denim

I wear jeans all the time. All the time. When it gets too warm (well, that's rare in this climate) I switch to denim skirt. I do love denim. Sometimes I still hope to have it all somehow differently. This is my attempt to make denim a tiny bit more elegant.


It was hard to capture this denims true nature in the photos. It's not that stiff or heavy, but not too light either. And I love how it's just dark enough. A truly beautiful fabric indeed. The skirt turned out great.

black

This sweater has been on needles for a very long time. I do tend to have a lot of WIP's at the same time, keeping focus on just one seems to be impossible for me. I'm not particularly proud of it, but i haven't found a way to change this habit - yet.


Pattern: Tunique col carré by citronille (more like the idea of that tunic)
Yarn: Novita Bambu
Needles: 4 mm, 3,5 mm, 3 mm

I loved nininaphtaline's version of this tunic, but wanted a more fitted sweater. It worked out quite well. Still there is something about my sweater, that I'm not completely happy about. The sleeves are perfect, as is the neck. It might be the hem, but i do like the length of this sweater. The yarn is soft, but the fabric seems to stretch a lot. When I first tried it on, it was so tight that I almost started to cry. After blocking it was fine and now after some use it still stretches more.

sailor stripes

Sailor stripes are here! Out or in, I always love stripes. We have a wardrobe full of stripes in every colorway and every size, for all of us. And now there's one more for me.


I had no pattern. It's a basic t-shirt with boat neck and very long sleeves. I aimed for a bit looser fit, since the fabric (knit cotton from Marimekko) is quite stiff. It's my new favorite.

prints

It might be a spring thing, trying out new things. Like prints. I've had for some time now two great books about that subject on my bookshelf, Lotta prints by Lotta Jansdotter and Printing by Hand by Lena Corwin, but only yesterday i got the urge to try out some printing.


I didn't have a lot of equipment - some old fabric colors (the black one was way too old and bad smelling...), some white canvas and two potatoes. Today I finished three coin purses with simple prints on them and it was so much fun!


The lining is Marimekko fabric Muija by Maija Isola.

not-so-random dress

One half- finished dress or tunic has been hanging in my wardrobe for a --- let me think --- a year and a half now. It was too big, too brown and I hated it. Until now. After finishing my random dress and feeling rather uplifted by the beauty of the whole sewing process, i had the courage to take my ugly-brown-mess-of-linen-dress back in daylight. A few hours of sewing and it was perfect!

I have no idea what made it right this time. I didn't do that much - a few inches from the side seams and a few inches from the hem, some finishing details. Altogether, not that much. And it made all the difference. I think there is some lucky stars above me at the moment.


I want to send my lucky stars to you all too! Take out those unfinished and forgotten pieces - it might be just the right time.

pebble

Fun and quick knit. Small little project, ending with nice but smallish vest. So we have use it as much as possible now (when it still fits) and then give it to someone tiny enough.


Pattern: Pebble (Henry's Manly Cobblestone-Inspired Baby Vest)by Nikol Lohr
Yarn: O-Wool Classic
Needles: 6 mm

random dress

Distractions are lining up to get me away from my needles. Not that I mind, at the moment. Not yet. Spring, sun and a beautiful black piece of linen found from stash transformed into a lovely dress.


I had no pattern, in the beginning I pictured this dress a lot different. In the process it changed and that is exactly what I love the most. Finding the right way, getting everything like it should be - and sometimes that can be a huge step from the original idea.