From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Handwarmers

February 13, 2009

As I’m working in my sewing room more lately, I noticed something:
It’s really frigging cold in there!
My sewing room is in the basement and it’s pretty cold in the basement. I’m a cold person generally. I just don’t warm up or stay warm easily. Especially my hands.   I need to draw sketches, draw patterns, cut [...]

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Making the Serger work

February 10, 2009

I am ashamed to admit I have only used my serger about 5 times since I got it 4 years ago. I just couldn’t get the tension right. But if I’m going to be making clothes for the kids, I need to use it to make the insides of the  clothes look nicer and last [...]

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Pjamas for the kids-part 1

February 5, 2009

These kids keep growing! I made Deja 2 pairs of pants and 2 nighties a couple of months ago and she immediately had a growth spurt. So the pants look like flood pants now. The nighties are still ok, but she’s growing out of the rest of her clothes. So I’ve got to get back [...]

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Slowing down a little

February 3, 2009

The second sock isn’t going nearly as fast as the first one. I’m not quite down to the heel shaping. Is this second sock syndrome?
Or maybe going to work is cutting into my knitting time. Can’t stop going to work, though, or I won’t have any yarn money!

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Dejas New Jammies

February 1, 2009

I made these a couple of months ago to test a pattern that I designed. They’re made out of an old sheet from value village, which is what I usually use for a muslin.

The pants pattern were for actual pants, not as part of the pjamas, but she wears them together for bed. I ended [...]

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