So while my internet was down…
posted Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by SarahI finally got around to starting on the tilted duster I’ve wanted to make since last.. oh.. September? Yep, instead of finishing my tangled yoke that has been a WIP since last fall, and has tantalizingly little work left (I abandoned it when I was almost to the “fun” part) I started another big project.. but I did start it with the intent of getting it done quickly, since my internet went out sometime last week (Wednesday?) and I knew I’d have some free time to do that
I cast on Friday, after working on a few things for my DD (see below), and I have about 8″ left to knit on the ’skirt’ portion now, which I hope to knock out this week. I have one sleeve seamed up and ready to sew on, and another waiting to be seamed. I went ahead and knit the collar earlier after getting bored with working on the skirt part – ironically almost the exact same knitting, but since there were fewer stitches it was a nice “break” and it went fairly quickly. I made a couple of modifications to the pattern.. obviously I’m doing mine with garter rib, but I’ve also fibbed the number of picked up stitches on both the collar and the skirt. I couldn’t figure out how to pick up as many for the collar as the pattern called for without making the collar too loose – as it is, it’s still fairly loose, and I picked up 12 fewer stitches than I was supposed to. It may fit differently once it has more weight to it with the skirt finished, and the sleeves sewn on.

I adore this color.. I almost wonder if I shouldn’t have gone with something lighter though… I think the texture of the garter rib sort of gets lost

Before I did that though, I made a summerlin top for my DD


I also made a few guaze skirts for my DD.. this is the only one I’ve taken pictures of though. I also made a pink/fuchsia and a black/blue/turquoise one. I have plans to make a couple more… it’s simple and easy clothing for summer around here.


I realize I’ve been a bad blogger and haven’t updated nearly as often as I should have been, but I really haven’t done too much recently.. the kids have kept me fairly busy.
















3 Responses to “So while my internet was down…”
omgosh how cute is that knit/sewn top. How do you make gauze skirts like that?
By pixie on May 20, 2008
where did you learn how to sew like that? everything i make looks like a home economics project. the skirt is gorgeous! i want one for me.
By Danielle on May 20, 2008
Your sewing skills are so impressive! I wish I could figure out how to get my serger to do fancy stuff like that but it’s beyond me
Well done, and of course I love your Summerlin to pieces!
By Alice on May 20, 2008