But I did finish (again) some socks:

They don't match and it bothers me just a little, but that's what happens when you get a knot! in your self striping yarn.

Also, if you have been reading for any length of time, you'll know I am terribly indecisive about ... well everything. So, you know some serious time has passed when I can announce with great decisiveness a new project.
After tons of looking through stores for just the right skirt, I finally caved to the four or five people who said--just make one. And so tomorrow, I'll be cutting into this:

To make view E of this: skirt. Although it shouldn't surprise you that I went on a day patterns were 99 cents and I bought another one, which I'll show later if I actually decide to make it.
I'm not all decisions decisions, I also bought material to make a second skirt because I couldn't decide at the fabric store!

This is also a big thing for me because I don't think of myself as an accomplished sewer. Sure, I quilt and make halloween costumes (and pjs) but real clothes that people wear? nope. But I think I can handle this. If I can't I have more shopping ahead of me.
Oh and I'm back on the knitting horse, knitting some socks (of course) and obsessing about the next knit project.
3 comments:
I love the fabric you chose and the socks look great! I never would've noticed they don't match. They look pretty matchy to me.
That pattern is really cute. I need to make some skirts for summer, I think. I have a hard time finding ones I like and that fit right. Planning to start out with the 5-minute skirt from Angry Chicken before I try anything more fitted since I'm a little rusty in the sewing department, though it will likely be more like a five hour skirt for me since I don't have a serger or anything fancy like that. (I actually have a 40-year-old Singer that used to belong to my mother-in-law. I'm pretty sure it's made of cast iron, and it'll probably outlive me. In case of emergency it can be used to bludgeon intruders.)
Cute socks! Glad you are better. I never see you are knitting anymore :(
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