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This week, I luv Ep 2: Simplicity spring 2012 & more

Happy Friday!

Hope everyone is well, enjoy the video

This week, I luv ep1

I've decided to do a weekly slideshow of everything I thought was interesting and noteworthy to share with all of you. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Edit: The dress that says M6404 is supposed to be M6504

 

My Picks; New Look Spring 2012

Enjoy!

New Look 6071 Full Review/Video

Hey Everyone,

I will be back to regular blogging soon. I have a couple videos in the works also. This is my full review of New Look 6071 which, if you love knit dresses, this is a good one instant gratification project to try.

 

Sugarbunny

I'm still here, just crazy busy and it doesn't look good for the rest of January. Anyway, this is a photo of my sweater, peasy and NL 6071 (which I highly recommend).

 

New in the Queue

Happy NY2012!

The new dresses are coming, I just have to take photos, do the video, yada yada.

But in the meantime....what is new in my queue to do

I got a couple of comments pertaining to how I learnt to knit.

My friend Stephanie showed me how to cast on the first stitches and she showed me how to make the knit stitch. Everything else, I thought myself by watching you tube videos.

I got a basic pattern and everything they said I needed to do I would look it up on You tube and that was it. Its been over 5 years since I've started and just last night I was looking up how to cast on using the cable cast on method.

Just like sewing, its a never ending learning process however, its portable so its a great hobby if you like to keep your hands busy when you don't have the time to be confined to your sewing area.

Back to the queue.

I have a huge crush on the Stanmore Cardigan which is in the Winter issue of knitscene magazine.

This is an advanced lace pattern but I haven't seen anything like it RTW and I love the curved edge detail and lace yoke.

I need this.

This is the yarn I'm going to use. Its a cotton/modal. It has a gorgeous silky sheen on it, very rich appearance which I love.

Yes blue, because after you knit with cream for a month you need a pop of color :)

As for New Look 6067, I loved that Cennetta took the time to do a muslin for hers and it worked out so well, I am inspired, so I will be doing the same for mine.

Grandma gifted me some fabric for Christmas and I'm going to do a muslin in the up coming weeks for the bodice.

You know this was one of my picks in my NL video, I also got the Skirt pattern in that video last Friday with my 10% off coupon, you know new look never goes on sale at joanns so this was the best bargain I could get.

As for Peasy

Nope, not in my strainer, its on my dress form ready to take photos. This was Friday afternoon after it was soaked in Lavender and sandalwood softener. I blocked it out this weekend, it is dried, it is blushingly beautiful. I can't wait to show you guys, I am so proud of myself, so proud.

Okay, enough chatter.

Back to the sweat shop I go.

Happiness is...

Being officially on vacation until after the new year begins and spending all those days just sewing.

Tomorrow, I'm spending the morning at Joanns and it will be on from that point until I'm finished with all my garments I planned to make.

Speaking of making garments, I forgot to show you all my finished Vitamin D I had post way back in September. It exceeded my expectation, I love this cardigan.

I'll leave you all with the photos and my wish that everyone reading this post as a great great Christmas or otherwise, wonderful holiday of your choice.

 

A delightful concoction

I consume chocolate in direct proportion to the amount of stress I'm exposed to, needless to say, its been a crazy freakin week.

I CAN NOT WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS.

I will be off of work that whole week and yes, I have grand, calculated, high production plans for my sewing & knitting projects.

Hence this photo:

This was earlier this morning.

After drinking a cup of hazelnut latte and pulled out this sweater I got from NY & Co last year. I wanted to get the sleeve and back measurements to apply to Peasy.

By the way, this is where I am at when it comes to Peasy:

awwwwww... love it, okay back to the story.

So, there I was taking measurements and a thought occured to me. I haven't actually decided on what I was going to do with my days off.

I figured some sewing would be the best use of the time and what do I sew?

I don't intend to spend those days working on something time consuming, I want everything to be easy, straight-forward so I can get more done in the amount of time, you know.

Goodness knows what will happen within the first few weeks of the new year, I have to make good use of the spare time I know I will have now so I won't regret not getting anything worthwhile done, later.

When in doubt, pull the knits out.

So this week, I'm going to gather the supplies to work on B5672, B5676 and NL 6071.

Today, I'm going to finish up cutting out the patterns and the fabric and next week while I'm on the road, I will get the notions. You won't believe, as much thread as I have in stash, I still need to get more.

I am determined.

I feel so much better now, I think I'll have another slice of cake.

On a another note:

Thanks for the comments about my knitting story in the last post, I am still thinking about it because it makes me so happy.

I will leave you all with another vision board for spring.

I am still looking at Banana Republic SS2012

as always, we pay very close attention to the styling of the garment, no fabric sashes here, a structured belt and check out the bag. You know, I used to have one of those, years ago.

Just something to think about while I'm gone.

Your thesis, my creation

Yesterday, I found myself sitting in the waiting area of the dentist office next to a "little old Italian lady".

Little as in very petite and old as in, she must have been in her late 70s, early 80s IMO.

Its the most unlikely place for a lesson in loving your creative works but there we were.

When she spotted me, with the creamy goodness that is my work in progress, peasy cardigan, she reached out her arms like

she was greeting a grandchild she hadn't seen in years.

You would think I would be shocked. I'm never shocked in these situations.

If you knit and you are knitting, nine times out of ten, any knitter in the near vicinity can't help but ask you, "So what are you working on?"

Her daughter, who looked perplex in how to handle this situation, smiled at me, as if to say, "please be kind".

Silly Rabbit!

I'm a professional, I know how to handle people that enjoy my creations - lots of humility and gratitude.

A few minutes later, my knitting was in the little old Italian lady's hand and she was performing a full diagnosis.

"Oh, a raglan, very nice"

"Soft, definitely a wool, with something else, something silky, ah, a wool/silk or wool/nylon, maybe, its so shiny"

"The lacework is beautiful, I can tell that you slowed down here, look how even your stitches are, very nice, very nice"

It was the most interesting thing, I've never seen someone look at a garment like they can write a thesis on it.

She shook her head a few times in an agreement gesture, as to confirm all her findings one after the other.

Then, she placed the cardigan back into my hands, carefully, and told me in her very thick accent.

"you will never stop doing this, you will do this all your life, you will teach someone else, you will, this is very nice"

And then it was complete.

She smiled, her daughter smiled and whispered, "It is very pretty, I love the details."

Yeah.... this was kinda weird, kinda wondrous, very inspiring and very thought provoking, but all in all, this was nice, very nice.

Silly girl, carrots are for rabbits

I just love pasting a glop of frosting on a cake, fresh out of the oven and cool. A good cake recipe baked just right requires no fancy finishing.

Its the same reason why I love making knit dresses.

I'm also working on the cardigan for this dress:

Eventually it will look like this

Maybe in a few weeks :)

So I better get back to it, I'm still contemplating on what I will sew next. I didn't prep any of my fabric I just pulled out that fabric for the dress because I just wanted to sew something easy, so we will see.

the carrot cake hit the spot, I think I am going to try the eggnog one next.