing, and you're looking for ways to wear your vintage sweater with a modern flair too, look no further than this post! Ppssst, pay special ... Read more »
Knit for Victory: spotlight on boleros
Happy New Year and a fresh start to 2014! We're officially in the last month of the Knit for Victory challenge. Some people are wrapping up their projects, some starting over (ahem—that would be me), and some just joining us (hello to the folks who've just mentioned joining in the fun!). As you may know from my last knit-along post about working on the Victory beret charts, I mentioned I had to change my own project ... Read more »
A full closet and nothing to wear: my fledging plans for 2014
Hello everyone! Thank you all for the wonderful Christmas wishes, and I sincerely wish you all a very happy New Year and a fresh and wonderful start to 2014! I've been thinking a lot lately about what I'd like to accomplish for myself in terms of my wardrobe in 2014. I decided early on I definitely don't want to set myself any strict goals, but I do have some ideas, so I thought you might be interested to hear a little ... Read more »
Victory beret: working from the charts
Hello everyone! By now we're almost into our third month for the Knit for Victory knit-along. There's already lots of works in progress and finished projects in our Flickr group and our Ravelry group, it's wonderful seeing what everyone has been working on! As you may recall, my personal knitting plans were to knit my own Victory beret (since I gave Rochelle, my gorgeous model, the sample, which I've seen her wearing ... Read more »
My 2013 sewing and knitting in review
While I've barely had time to even think about blogging in the last few weeks, I didn't want to see 2013 draw to a close without doing a roundup of my sewing and knitting projects from the year. I did one last year, and it was interesting reading the goals I set for myself this year, some of which I accomplished (namely, focusing on separates, as you'll see). I think the best part of what I accomplished this year was ... Read more »