Monday 26 March 2007 at 11:30 am
A chequered woollen fabric (in a previous life used as a kind of tapestry in my inlaws tent (a 'gronddeken')) has been transformed into a medieval style pair of pants. Made in a couple of hours...easy. And made him very happy.
Just one question: why did medieval people work with little squares? A square for the loins, a square for the armpits ('D')... squares everywhere. It isn't particular strong, it isn't particular easy sowing and it isn't particular cute. So why?
Friday 23 February 2007 at 7:47 pm
People looked funny at us, where snickering, and just raised their eyebrows... They are obviously not used to seeing something different in 'their' cantine. We didn't even try to attrack attention, but maybe by not trying, we did...
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Tuesday 20 February 2007 at 10:16 am
One of the projects I finished
last-weekend, is a black pair of trousers. Technically, I'm good at sowing and a pair of pants is no challenge... but they never seem to fit me. But then again, I do not easily find a pair of fitting jeans in a store. So the problem seems to be my body and not my sowing. (That's not reassuring.)
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Monday 19 February 2007 at 7:57 pm
Remember the
dress i didn't finish last weekend??? Well, it's almost finished now! Additionally, part 1 (pair of trousers) of my 'punk-style' suit is also done! And all because he told me i wouldn't be able to finish the dress before Easter... It's soooo nice when people know how to 'activate' you, isn't it? Pictures will follow as soon as i can put my hands on a digi-cam
Tuesday 13 February 2007 at 12:21 pm
My previous attempt at knitting resulted in a beautiful purple shawl which my mom made. So when I started to knit a brown beanie, my mom (naturally) was a bit sceptical. But... after six days of intense labour...
it's done! And it fits!
Finally I can throw those damn DPNs out of the window. How DO you knit evenly with DPNs?
Let me guess... it's just like learning how to knit, just preservere...
Sunday 11 February 2007 at 7:28 pm
The weekend was supposed to be the time when i would finish my
Xmas, B-day, Easter-dress. But since i didn't feel like doing anything it took me a long time (Sunday eve) to start working on this 'project'. It still ain't finished though... but hey, we've made some progress (and Easter is still far away, isn't it?)
Btw, pictures will -hopefully- follow soonish...
Saturday 10 February 2007 at 12:19 pm
Sowing is great fun, but not the most practical craft one can choose. Indeed, you can make clothes exactly the way you want in exactly the size you need. But you can’t take it with you… ever seen someone sowing in the bus? Or carrying an overlocker and a tent? And while boarding a plane, you can’t take a pair scissors in your hand luggage… (or in your shoe.)
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Friday 02 February 2007 at 07:06 am
At home I prefer to wear his sweaters. They’re warm, comfy, smell like him and big enough to live in. But a couple of years ago I was in between his sweaters, so I bought myself a big I-don’t-need-a-man-sweater.
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Monday 29 January 2007 at 11:36 am
If your fabric stash measures twenty-five boxes (one box is about 35x35x35 cm) and twenty-four of them are filled, you know it’s time to go on a fabric diet.
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Tuesday 09 January 2007 at 12:10 pm
It wasn't his, and it showed. The blue secondhanded bathrobe just didn't suit him. The fact that it was a size too small didn't help. Although he did look a lot sexier in it than my ex, who used to wear it.
So I made him a new one...
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