The Come Back: Me-Made-May 2019
What better reason to get back to blogging than the 10th anniversary of Me-Made-May!?! My sewing machine has been packed away for the past two years. I need to wipe off the dust and get her out and about again.
I have not been entirely without making, however. Some knitting got accomplished.
And I moved houses, twice. Here is my current set-up, with the obligatory adorable cat photo:
I don't have much me-made clothing left in my wardrobe, but I am trying to make it work, as is the point of the challenge! And I want to use this as a catalyst to give myself permission to take the time to sew again.
In the meantime, here is a knitting project I am working on. It's knit in-the-round and the body is finished, up to the point where I have to join the sleeves:
I have started one sleeve at least three times and here it is in its current state:
So, the shaping caused by the increases is a little too dramatic for my taste. One of my friends said it makes the sweater look Nancy Reagan-ish; I admit that this is not the look I am going for. So it seems like I am undoing this sleeve once again and trying to organize the increases differently. Frankly I don't think it needs to be so large so I will probably eliminate half the increases and spread them out much more as I knit along.
The pattern is Midsummer Aran by Ginevra Martin. The ravelry link is here. It's from Interweave Summer 2013.
It's my first time knitting one of her patterns. I had to redraw and rewrite the lace charts so that they made sense to me, but after that I was able to follow along well enough. I have spent too much time on it to end up with floofy sleeves so I am biting the bullet!!
Anyhow, I am enjoying participating in Me-Made-May so far. The sense of community always gives me a boost. Glad to be back among you!
I have not been entirely without making, however. Some knitting got accomplished.
And I moved houses, twice. Here is my current set-up, with the obligatory adorable cat photo:
I don't have much me-made clothing left in my wardrobe, but I am trying to make it work, as is the point of the challenge! And I want to use this as a catalyst to give myself permission to take the time to sew again.
In the meantime, here is a knitting project I am working on. It's knit in-the-round and the body is finished, up to the point where I have to join the sleeves:
I have started one sleeve at least three times and here it is in its current state:
So, the shaping caused by the increases is a little too dramatic for my taste. One of my friends said it makes the sweater look Nancy Reagan-ish; I admit that this is not the look I am going for. So it seems like I am undoing this sleeve once again and trying to organize the increases differently. Frankly I don't think it needs to be so large so I will probably eliminate half the increases and spread them out much more as I knit along.
The pattern is Midsummer Aran by Ginevra Martin. The ravelry link is here. It's from Interweave Summer 2013.
It's my first time knitting one of her patterns. I had to redraw and rewrite the lace charts so that they made sense to me, but after that I was able to follow along well enough. I have spent too much time on it to end up with floofy sleeves so I am biting the bullet!!
Anyhow, I am enjoying participating in Me-Made-May so far. The sense of community always gives me a boost. Glad to be back among you!
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete