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Knitting:
Stacey has continued working on her Twinkle Twinkle Little Vampire socks out of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight. She has managed to only do the three necessary heel turns on the first sock, so hopefully this pair won't be a repeat of the last pair of socks. The yarn is incredibly sproingy, which is not a real word, but a perfect description. Stacey is loving the different striping patterns that are coming out in each section of the sock, and is showing a fair amount of restraint in the purchase of many more skeins of Socks that Rock yarn.
Sewing:
Stacey decided to reconstruct a tee shirt using one of Lee's old and too short tees and her recently acquired Kwik Sew K3766 pattern. The instructions for the pattern are very well written and easy to follow, but of course, were not followed as written. As the fabric was coming from an existing shirt, the neckband and sleeves were reused as-is. Stacey's measurements fall right between the Medium and Large sizes, so she opted to make the Large as she prefers to have a bit of extra room in tee shirts and the fabric has a bit of stretch to it.
This shirt actually came out really well, to our surprise (based on previous clothing sewing attempts, not the pattern!). This will definitely be used (following all instructions) again, as soon as some more tee shirt fabric is obtained. If you have any recommendations for comfortable tee shirt fabrics or favorite places to purchase fabric, let us know in the comments.
Just for fun, in case anyone who reads this is just starting out and wants to know that they're not alone, I'm sharing a couple of memorable thoughts from this project.
First, I actually read all of the instructions before I started. Then I read through them as I went to make sure I didn't miss any steps. There's a section at the beginning to iron the pattern paper to remove the creases so that you can cut out your size correctly. My thoughts: Wait, am I really supposed to iron this pattern paper? *Reread instructions.* What setting do you iron paper with? Wait, is this paper or some kind of very thin fabric? *Reread instructions again.* Ok, lowest setting. And we're ironing. (a few minutes pass) Gah, this is taking forever. Second iron setting. (a few more minutes pass) Hmm, I guess that worked.
My second and third thoughts: Noooooo, I ran out of thread! and Really, I ran out of thread again?
Just for fun, in case anyone who reads this is just starting out and wants to know that they're not alone, I'm sharing a couple of memorable thoughts from this project.
First, I actually read all of the instructions before I started. Then I read through them as I went to make sure I didn't miss any steps. There's a section at the beginning to iron the pattern paper to remove the creases so that you can cut out your size correctly. My thoughts: Wait, am I really supposed to iron this pattern paper? *Reread instructions.* What setting do you iron paper with? Wait, is this paper or some kind of very thin fabric? *Reread instructions again.* Ok, lowest setting. And we're ironing. (a few minutes pass) Gah, this is taking forever. Second iron setting. (a few more minutes pass) Hmm, I guess that worked.
My second and third thoughts: Noooooo, I ran out of thread! and Really, I ran out of thread again?
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