So, Webster Jr (the sewing side of our sisterly craft nexus) has not only made me a ribbon for my Matilda Jane cardigan (which I will, I will, I will show you) but is also one zip-placing session away from making me a skirt. And I have done nothing – nothing at all – about making her something to wear in her classroom. Until Thursday, when I cast on for the Lamour slipover from Rowan 44.
The pattern has a lovely symmetry of leaf-lace pattern and leaf embellishment at the neck. It also has a strikingly rectangular shape, which I am not so keen on. But I am not afraid of a few divisions and multiplications:
No, I am not afraid at all:
Of course, all these beautiful numbers would have been a lot handier if I’d calculated them before I’d knitted past the point on the slipover where I’d need to start decreasing. Luckily, I like the look of that tight seed stitch edging enough to find the idea of working a skinny belt in it almost – almost - fun.
Well it may take a little longer to finish the skirt due to illness and injury but I’m back on the sewing machine and working as fast as my F1 planning will allow. I think having a job where you can pretend that kitting is work is cheting! I can’t convince anyone that making a skirt has any relevence to 3 year olds.
that looks really pretty, go Sarah on the complicated scribble maths! Was the orange pen you as well or did littlest one help with the workings out?
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Well done on the maths! I still haven’t got the right ribbon for my Matilda Jane and I am a bit fat in it now … so when I havelost weight (ha, ha!!) I really need to get one!
I love a bit of seed stitch in Wool Cotton. Hurrah for waist shaping!