I’ve sewn up my white trees fabric… into a top! I drafted it myself but it is a pretty simple silhouette; basically a big oversized T-shape, with something interesting in the form of the completely open top edge. The top…
Tag: daily outfit
Audrey in Unst, in Blue
I am finishing all of my winter knitting projects just in the nick of time for them all to be packed away. Woot! This is pretty typical for me. I think I really should plan my wardrobe far more efficiently and be…
Chequered Elisalex
Hello! A little while ago Liz contacted me to generously send her copy of the By Hand London Elisalex pattern to me. Thank you so much Liz! Obviously I leapt at the chance to try out this deservedly popular pattern 🙂…
Gunmetal linen trousers to jacket-y thing
So new top… well, new? not really, this funky little jacket was until recently a pair of menswear-inspired, wide-legged, linen trousers, that have been sitting in my re-fashioning bag for a coupla years now. True! I took them out to wear as fancy…
Sandy top with gold bits
OK, so I’ve made a top. Simple, fairly plain, unexciting even? but I’m totally happy with it anyway. Hard to see in the photo above, but the front and back neckbands have little golden swirls, twirling and tumbling sinuously around it. Screen-printed…
A Hunter Miette
Hello! I’ve knitted the Miette cardigan. This is a free downloadable pattern by Andi Satterlund This design first caught my eye when I saw Carmela Biscuit‘s utterly perfect LBC (little black cardigan) during me-made May. So perfect! Everyone needs a…
Snowy-white Nougat
The clever AnaJan of Stepalica is designing patterns now! and I was honoured when she very kindly sent to me her debut design, the Nougat dress to try out. Thank you so much Ana! The Nougat is a classic, waisted, sleeveless A-line dress with…
Libra
… the sign of the scales. So at first sight there may appear to be absolutely nothing scales-y or balanced or anything at all even vaguely Libran about my ensemble. So what on earth is the Libran element here… ?…
