Back in March when I met Rochelle in D.C., I bought some yarn at Fibre Space, a great yarn shop in Alexandria, Virginia. I was mainly intending to window shop and enable help Rochelle pick some yarn, but then I saw a pattern booklet with the pullover Vashon on the cover, and suddenly it was absolutely imperative that I knit myself a chunky cabled pullover for our trip to Ireland in the spring. Except as the ... Read more »
Vintage Wardrobe
A Coco and a Can-Can
Cross a major goal off my list this year: sewing with knits! Meet my very first Coco top, from Tilly and the Buttons. I'm excited. Can you tell?? When I set a goal earlier this fall to learn to sew with knits, I prepared by, well, reading everything under the sun about sewing with knits. The Colette Guide to Sewing Knits by Alyson Clair, the instructions for the three knit patterns I bought to start off ... Read more »
Pushing your (silhouette) boundaries
Hello, friends! My blogging energy has been zapped lately, I must admit, but I think it's bouncing back. And so today, I have a little story to tell! It all started with a print. A couple of months ago, I was obsessing over galaxy-themed prints. I managed to track down some galaxy fabric to sew a dress (no I still haven't sewn it yet!), and also found a ModCloth dress severely on sale. It was the very last one, and in ... Read more »
Daydreaming about autumn sewing and knitting
Hello hello! As you may recall, I haven't had a working sewing machine now for a few weeks. It's not that the shop is even far from our house—I've just literally not had the opportunity to take it in! But oddly, that's been kind of okay (well after I stopped being twitchy about it). Work has been particularly busy so I've had less time for anything, anyway. And in the meantime, I'm getting a lot of knitting, daydreaming ... Read more »
An outfit to get dyed for
Happy Friday, my friends! I'm off to the salon later this afternoon to get my hair color touched up (hence the corny post title). Can you believe it's been 6 weeks since I went red?! (I feel like it's not fair to call myself a redhead since it's not my natural color... will I get over this? Would I offend natural redheads by doing so? I'm probably over-thinking this, right?) (hair is clipped back and unset because ... Read more »
An Elisalex with feathers
I am sorely behind in posting about things I've sewn this summer. So much so that I may not even blog about it all—you might just have to see it show up in outfits at some point! And right now, my sewing machine is having issues so I'm going to have to take it in to get repaired. No sewing for me for awhile. So let's backup to a month ago when I finished this dress! This is my first Elisalex dress from By Hand ... Read more »