Ray pinafore
I have so many everyday summer dresses, but my winter wardrobe is lacking. When Paper Theory released the Ray pinafore a couple of weeks ago, I decided to go for it. This was not a quick sew, but I am really happy with the results, and its really fun to wear.
This was my second experience sewing with corduroy, and this time I took it more seriously. Its not the easiest fabric to work with, I must say. My first go with a pair of pants a few years back was so bad that I had to abandon it–Mind the Nap!
The inside of this looks quite tidy because I bound the exposed seams with bias tape. Looking forward to making another in a lighter weight fabric.
short sleeved raglan
I constantly push up the sleeves of sweaters, so I wanted to try out short sleeves to see how I like it. I got this beautiful yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery last Rhinebeck, and found this Thea Colman pattern that uses this exact yarn and colorway for the sample!
felted beret
While at the Met a few weeks ago, I stopped in my tracks to admire an older woman wearing a very dramatic beret. She looked so stylish that I immediately decided to make a beret of my own. A few years ago I made a white and gray beret with some scraps, but I wanted a navy one with a more dramatic profile.
Last year I made Kiyomi Burgin‘s felt tipped toque. Her felting instructions were thorough and I thought I might try felting this beret. I based the beret on James Watts‘ Best Beret, but I made the brim differently because I don’t love the pattern’s icord cast on. I did a live stitch cast on, knitted 8 rows, 1 purl row, and knitted 8 more rows, then knit the live stitches with the next row to make the brim. After that I followed the pattern instructions for the “dramatic” version of the beret.
I used malabrigo Worsted, it was perfect and felted so quickly! I did 1 round of felting for about 10 minutes, then let it dry to try it on. It was a little big, so I felted again for a few minutes. It eventually took 1 more round of felting, and now it fits PERFECTLY!
I watched a video on how to wear a beret, and learned that you are supposed to turn in the brim so its not exposed. FYI!
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