hello! I’ve made some more things lately…
Firstly, some new trousers. I used a new pattern, the Fibremood Lux trousers. Lately I’m more interested in trousers/jeans etc with a flat front and no pleats… and so the pattern piqued my interest immediately. I also liked the sleek, menswear vibe that the top part gave, even if the patch pockets at the back and the flared legs didn’t quite fit that vibe. Easily sorted!
I cut mine with straighter legs… partly to fit the pattern better on my fabric too! and decided to put single welt pockets on the back in place of the big patch pockets. There are nice slanted front hip pockets as well, and I cut mine a good inch bigger all the way around, to better accomodate my own big flippers…
There’s not really much more to say about the pattern, it’s a kinda basic pattern really; classic and a bit plain but we all need patterns like this in our lives too, hmmm? The belt loops at the centre are stitched in an “M” arrangement, a subtle detail that is different enough to draw the eye without being too much.
my cute little photobomber!
The fabric is a deep chocolate; cottony-sort of stuff; I’ve had it in my stash for so long I cannot even remember how or where I got it from, let alone the content of it. It has a very crisp “snappy” hand to it and literally crackles while you walk. It does crush a little, but irons beautifully, and putting in those welt pockets was a dream! It is just slightly water resistant, and dries very quickly, so I think it might be a technical fabric of some kind. Meaning I can wear them hiking if need be … and that need will probably come up next year, at least once!
worn here with my Fibremood Georgie top and above with my yellow clogs, made using a kit from Leather Needle Thread. Yes, a 100% memade outfit!
I also have my knitting project for the month to show… I made a couple more cushions. I know, sorta boring? and a bit crazy too, if that makes sense. But since I’m using otherwise discarded materials and spending nothing, making stuff like this makes me feel virtuous and thrifty and therefore very happy, so it’s all a good thing! I needed a smaller project this month after a couple of months of knitting full jumpers/cardigans. I’m hoping to go back a more substantial project for next month!
Both the bobbly yarns were given to me by my daughter-in-law Lainey, and the yellow yarn was leftover from some socks that I knitted a few years ago. I also made cushion inserts to fit, using yellow satin and toy filling from my stash. I remember buying the satin years ago as a lining for a coat, and ended up using a different fabric. The yellow cushion inserts look really nice in my opinion, since you can see through the bobbly knit; and white would have looked too stark.
I could have sewn new covers, however… well, why not knit up some of my wool stash instead? You might recognise this orange-y coral pink cushion cover as my 
This bright unicorn-pastel one was from a stash given to me by my daughter-in-law Lainey… anyone remember the Flurry yarn? I don’t know about outside Australia, but here there was a short-lived fashion for wearing scarves made from this type of wool. There was actually just over three balls of the same colour way in the box Lainey gave to me, which I thought could be enough for a cushion cover. I felt it looked quite nice with the other cushion too. The gods were smiling upon me, because there was the perfect amount for a second cover, with zero leftovers. I knitting in the round, then grafted with Kitchener stitch at the bottom end, I then stuffed in the old cushion insert and stitched up the top end with the leftover wool. So no, you can’t get the cushion inserts out again without undoing a seam, but I’ll probably just hand wash the cover and insert all together and I’m sure it will be fine.
