tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327920232024-03-16T11:53:02.906-07:00Knotty Knits and Naughty KidsSometimes I knit, Sometimes Knot.TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-49159974240000331492024-03-01T16:13:00.000-08:002024-03-01T16:13:51.918-08:00It's March?<p> I can't believe it's March. </p><p>I have been knitting--we've had several road trips to the kids' university/colleges, my mom's place, etc. But nothing has gotten finished. </p><p>I had some sort of reaction to a scarf that I made a year (?) ago. It's mainly wool (I think), and I had started using a retinol product, and always made sure to do my neck. I broke out in a rash...weirdly, I had been using the product for a month, and I'd been using the scarf for a couple months, so I don't know what happened. I stopped both, and have now restarted the retinol with no issue. I haven't worn the scarf again. It's a fairly rough wool.</p><p>I have been working on brioche mittens to match the hat I made myself, but every time I knit them (in the truck), I get congested. The hat makes my forehead itch. Sigh. I've become very tender in my old age.</p><p>Anyway. </p><p>This school year, I was hired as a 0.5 LTO position--mornings only, teaching music from grades 4-8 at the school I accidentally worked full time at last year. In January, I was asked to also work the afternoons, teaching math and science to grade 7/8. The science was no problem, but I can not do math. It was supposed to be a week. They tried to find a teacher to replace another teacher so she could do this job, but there were no applicants. So the teacher that was the afternoon 0.5 LTO (the other half of my position--neither of us could do the whole position), was going to take over, but they had to find someone to take over her English classes. I ended up spending all of January teaching math and science. Often, another teacher would come in to do the math while I covered their class. However, the kids were a challenge to start with, and got worse as the month went on (mainly one class). I had an actual, on the ground, fist fight break out near the end of January. So I said that was it, Jan 31. I'm back to half days, with a few afternoons also supplying. Behaviours have gotten terrible. It's sad. </p><p>Then, just before the long weekend in Feb (like, Feb 15?) I found out the teacher I was replacing, was going to come back early!! WTF?! I had planned the entire year, with projects that build upon what they learned. I was learning digital composition to teach them! The original teacher is more old school--paper and pencil, listening logs to boring songs. She's been on a return to work program, so she's been coming in every other morning for two weeks, but not in the classrooms yet. She'll start that soon, observing, helping with small groups, etc. I told two of the grade 7/8 classes today, and many were almost as upset as me. I was really looking forward to "graduating them" since I've known them for 4 or so years. Other intermediate teachers only know them 2 years; I got to know them earlier because of being a supply teacher. </p><p>I had been thinking of opening a Teachers Pay Teachers store this summer, but I'm going to start early. It sounds like my last day of this position will be March 22. We have a week off after next week. The store will be called Stay Musical. I have started a <a href="https://ontteachertracy.blogspot.com/">blog </a> and can be found on Twitter with the same name as the blog (OntTeacherTracy). On Instagram, I am <a href="http://www.instagram.com/staymusical_">www.instagram.com/staymusical_</a> I'm not giving up on this blog, but considering how little I knit, there might not be a lot of posts. It's been an awesome 18 years!</p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-18963314280737449362024-01-01T17:04:00.000-08:002024-01-01T17:04:25.945-08:00Finished Some Things in the Nick of Time<p> I really wanted to finish up some projects for the end of the year. However, I found new projects that created a bad case of startitis. A road trip to my Mom's and a couple late nights though and somethings got finished. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnPfII7j01fxSpj0iLcD4qc4jMoYae11jo5zaZSYGDiSBZWTo8SvlkHs9FldNkOe045t_Szf_PQPILbF5YUTmiojcCt9hAOFrblVudsww3oLTOWcrUMZIlXoscBpDBpUNiqmyY7jMhOhPsPno2awTSfybp1yYXeJZjx41Y8-GR5SdwDMv8aHV4A/s4080/20231231_154954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnPfII7j01fxSpj0iLcD4qc4jMoYae11jo5zaZSYGDiSBZWTo8SvlkHs9FldNkOe045t_Szf_PQPILbF5YUTmiojcCt9hAOFrblVudsww3oLTOWcrUMZIlXoscBpDBpUNiqmyY7jMhOhPsPno2awTSfybp1yYXeJZjx41Y8-GR5SdwDMv8aHV4A/w300-h400/20231231_154954.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Woah, using profile mode on my phone makes the glass table look like it's not there! That's kind of freaky.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBccdbUGBRqAkofGV_1eYLDcLUytLuiICCtUMCgxvN5NDo22rOCZLNCMP7mIxPvX2DIGl8tl7AbYceXSmByfo6HP72IAIJnvQZQhZTD99HenRgyMTvKUQnAIqNnfX3z_JAXrvfhh4Y5uucypSpX8wxG8ZdGpMgaEDqjIsAHvp2KlHr6YflJYH55A/s4080/20231231_155010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBccdbUGBRqAkofGV_1eYLDcLUytLuiICCtUMCgxvN5NDo22rOCZLNCMP7mIxPvX2DIGl8tl7AbYceXSmByfo6HP72IAIJnvQZQhZTD99HenRgyMTvKUQnAIqNnfX3z_JAXrvfhh4Y5uucypSpX8wxG8ZdGpMgaEDqjIsAHvp2KlHr6YflJYH55A/s320/20231231_155010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hat is <a href="https://ravel.me/triangles-brioche-hat">Triangles Brioche</a> hat, available for free. I recommend having some brioche experience. I may have made the brim triangles a bit short because I misunderstood the pattern.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2mozck8CUCYOGVStH8WlsmWnAZgwu9BSkZrebHjqB5ihwazxrzowvlquEUCVwLQhWsLE5A8HckG4oLlc-zd09xJK9bKSmDktUDDBOKjz8kIFw_jAEH603S21Q4iDB2aYJeu_9jeOes81ozsabTCNMd3pwO5XiIJpZFgKW_XqyhZml41yxBvkow/s4080/20231231_154927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2mozck8CUCYOGVStH8WlsmWnAZgwu9BSkZrebHjqB5ihwazxrzowvlquEUCVwLQhWsLE5A8HckG4oLlc-zd09xJK9bKSmDktUDDBOKjz8kIFw_jAEH603S21Q4iDB2aYJeu_9jeOes81ozsabTCNMd3pwO5XiIJpZFgKW_XqyhZml41yxBvkow/s320/20231231_154927.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used Noro "Kuryeon" and Peace Fleece, I think 4.5mm needles and I knit the smaller size. It fits perfect, perhaps a teeny tiny bit loose on the forehead but it's okay.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1rwczbZY215fPy7AA1MKcsxEAK9zqnuTsSRG-d-kBJ9KndFp0YflQrpnzb1GMyvYbvyQX1j5l4JZrVc_KgCIBf_i1SFn-yBFy1lPuq0P1V4K28lFVskUr9kgatGtDv0UNQOaij9ZWds3vpH40_IWDdwHM5XJb2O9Hhl9ZlzK17ToC2D9vlu7yg/s3264/20231231_154524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1rwczbZY215fPy7AA1MKcsxEAK9zqnuTsSRG-d-kBJ9KndFp0YflQrpnzb1GMyvYbvyQX1j5l4JZrVc_KgCIBf_i1SFn-yBFy1lPuq0P1V4K28lFVskUr9kgatGtDv0UNQOaij9ZWds3vpH40_IWDdwHM5XJb2O9Hhl9ZlzK17ToC2D9vlu7yg/s320/20231231_154524.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rob said I needed a pompom because it'll make me look taller. I dug out the pompom maker (from a Klutz kit).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzAR4OTglzobuUSsQ845oSY0wZx8ibigwJKd2-1SWhjWFZABlU3_rr5jXxptm9ylMMqKgn50fn7JuaIpIdJLcIuQ61GET598xxlo5-Zv5I8MeaUPUOWbIsGolsJYX6crrxvOlW96J81-qDXjHdoiq2xhO945J5gNtq-i4-um7V-_F8nqJzZ3mqA/s4080/20231231_145038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzAR4OTglzobuUSsQ845oSY0wZx8ibigwJKd2-1SWhjWFZABlU3_rr5jXxptm9ylMMqKgn50fn7JuaIpIdJLcIuQ61GET598xxlo5-Zv5I8MeaUPUOWbIsGolsJYX6crrxvOlW96J81-qDXjHdoiq2xhO945J5gNtq-i4-um7V-_F8nqJzZ3mqA/s320/20231231_145038.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used both strands together. I stopped midway through the first half, cut the yarn, then started the second half. Wrapped it full, then went back to the first half. I wanted the yarn to blend more, and not create blotches.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq3fpoGR35x00b0SlpfdIUMQK_D0s2vArNfcPRzkoGiohEJWtDBOC8oiKLew4fL1HqgkQEqIBZFifMrUVuZxPO0WWFZ7oF1j70aLhQUsKFrUTEB-PtG5KJmWdIwYLJUmWkIMz_cNlgw-INDLOdZfoUt60A44Dr1UGjHwiEih6OhbVTWd3gZs3wQ/s4080/20231231_145114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq3fpoGR35x00b0SlpfdIUMQK_D0s2vArNfcPRzkoGiohEJWtDBOC8oiKLew4fL1HqgkQEqIBZFifMrUVuZxPO0WWFZ7oF1j70aLhQUsKFrUTEB-PtG5KJmWdIwYLJUmWkIMz_cNlgw-INDLOdZfoUt60A44Dr1UGjHwiEih6OhbVTWd3gZs3wQ/s320/20231231_145114.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you cut it open, it looks terrible. It's more football shaped and scraggly. Trim it up (somewhat aggressively!). Then swing it around by the long strand so it gets fluffed up. Then steam! Yes! Especially with natural fibers. The steam opens it up and makes it fluffy and dense.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZUo7ocZorbL8SUdbv3IlkmnI5X0LCMXVlqgUW1_6YAaw0JzzoUbqq3TFlVOMTac2vdhPvL1JjoQquRUy1TO3LacHnmjNNds-3U1kt4zRv6j7YN35IQpfmLrfP19CVE-lEGSzmm2rTdvtODKETmHINw9OAVtBNyaWLOTKQGPL5hd-p2qABeKN6A/s4080/20231231_151624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZUo7ocZorbL8SUdbv3IlkmnI5X0LCMXVlqgUW1_6YAaw0JzzoUbqq3TFlVOMTac2vdhPvL1JjoQquRUy1TO3LacHnmjNNds-3U1kt4zRv6j7YN35IQpfmLrfP19CVE-lEGSzmm2rTdvtODKETmHINw9OAVtBNyaWLOTKQGPL5hd-p2qABeKN6A/s320/20231231_151624.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I sewed it on but it was really floppy. I watched some YouTube videos on how to fix this but I wasn't happy with them. Instead I used a button inside and thread the yarn ends through the button so I could pull them tight and knot, and not have the knot work through the knitting. It seems to have worked well. 96 grams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Q2IWQwmUFjWqf7hMWgSOftnislYsJwP3GzamwU_lIsiqjohRe-krlbE-1wufZdWRQLQO88S8UyrVBe5YFfIFic7irROblRMlzARns4AF46SDCPr_GalkvTwFDIxOSIpbs3TV_t8zTv8mfN3hu6Cigpa7UnxLqNQs_XpL0D7qLXKpJrMhTsWFzA/s4080/20231231_155207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Q2IWQwmUFjWqf7hMWgSOftnislYsJwP3GzamwU_lIsiqjohRe-krlbE-1wufZdWRQLQO88S8UyrVBe5YFfIFic7irROblRMlzARns4AF46SDCPr_GalkvTwFDIxOSIpbs3TV_t8zTv8mfN3hu6Cigpa7UnxLqNQs_XpL0D7qLXKpJrMhTsWFzA/s320/20231231_155207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished the hat in the last 1km of the drive to my Mom's (did the pompom at home). So I went to the back up project, the mitts that have been in my purse for months. As I approached the top of the palm, I had a sneaky suspicion that there wouldn't be enough yarn. So, because they fit me, I switched to making them handwarmers, with ribbing. I tapered the pinky side because I have short pinkies. I'm not planning on keeping these though LOL. 58grams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhNTqFb5y8tC6-H1fUFlRc_fsmYQv3ZLVo3jrg_5xfRCG-8mtjFjt97Qb77wP3FzXD9Qzdeg4faBdCgZU9hegpt-BKGB9OXEZGNj4c__laphMmUBGMm4HiyPPSmoTj-iKwcYVU17KGlNHsTrlxYdTgWWvDU2gJdDc36mgz8CP7NZ590E702TErw/s4080/20231231_155112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhNTqFb5y8tC6-H1fUFlRc_fsmYQv3ZLVo3jrg_5xfRCG-8mtjFjt97Qb77wP3FzXD9Qzdeg4faBdCgZU9hegpt-BKGB9OXEZGNj4c__laphMmUBGMm4HiyPPSmoTj-iKwcYVU17KGlNHsTrlxYdTgWWvDU2gJdDc36mgz8CP7NZ590E702TErw/s320/20231231_155112.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had planned the next project before I left home, so I was prepared. I had somehow found <a href="https://ravel.me/hyperbolic-mobius-fidget-toy" target="_blank">Hyperbolic Mobius Fidget toy. </a> Well, isn't that cool. I wish I had my own classroom so I could keep a stash of these. The first one, I did have to start it three times LOL. The third one, I had to rip out after 2" because I had forgotten the increases. Once you figure it out, it's easy! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uF41qIPLF2aFBVNNhxT7XWEcLV-EYzkUhOCJaxS6lJUocQjnahQRee6Y_xiwM_XEXhxWwLqmACf7yphGXdtz-hxNUDiLU4BVXAR7l0jLrCUksInRAMcjHXT4uBntPa5UNrE5dvOUWHtDNyfuObVtSBCuWYEjI7BvmIZGNw7ckdcHMIEyr3Y1gA/s4080/20231231_155126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uF41qIPLF2aFBVNNhxT7XWEcLV-EYzkUhOCJaxS6lJUocQjnahQRee6Y_xiwM_XEXhxWwLqmACf7yphGXdtz-hxNUDiLU4BVXAR7l0jLrCUksInRAMcjHXT4uBntPa5UNrE5dvOUWHtDNyfuObVtSBCuWYEjI7BvmIZGNw7ckdcHMIEyr3Y1gA/s320/20231231_155126.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first two, I did this weird yarn for the last round. It has these 2" caterpillars of fluff every 6". Instead of trying to crochet them, I treated them like a bobble (crocheted the start of the fluff with a SC, skip ahead to the end of the fluff, crochet a SC into the same stitch). The last row made it a bit too thick though. I should have not crocheted as many rows before doing that. The third one, I used a plain black for the last row and made tiny bobbles. I figure this way, I can hand it to a student, and say "find the start of the black row" and they can work it through the centre, driving themselves either crazy or calm. Please watch a video of these fidgets in action. While I did finish that last black row today, I'm going to include it in 2023 totals. I just didn't want to get up last night to get the black yarn LOL. 70gr + 31gr </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt81b_QkGWZ1Zns4-EsbLwEyqmPzC4SWARZNuojpo0_SmEXkPyvC6bZcPbdXtxrHIvDwTZDcJI3Kb1ghXL5KSTU-bhejZn8Z46CSdmm2Y_yK3-0B-eGfEPeS9Vyg5R3xUi5Elonu4Bxquo_jVB6ws48u0IxE6a8hVMwjNLmrwKq-etSLpBSm_mxA/s4080/20240101_115056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt81b_QkGWZ1Zns4-EsbLwEyqmPzC4SWARZNuojpo0_SmEXkPyvC6bZcPbdXtxrHIvDwTZDcJI3Kb1ghXL5KSTU-bhejZn8Z46CSdmm2Y_yK3-0B-eGfEPeS9Vyg5R3xUi5Elonu4Bxquo_jVB6ws48u0IxE6a8hVMwjNLmrwKq-etSLpBSm_mxA/s320/20240101_115056.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0-re01pF-wOIap6qMV0jCJq5BYIX9QgIbsF7uEuSECoHfSikUh6XLw_D9lPjxtrYHha493nSmwh6R87Es_8MyuTKipgK1_9XVqwviqu-txEsxPFw3ISuGo5Ek3xnDQdu0PW2bZa1xQOVxCwZI2PBNPUbYnvK8DANexLPvvQ6XM0iTkg_g8mPVA/s4080/20240101_145612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0-re01pF-wOIap6qMV0jCJq5BYIX9QgIbsF7uEuSECoHfSikUh6XLw_D9lPjxtrYHha493nSmwh6R87Es_8MyuTKipgK1_9XVqwviqu-txEsxPFw3ISuGo5Ek3xnDQdu0PW2bZa1xQOVxCwZI2PBNPUbYnvK8DANexLPvvQ6XM0iTkg_g8mPVA/s320/20240101_145612.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alright. Year end totals. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">2023:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 0g<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 255gr + 620gr = 875gr<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 875gr more OUT than in<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $0</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">2022:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn In: 940gr</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn Out: 1264gr </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Difference: 324gr more OUT than in</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Costs: $28.78/365 days = $0.08/day</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2021:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Yarn In: </b><b>3109gr</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn Out: 1053gr + 4586gr = 5369gr</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Balance: 2530 gr more OUT than in</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cost: $44.66, 365 days, $0.12/day</span></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2020:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 6477gr</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 11482gr</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 5005gr gr more OUT than in!</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $140.68/365 days = $0.39 per day</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><u>2019 </u> <u>2018</u></b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn In: 2485.5gr Yarn In: 1501gr</span></b></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 3384gr Yarn Out: 4142 gr</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 898gr more OUT than IN Balance: 2641 gr OUT</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $90.24 = $0.25/day Costs: $41.39 = $0.11/day</b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><u>2017 </u> <u>2016</u></b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: </b><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">2442gr Yarn In: 11 223gr</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 4900gr Yarn Out: 11 260gr</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 2458gr more OUT Balance: 37gr OUT</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $67.30 = $0.18/day Costs: $507.27 = $1.39/day</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>2015 </u> <u>2014</u></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn In: 9989gr Yarn In: 10 076gr</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Yarn Out: 9272gr Yarn Out: 8061gr</b><br /><b>Balance: 717gr more IN Balance: 2015gr more IN</b><br /><b>Costs: $430.10 = $1.18/day Costs: $511.49 = $1.40</b><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>2013 </u> <u>2012</u></b><br /><b>Yarn In: 16 153gr Yarn In: 21 096</b><br /><b>Yarn Out: 16 805gr Yarn Out: 16 849gr</b><br /><b>Balance: 625gr more OUT Balance: 4247gr more IN</b><br /><b>Costs: $378.91 = $1.04/day Costs: 524.43 = $1.43/day</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;"><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">I was surprised last year at how little I bought, and knit. Well, this is my first $0 year. I wish I had started keeping track sooner. These 12 years do represent a huge range of life situations. I was doing some custom knitting, some for sale (which rarely sold after I knit it; I gave away a huge lot of items to my MIL to sell/donate at her church's bazaar this past November); I've done a lot of charity knitting. Some years I had lots of money to spend on yarn, some years I didn't. This past year, I could have spent a lot--but I didn't have time to knit! </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><u>Twelve Year Totals and Averages:</u></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn In: 85 491gr</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>Average: 7 124gr</b><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn Out: 93 663gr</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> Average: 7805gr</span><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Balance: 8172gr more OUT than in</span></span></b></p><p><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Costs: $2765.25</span></span></b></p><p><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> Average: $230.44 or $0.63/day</span><br /></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wonder what this year will bring. I'm still drawing a lot. I'm working on creating digital resources for work, and potentially to sell. I'm hoping to sew more (I just bought a bunch of fabric to try to use up some fabric LOL). I'm going to keep knitting. The charity I used to donate blankets to has stopped, so I'm not sure what I'll knit. I was going to make some fingerless gloves to go with the hat from this post but really, the yarn is thick and they should be mittens. The fingerless gloves I wear daily are from the end of 2015 and are in sock yarn. I still love them even though they've faded. Heavy worsted weight for fingerless gloves seems a bit wrong. Clunky. I could knit a scarf but I really don't need one. More bears? Gnomes? </span></p></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-46358747644994348392023-11-25T17:19:00.000-08:002023-11-25T17:19:40.486-08:00I Knit Something!<p> This is my 4th post this year. Wow. A new low. That indicates also, how little I've knit (or sewn, or crafted) this year. Until the end of June I was too swamped with work. Then I started the summer out with an injured toe. I was sitting a lot, but researching a vacation, learning Canva, and doing digital art. The toe recovery created knee issues which required more time doing nothing. As vacation loomed, I realized I didn't want to (or needed to) knit dish cloths again. I really wanted a couple shrugs. They're so versatile. When the air conditioning is blasting in the truck, when you go into a building with A/C, in the fall when you're warm inside but need a bit more on your arms under your coat. I had a "white" one I knit on the <a href="https://tracykm.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-happy-knits.html">Singer 327 a <i>long</i> time ago</a> (2010?!). I like that one, but the ruffle on the sleeves is a bit much sometimes, especially inside a jacket. I did a lot of searching of the books I have, and my "queue" on Ravelry, and opted for </p><p>A shrug would be perfect road trip knitting, right? Haaa Haaa. I'm not sure exactly when I started, but it was before we actually left. I have a swatch picture from July 23, though it's not the stitch pattern I ended up using. I ended up using <a href="https://ravel.me/drop-stitch-shrug">Drop Stitch Shrug pattern</a> but modified the shape a bit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuaDdj9wR61pnV2VrbTeU2xYGsFjvR1uyA_wnSZriBJMbopmVFJO-vWyETOSveg7xFFd75kqPNXHv4v-TN27fnxdu961HzVWo178qJ5EnXayvqyoQXwYd7UDpFrVSDPHq8kYikB1NbHSEMOZ09ureT5UK-G4B7NwwH6DFIKv02JeoCL16OJFPeg/s4080/20230723_162932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuaDdj9wR61pnV2VrbTeU2xYGsFjvR1uyA_wnSZriBJMbopmVFJO-vWyETOSveg7xFFd75kqPNXHv4v-TN27fnxdu961HzVWo178qJ5EnXayvqyoQXwYd7UDpFrVSDPHq8kYikB1NbHSEMOZ09ureT5UK-G4B7NwwH6DFIKv02JeoCL16OJFPeg/s320/20230723_162932.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We left on Aug 6 (at 4:38AM!), and I'm sure I had cast on before we left because I knew I would not be able to do that in the dark. I remember I did a crochet cast on so that the cast on and cast off would match. I sort of recall doing it at a "Brass on the Grass" concert (free summer concert by our local brass band), and trying to remember how to do it, especially since I didn't have a crochet hook with me.</p><p>As I got into this, I realized I had probably misjudged the gauge and so I increased more for the arm. I had a hard time working the increases into the double rib pattern. As such, the seam on one arm is okay, the other arm, not so much. When I finally got to sewing up, I was done with it. </p><p>I also had a hard time remembering to add the yarn over to the first group of stitches on every other pattern repeat. When the pattern had you drop the yarn over in the first group, it was easy to remember, but when it started with just a knit 2, it was hard to remember to yarn over--even though it came right after a marker!! Then I'd discover this 6 rows later. The yarn over is not just for lace, it creates a stitch that gets dropped after six rows, and it only drops down to the yarn over row. You can't add in that extra width that is created by the dropped stitch (like how with a lace pattern you can squeeze in a yarn over and ladder up a few rows...if you then try to drop that stitch, the ones on either side close in again). So, I'd knit 12 rows, take out 6. After a few times, I'd take out four, then twist the strand into a yarn over two rows below. Eventually I started to check more carefully. It probably didn't help that most of the trip was raining, or I was navigating.</p><p>I added length to the sleeves. I added width to the cast on bit (I was basically trying to recreate the white shrug). Apparently I didn't add the same to both edges (these get sewn together at one underarm). Then, on the back, I apparently added a whole new column to the stitch pattern instead of ribbing it (I had lost the stitch marker for the left edge). I was not ripping back. It is noticeable :( as it's in the middle of the back. I thought maybe if the top rolled over, it wouldn't show. The top doesn't roll over, the bottom doesn't roll under, but it's under my hair if I wear it with the mistake at the top.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCIOTYqsDRguszpzju_YzW2qZnu-9eJDW_l9UbcoFqhHfO7J4O_7_1jo_-5HYRalOS6s_T1X8JB2cAILa_l9FnG7def80CGSWwwO7B5xjqgiTnDxX8KWT0m0_cgEHvBuYwS5Kj88qJAeF6Dmhsyzzfl0yggzjp7xJ04uk_BAzPByl8u8EMESXjA/s2327/20231125_144154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="2260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCIOTYqsDRguszpzju_YzW2qZnu-9eJDW_l9UbcoFqhHfO7J4O_7_1jo_-5HYRalOS6s_T1X8JB2cAILa_l9FnG7def80CGSWwwO7B5xjqgiTnDxX8KWT0m0_cgEHvBuYwS5Kj88qJAeF6Dmhsyzzfl0yggzjp7xJ04uk_BAzPByl8u8EMESXjA/w389-h400/20231125_144154.jpg" width="389" /></a></div>I actually started two shrugs. I thought this was going to be a quick knit. I underestimated the yarn thickness. It's Sirdar "Country Style" Double Knitting (45% acrylic 40% nylon, 15% wool). I had found a stash of it years ago on sale at a yarn store (I think) and bought it up to make a cardigan. I had envisioned a Fair Isle band around the bottom and a shawl collar (yes, I might be an 80 year old man). Then I found even more of it somewhere else....so I have a few colours. The recommended gauge is 4mm, 22st/28rows. I ended up using 3.5mm. What?! That's the needles on the end table beside where I had been knitting the last few rows. No way I knit this on 3.5mm. I know it couldn't be knit too loose or the dropped stitches would lose their shape, but 3.5mm?! No wonder it took me so bloody long.<div><br /></div><div>Once school started again, I really didn't have many opportunities to knit. I don't watch TV anymore. We switched from Rogers to Bell, so I lost hours of recorded series, movies, and special shows. I tried to watch TV again, but 1)the commercials drove me crazy 2) I couldn't find my stations and the guide channel was in French and not helpful and 3) I couldn't figure out the recording options. Finally, I was determined to finish.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk9CLZynJ7lt5VAjZ0-brvRZMAV9vYnTTSIV3Mcs6-SHNQl929_PwRtrH67qg3z3neNLPkbSCnwN60o4CdNlz3GyOgKEtZa0tPHh57HJ_k4NXPD1e8NCFqjI4fqOpRDscaAxWPh_wkoLqr5FO3ru0A6RvtlktGG7hnd_hNOn7BkWZ21dNI2J7PA/s1832/20231125_144223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="1710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk9CLZynJ7lt5VAjZ0-brvRZMAV9vYnTTSIV3Mcs6-SHNQl929_PwRtrH67qg3z3neNLPkbSCnwN60o4CdNlz3GyOgKEtZa0tPHh57HJ_k4NXPD1e8NCFqjI4fqOpRDscaAxWPh_wkoLqr5FO3ru0A6RvtlktGG7hnd_hNOn7BkWZ21dNI2J7PA/s320/20231125_144223.jpg" width="299" /></a></div>I didn't do the greatest job with seaming one sleeve. I couldn't tell where to go in the edge stitch. When I had set up the pattern, I didn't think ahead to seaming. All in all, not my greatest knit. I do love the finished result though! Exactly what I wanted, even if one sleeve seems to be 6 rows (1 repeat) longer than the other. I also can't bend my arm/shoulder enough to grab the bottom edge to stretch it out once I put it one (I have to put it on over my head like a hoodie LOL). I might give it a shot of steam. </div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe I'll have the other one finished by Christmas. I just don't know what else to knit. Megan didn't want a gnome for her college residence :( I have lots of shawls (barely wear them, mainly as scarves), enough hats, mitts, scarves...the charity I used to make blankets for folded (I had 7 or 8 still to donate so they went to the Christmas bazaar at my inlaw's church). I made the hat and mitts for Lucy's boyfriend but I don't know if he wants anything more. Megan's boyfriend is in Thunder Bay, but I doubt she'll want me to make anything for him. I have plenty of wool socks that I rarely wear. I don't knit for newborn photographers anymore. So what? Someone tell me what to knit so I can use up some yarn!</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 0g<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 150gr + 470gr = 620gr<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 620gr more OUT than in<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $0</b><br /><p><br /></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-55366632928143112172023-08-02T07:53:00.003-07:002023-08-02T07:53:14.230-07:00Tiny Mittens<p> One thing I knit over the past year was some tiny mittens. When I worked as a lunch supervisor in a kindergarten room, I made a bunch of wool mittens as back ups for when kids got cold, or their mittens got too wet, etc. The kids loved them! This past year, I was in a kindergarten class for 4 hours a week, but no duty. I took the bag of mittens, but the teacher didn't think they were needed. There were only 14 kids in the class too. But I kept knitting mittens anyway. They're an easy "purse project". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs7ohcYkJTKeZNRPGoGOlX3Qq2ncLELZsyvQAR0YFA_26vfxHyd4OwX0pzNpYeMPcMDJ2oOhap4PcF4Qw1bhAqjOBj0c2Fwg_S-A624ucY4SG_-rnfdszLuiRD_PXeh7u5HLI9fymrtk7UU8Fu8bX1qhBRJcSuenHoRhmns3BJCZpzkRISZmUNw/s4080/20230722_132639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs7ohcYkJTKeZNRPGoGOlX3Qq2ncLELZsyvQAR0YFA_26vfxHyd4OwX0pzNpYeMPcMDJ2oOhap4PcF4Qw1bhAqjOBj0c2Fwg_S-A624ucY4SG_-rnfdszLuiRD_PXeh7u5HLI9fymrtk7UU8Fu8bX1qhBRJcSuenHoRhmns3BJCZpzkRISZmUNw/s320/20230722_132639.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes though, if I don't have the pattern with me, or a ruler, the ratios get a little messed up. I really should go back and fix those pink ones LOL. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyJsoGpsxC9SAdiMBoSy32CACf_IT5l-UZA9O8hEgta1bvBmiHsYgFkEi95sfSy6PIKDVwnmdA8CfZlIqZP7fNdzVSsyY3tHkVbsg2NlccTXUAaYeZrUA5HwNcTrUI1_SrTAfwXL11OuJygF2EzU0oDsqwm1qirW68rKalkbB3ATtOIEnM0WDLQ/s4080/20230513_104750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyJsoGpsxC9SAdiMBoSy32CACf_IT5l-UZA9O8hEgta1bvBmiHsYgFkEi95sfSy6PIKDVwnmdA8CfZlIqZP7fNdzVSsyY3tHkVbsg2NlccTXUAaYeZrUA5HwNcTrUI1_SrTAfwXL11OuJygF2EzU0oDsqwm1qirW68rKalkbB3ATtOIEnM0WDLQ/s320/20230513_104750.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I usually just cast on 32, 36, or 40 sts, depending on how much yarn I have. Once I get into the thumb gusset increases, I measure the gauge and see what size that matches. I have the schematic from Anne Budd's "Handy Book of Patterns" but I can't find the actual pattern pages anymore and my library doesn't seem to have the book any more! <div><br /></div><div>I have actually started two projects because we're going on a road trip! I still have dishcloths in my drawer unused from the last round of vacation knitting, so I decided it was time to make something for myself. I've decided on shrugs. I thought they'd be a good way to use up single balls/skeins, but appreantly not. They're more the mid-amount--not as much as a sweater needs (obviously) but more than a small scarf. I have some skeins of lovely yarns I'd like to use, but I don't need anymore socks, mittens, scarves or hats. Ideas?<br /><div><br /></div><div>These took about 120gr in total. </div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 0g<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 350gr + 120gr = 470gr<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 470gr more OUT than in<br /></b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Costs: $0</b><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-81603508859382793402023-07-20T10:46:00.001-07:002023-08-02T07:31:34.492-07:00Hello!<p> Well. That was a long break! I unexpectedly started working full time in October. It was only supposed to be 5 days. Then 10 more days. Then a few weeks. Then a month...another month....another month...At the start of May I was told it would definitely go until the end of June. So, needless to say, I haven't been knitting much. Another factor was that in December we switched cable providers, and I lost everything I had saved on the PVR. When I tried to figure out the new cable service, it was confusing, and I just never got back into watching TV. I'm doing a lot of drawing if I have spare time. Right now it's summer break, so a perfect time to get caught up here. </p><p>Last summer Lucy and her boyfriend were visiting Kingston, and I heard that <a href="https://www.topsyfarms.com/">Topsy Farms</a> was having a pop up yard sale in Kingston. I told her, jokingly, that she should go and buy me some yarn. They did! They came back with two skeins of cream, and one of a brown marl. The boyfriend, Liam, was hoping for a pair of mitts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JzUqRyYbCy3KMM8RtPAYwnjwaa4c78B1Iq9CiBKf6I6NJnlx00up-A6v_WFMhLcaaHRRTYUUDei1FNthLpo0ThG2S4_51AsWxLr8Qse9eozUjSWLb_B0WQ0sxTBSaN4boic6-QI4TFvPX2xKII65s1Jk7ODFNgjIoQkhjt5eoGFe-gNTwaFP3g/s4608/20220912_185134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JzUqRyYbCy3KMM8RtPAYwnjwaa4c78B1Iq9CiBKf6I6NJnlx00up-A6v_WFMhLcaaHRRTYUUDei1FNthLpo0ThG2S4_51AsWxLr8Qse9eozUjSWLb_B0WQ0sxTBSaN4boic6-QI4TFvPX2xKII65s1Jk7ODFNgjIoQkhjt5eoGFe-gNTwaFP3g/s320/20220912_185134.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The brown marl was a little thinner than the cream. When I finally got to this in mid December, I thought the Newfie mitt style would be a good fit (bottom swatch).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3aK_mon8dIlThtCFcNQBuXeBaWQuvOgYWbmF6N4CUduhl2g4Jd8eLNKCMJnNCIDC6HHGT3J1ip1z1nruie3sCXn2MtdElf6DYux7c18luCqILCARcKlKt8IJ2dBgUw3KHnMMpAQhSl73Zt9m8rAetguJrVMLJ0iFjTgWP8zob-_y_U8gEq8ncw/s4608/20221231_221624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3aK_mon8dIlThtCFcNQBuXeBaWQuvOgYWbmF6N4CUduhl2g4Jd8eLNKCMJnNCIDC6HHGT3J1ip1z1nruie3sCXn2MtdElf6DYux7c18luCqILCARcKlKt8IJ2dBgUw3KHnMMpAQhSl73Zt9m8rAetguJrVMLJ0iFjTgWP8zob-_y_U8gEq8ncw/s320/20221231_221624.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, Lucy didn't really like that. I tried out some brioche variations. It worked best with the cream as the main yarn, though I was skeptical about functionality as these were going to be worn during field study classes, out in the forest. I went ahead anyway, and made them flip top so they'd be usuable during note taking outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7jpc9OeA7wzYfc1RL0ZPyyalCcPBXo8gtF72a3cDvZAyKFHCijoQD16Ez-Ocbb3RQbwI2usYkj1gEjCInimYwd4U5UWesQXmrlVisg-Tc9S2ittu3_BJDdJySSifPVGrHW2vYTxQsvNmxPIK2BOvucfLFx2cAIJIAtVOBJpOUwZLlL1ppj2efw/s3648/IMG_0210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7jpc9OeA7wzYfc1RL0ZPyyalCcPBXo8gtF72a3cDvZAyKFHCijoQD16Ez-Ocbb3RQbwI2usYkj1gEjCInimYwd4U5UWesQXmrlVisg-Tc9S2ittu3_BJDdJySSifPVGrHW2vYTxQsvNmxPIK2BOvucfLFx2cAIJIAtVOBJpOUwZLlL1ppj2efw/s320/IMG_0210.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pCOboonJ6m-E8-Qk75jZqCnXAvklse7-0oqgv6Ck5ZkwGO4Rh7wmv_D6-HP-5KkPoK51rXgSFtLpuxOtiuQiEnlDQt-Cpz-BPYhL4MbMGuA4oYNIkfpvI7pCF5ptS-WsbArmQXxsY_FGEeGLoiXuaegxzZM4Y7NC_vXhyXCkKZQlV9I8eRCh_A/s3648/IMG_0211.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pCOboonJ6m-E8-Qk75jZqCnXAvklse7-0oqgv6Ck5ZkwGO4Rh7wmv_D6-HP-5KkPoK51rXgSFtLpuxOtiuQiEnlDQt-Cpz-BPYhL4MbMGuA4oYNIkfpvI7pCF5ptS-WsbArmQXxsY_FGEeGLoiXuaegxzZM4Y7NC_vXhyXCkKZQlV9I8eRCh_A/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNxbm7utxIQnSpCHgRfngDPU0xDnK2_kROPJx9KPQwMzJSYaUXwsNPmW3BDzdr2RZ0Os7sXflPeYGKczUZCQq-a_OmZ1EkdPNl2yUpQXR-9nG5bLLYkFRfOfvtSq2SXY8PaQl7c_CsgbQ-Cxur7dUo9c_CkGtr7ckkW25uaclGWc9Yn14_GbG_A/s3648/IMG_0209.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNxbm7utxIQnSpCHgRfngDPU0xDnK2_kROPJx9KPQwMzJSYaUXwsNPmW3BDzdr2RZ0Os7sXflPeYGKczUZCQq-a_OmZ1EkdPNl2yUpQXR-9nG5bLLYkFRfOfvtSq2SXY8PaQl7c_CsgbQ-Cxur7dUo9c_CkGtr7ckkW25uaclGWc9Yn14_GbG_A/w400-h300/IMG_0209.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I felt they kind of looked a little funny, the way the top part is bigger than where it joins. I figured once a pair of man hands were inside, they'd look fine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbW8TXxlbbf3eWy7sLKOdZPjWegAKKAd1HjiHlsckonlJRWxpBylU7oOZoxvtFmUYW4iLeqfjuy8RZbdPnF0m6I3qeFH3c26zIvvAKGb_eObSnNpOCcqWbMVKTlJT3xY9IsHDk_5WwFjug-x5PioYh0zEUi532zEHANX4OMFQh5D93rzMIkvNAg/s3648/IMG_0212.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbW8TXxlbbf3eWy7sLKOdZPjWegAKKAd1HjiHlsckonlJRWxpBylU7oOZoxvtFmUYW4iLeqfjuy8RZbdPnF0m6I3qeFH3c26zIvvAKGb_eObSnNpOCcqWbMVKTlJT3xY9IsHDk_5WwFjug-x5PioYh0zEUi532zEHANX4OMFQh5D93rzMIkvNAg/s320/IMG_0212.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6HXaYFkUArKXL9kOzvhFkOCVrzIz2jeHzUiwS7BvXTRqiJInUqr4-qOR5EUPoj8a9IC6CakiDppW4YIuFlhWWfxPGX1M8t0MkY3I0nWHgzu8n8W23KDgvtvZ3ttGtAlsa-ZZuoy2kBpaw4RHa6bKDoKo4uo7x8K5Nw9iMwNXTLDyqR1ynAXm9g/s3648/IMG_0213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6HXaYFkUArKXL9kOzvhFkOCVrzIz2jeHzUiwS7BvXTRqiJInUqr4-qOR5EUPoj8a9IC6CakiDppW4YIuFlhWWfxPGX1M8t0MkY3I0nWHgzu8n8W23KDgvtvZ3ttGtAlsa-ZZuoy2kBpaw4RHa6bKDoKo4uo7x8K5Nw9iMwNXTLDyqR1ynAXm9g/s320/IMG_0213.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He says they're very warm and practical for out in the forest. This guy is awesome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had some left, so I thought I should do a simple hat. Liam has very long hair and wears it in a bun, and he thought something that could accomodate that would be fantastic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlw1EzSwak-H7lti8SqWNF6ILEaKViq_-MJMEMk5K1wScSCX0Zqo5K92NjpgFQf3O-NZNYmmoJt9YQiK48wXu-0GebHnYh1tAdzfiCCnsWOJjOZPPctoFbMMNxWnz6DXiPyZGcvsfszCBNwMG1VU3kKTUN245FYhXQtlqcgpXdgUkLr9vSKZFVIw/s4608/20230325_215051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlw1EzSwak-H7lti8SqWNF6ILEaKViq_-MJMEMk5K1wScSCX0Zqo5K92NjpgFQf3O-NZNYmmoJt9YQiK48wXu-0GebHnYh1tAdzfiCCnsWOJjOZPPctoFbMMNxWnz6DXiPyZGcvsfszCBNwMG1VU3kKTUN245FYhXQtlqcgpXdgUkLr9vSKZFVIw/s320/20230325_215051.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BsK7k1KYc26XL5L0lm9RRTnvXlff5wuaqcjMUwdcQ-iARTBLp_CBimORCGfOo2C71L-BY4Bkb39iK4tBeu1B6jHLpenoxmQ35YdOoGs5NCjQUn3Jn2BrrPo_qZuSz4xIXQ8rBO--Q2ZJF334UgueT2wFnRFXnNryE1sXuk1gAzSDuSqZCHGjcA/s4608/20230325_215105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BsK7k1KYc26XL5L0lm9RRTnvXlff5wuaqcjMUwdcQ-iARTBLp_CBimORCGfOo2C71L-BY4Bkb39iK4tBeu1B6jHLpenoxmQ35YdOoGs5NCjQUn3Jn2BrrPo_qZuSz4xIXQ8rBO--Q2ZJF334UgueT2wFnRFXnNryE1sXuk1gAzSDuSqZCHGjcA/s320/20230325_215105.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>My first attempts were a little too pouffy at the top. I'm so glad I ripped it back.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7jqHLbcVK-gRuaJSEjwhnU9oZswS-oZQdICOanV44CckFPhmZVpblsmrsUjIPZgIf7JJ6F-jn0xmFynURYqc9vbF5bdr5PLBLTo9aCCrVac-ZnzlFho6hxTGNZaBME1BcMLzIXgJipe4B9FVv_Z9wicRoXw1p0W_FcGdI-6lmyLgSrF6PZNcWw/s3264/ABF7DA84-51B0-434F-B09C-4381D7B3C54A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7jqHLbcVK-gRuaJSEjwhnU9oZswS-oZQdICOanV44CckFPhmZVpblsmrsUjIPZgIf7JJ6F-jn0xmFynURYqc9vbF5bdr5PLBLTo9aCCrVac-ZnzlFho6hxTGNZaBME1BcMLzIXgJipe4B9FVv_Z9wicRoXw1p0W_FcGdI-6lmyLgSrF6PZNcWw/s320/ABF7DA84-51B0-434F-B09C-4381D7B3C54A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumBFWAT4UXKwHy5LkXlBHUGht6WO3KWVJVT2sVNhsUP9T81p2Wmbz8JjRZGK3jgiLdVHnlzqBHZxLrXq71B3NZnW8P4JtCAm8v_tb0-fv7_F28BC9qNlEVaRd8l6e5g0HeN2ozu9Zo2M-S8KJm1b9_VtfYFcErCJbdQGOUyFR1egyi96ycCaazg/s3264/B76B6FE5-05CA-4903-BB09-D69593241056.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumBFWAT4UXKwHy5LkXlBHUGht6WO3KWVJVT2sVNhsUP9T81p2Wmbz8JjRZGK3jgiLdVHnlzqBHZxLrXq71B3NZnW8P4JtCAm8v_tb0-fv7_F28BC9qNlEVaRd8l6e5g0HeN2ozu9Zo2M-S8KJm1b9_VtfYFcErCJbdQGOUyFR1egyi96ycCaazg/s320/B76B6FE5-05CA-4903-BB09-D69593241056.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Such nice smooth decreases. It’s really worth it to rip back and retry something if you’re not happy. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuurowkK5Nn9qrd3ufpawWM-AUG2w123L__-ah33FVdk_6zy0USoEQ6raAKSXYEZqHOJb9uUIwn-i4RmglYd0a__8b5rej2P9ymTn2d4UeAIUINbEjavcJ_HFcG0_6LyI_awp5iE1MiqhjFW61WopHz9aF05BiQNUIrJmlFtiHIh3vXSbkPKaPg/s3264/D196AEC2-322D-4953-878A-C8A1E578D198.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuurowkK5Nn9qrd3ufpawWM-AUG2w123L__-ah33FVdk_6zy0USoEQ6raAKSXYEZqHOJb9uUIwn-i4RmglYd0a__8b5rej2P9ymTn2d4UeAIUINbEjavcJ_HFcG0_6LyI_awp5iE1MiqhjFW61WopHz9aF05BiQNUIrJmlFtiHIh3vXSbkPKaPg/s320/D196AEC2-322D-4953-878A-C8A1E578D198.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> Most hats for ponytails/buns just leave the top open, but I knew that wouldn't work, so I started the hat in the round and separated at the slit and knit flat. I also switched it to the opposite of the mittens, with the brown as the main colour.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqBx_i6pWtcIROQ8ipDE8LXh1JuFk8UYSZw9ElgY5e8pWyQX2EBuf6kwORg4hcKsq29hQeH7OF-_SwtFPzI_MeR018-x40nUKZu6r3wCfDRo9OlRVqKlezioseNurs5UnA5sk4csuDSenRmr6ZBApxNk-3tfNP27iqGJZsjzAWyFlkWgmPwnEeQ/s1024/IMG_5227~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqBx_i6pWtcIROQ8ipDE8LXh1JuFk8UYSZw9ElgY5e8pWyQX2EBuf6kwORg4hcKsq29hQeH7OF-_SwtFPzI_MeR018-x40nUKZu6r3wCfDRo9OlRVqKlezioseNurs5UnA5sk4csuDSenRmr6ZBApxNk-3tfNP27iqGJZsjzAWyFlkWgmPwnEeQ/s320/IMG_5227~2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Liam is very happy with the hat! It's also reversible, which is pretty cool. I'm so glad to be done these though LOL. </p><p>The hat weighed 170gr and I don't have a weight for the mittens. The yarn was 450gr total, and I have some left, so I'm going to just put this down as 350gr for the set. </p><p>I have received a bit of yarn when we cleaned out a kindergarten room, but I'm not going to include that.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Yarn In: 0g<br /></b><b>Yarn Out: 350gr<br /></b><b>Balance: 350gr more OUT than in<br /></b><b>Costs: $0</b></div></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-35011706460006778702023-01-03T17:53:00.004-08:002023-01-03T17:53:42.844-08:00The Next Generation<p>This summer, the first cousin on either side of my family announced they were becoming a grandparent!! So, I had to make a bear. I haven't made a Jean Greenhowe bear in a long time, it seems since 2017. I got started in the summer, baby was predicted for towards the end of November. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lbna5CQWLS2sC58erebc1KYCFrQlEyJgyr1xV985WAqpUYIb0vxkvnlJAIpNq2uTT8iEhgiIamgkQ9MgTUtpxXfKm7uCtIUKUN7f0TH5THYGTXXa0ZSvUQBAwcrIY9Zb5l8BrBzhWkWriL48K7AELR8ZhwT77k95bzJrQKSBIkN-zXReZug/s3264/IMG_7167.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lbna5CQWLS2sC58erebc1KYCFrQlEyJgyr1xV985WAqpUYIb0vxkvnlJAIpNq2uTT8iEhgiIamgkQ9MgTUtpxXfKm7uCtIUKUN7f0TH5THYGTXXa0ZSvUQBAwcrIY9Zb5l8BrBzhWkWriL48K7AELR8ZhwT77k95bzJrQKSBIkN-zXReZug/s320/IMG_7167.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p>It was going pretty good, I got a bit done on our trip to Quebec in the summer (loved the knitting pattern on the carpet!). And then....Covid, and then I unexpectedly started working full time. That really put a dent in my knitting time. </p><p>I buckled down and got the bear finished last week. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m46fwZ9Q1vzDkA0ro9VfWr-j1golcOxyhZ4a87kACWpRvHpc0ZRmXYPVwUC6s5WSzyAHPeaZ_bln9vaTo-aAJATohdSb_PB73zR89vkoCKEiEJXzuIeOrtkxYVLqEP3X7cO8r4bqytcDaW7622Js17CF7uj4UROHGuexTvnclglrxyBFxw8/s4608/20230101_130742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m46fwZ9Q1vzDkA0ro9VfWr-j1golcOxyhZ4a87kACWpRvHpc0ZRmXYPVwUC6s5WSzyAHPeaZ_bln9vaTo-aAJATohdSb_PB73zR89vkoCKEiEJXzuIeOrtkxYVLqEP3X7cO8r4bqytcDaW7622Js17CF7uj4UROHGuexTvnclglrxyBFxw8/s320/20230101_130742.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYx89XAp7OSCkf64ynv8cq8rySNjRkQSQ-rXn25jn17JMe4j1xRBjCAgAFq6zm--dWe7hgisPRCOUCzFDx75sIgN6cGIwSQHRGxrQy9KflKJBTWX-Qfh9j58mNxINf-0P-gbWxhfDZIj6_KVQLMPBL3smFzisQ2G8KFnAL9V0fCJJQwPypddo/s4608/20230101_130756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYx89XAp7OSCkf64ynv8cq8rySNjRkQSQ-rXn25jn17JMe4j1xRBjCAgAFq6zm--dWe7hgisPRCOUCzFDx75sIgN6cGIwSQHRGxrQy9KflKJBTWX-Qfh9j58mNxINf-0P-gbWxhfDZIj6_KVQLMPBL3smFzisQ2G8KFnAL9V0fCJJQwPypddo/s320/20230101_130756.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>A simple pink I-cord for the tie.</p><p>Yarn was Bernat "Haven" which has an interesting fiber composition: 59% acrylic, 22% cotton, 16% alpaca, 3% nylon. It took 294gr before sewing up. I'm going to round it up to 300gr. The I-cord is 8gr of Patons "Decor". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7clAWmqWvbCKdq2Y5ydNYYI6qcnT9T__rHetkcyA0MX2ra8GxUuGtjPd-KJui3HilzT_AKLPs8y1tyy5M3UsLj47cYNR2n55Qn2vaGQrWvzxiCYZRzdNZo9-Ui68VDTZ8zMsq3agS6pmepgv-bqaEwn-H5JxJt_fcbrSjMtsxuzIxmwVzqV4/s3264/5AC2E446-7D4B-4C2A-9900-E558B53D6EF5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7clAWmqWvbCKdq2Y5ydNYYI6qcnT9T__rHetkcyA0MX2ra8GxUuGtjPd-KJui3HilzT_AKLPs8y1tyy5M3UsLj47cYNR2n55Qn2vaGQrWvzxiCYZRzdNZo9-Ui68VDTZ8zMsq3agS6pmepgv-bqaEwn-H5JxJt_fcbrSjMtsxuzIxmwVzqV4/s320/5AC2E446-7D4B-4C2A-9900-E558B53D6EF5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>This bear always surprises me by how big it is! Quite likely, as tall as the baby! I hope it is well loved. I haven't really gotten any feedback on these bears in the past. I hope they were well loved. I don't knit them to be sitting on a shelf!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4pc2UffRMlidhy7oNLiy85jvrnxMNUFpl4g9dOTekkTD4X6mqo5l6Y-z1UCqn1RGLDjKbQ3mVThqBbD-YMQlqQ0k4LdnWdF74PXHRMoOsuqcCJYSoA5S-j15cDRxbgq5De8oQaZrKy_Ku3ZiU8acrEuuKRT-SUBK5hs1tZS6wHseFV2UmUs/s1799/177A8952-8593-420A-BA19-A1F1F2EA007D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4pc2UffRMlidhy7oNLiy85jvrnxMNUFpl4g9dOTekkTD4X6mqo5l6Y-z1UCqn1RGLDjKbQ3mVThqBbD-YMQlqQ0k4LdnWdF74PXHRMoOsuqcCJYSoA5S-j15cDRxbgq5De8oQaZrKy_Ku3ZiU8acrEuuKRT-SUBK5hs1tZS6wHseFV2UmUs/w512-h640/177A8952-8593-420A-BA19-A1F1F2EA007D.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p>I also finished about half the giant ball of Handicrafter Cotton for dishcloths. That's an ongoing thing, so I might as well claim what I've used (170g) LOL.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hfl0KIHtRvQY6-getw0u3M5pdg5O069X9jIxRJYRtTNv0zwJlAuUYS75fFJayNE5M2xrLxn1DBnRzjdtI6IuoUgl418VYY5IQrZeQ-sQy_qVfC0PoK-BAfc8z-UImMQ0RZWu_YvXfvKDC64bMQ2XqjPaix74V0DVEGr8hvNgN4OfZGNGuzk/s3264/557BAB38-876D-4F42-9F87-449B355ECCFC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hfl0KIHtRvQY6-getw0u3M5pdg5O069X9jIxRJYRtTNv0zwJlAuUYS75fFJayNE5M2xrLxn1DBnRzjdtI6IuoUgl418VYY5IQrZeQ-sQy_qVfC0PoK-BAfc8z-UImMQ0RZWu_YvXfvKDC64bMQ2XqjPaix74V0DVEGr8hvNgN4OfZGNGuzk/s320/557BAB38-876D-4F42-9F87-449B355ECCFC.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I didn't do a big post to compare 2021 to previous years, but here's 2021:<p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 3109gr</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn Out: 1053gr + 4586gr = 5369gr</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Balance: 2530 gr more OUT than in</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Cost: $44.66, 365 days, $0.12/day</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">And this is 2022....My stash is definitely shrinking, though you wouldn't know it to look at it LOL. It needs a big clean up. I'm hoping I can be a bit more productive with knitting this year, but I feel so split with all my hobbies, and work too. I can't believe I spent under $30 on yarn in 2022! I did get most of my yarn through donations.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><p><b>Yarn In: 940gr</b></p><p><b>Yarn Out: 308gr +170gr + 786gr = 1264gr OUT</b></p><p><b>Difference: 324gr more OUT than in.</b></p></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><p><b>Costs: $13.56 +$15.22 = $28.78/365 days = $0.08/day</b></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-9405755564102706502022-12-27T09:08:00.000-08:002022-12-27T09:08:00.126-08:00Christmas Stocking<p> I don’t promote my TracyKM Designs anymore, but once in awhile I’ll get a request for another Christmas stocking from a previous client. I just can’t say no!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnw3NZB5FWHTjgQsyCfWiTvxXIoE7Hy7xsHjrd_C8SZ_Co7hTj5EOyC2I1MPE1GGfVOWW4wWmji0FyFeOWealr7ZR8u3MAJrtPzWDB7VfjavU8IbEyLJhyhoiETTq88i9mIfhWLR1KhE_0My-UTmCmaiR5AKtut9WQZcTMkS2kLOFbQXyLbI/s4608/20221203_221822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnw3NZB5FWHTjgQsyCfWiTvxXIoE7Hy7xsHjrd_C8SZ_Co7hTj5EOyC2I1MPE1GGfVOWW4wWmji0FyFeOWealr7ZR8u3MAJrtPzWDB7VfjavU8IbEyLJhyhoiETTq88i9mIfhWLR1KhE_0My-UTmCmaiR5AKtut9WQZcTMkS2kLOFbQXyLbI/s320/20221203_221822.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I started in early summer, I think. It was an on again, off again relationship. I had wanted to be done for the first weekend in December, but I didn't really realize the first weekend came so early LOL. I also unexpectedly got a full time job (teaching). I finally cracked down and got to it. I always seem to make a mistake on the stockings for this lady, and when I held it out to take a look...I was duplicate stitching the back details upside down. Eek!<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl9THM4tTndzTC6ipZiImi5yDNxhYuvYWo_BNp-L3GgUc3dGNUN1Pku5XIoFKVuENrHEpU71myUiCr29FM61NhhxdUCNuMUCJKP43fElzQd2-jzX8m9ONq-kgdoC-BKwpXzuErY6KSj5fA1vCSZAVy4gPNflW4ITIvdL2Je40ZxYDJFQMyys/s3264/53E7D3D2-797E-4281-88C4-38B5BB3A0BED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTl9THM4tTndzTC6ipZiImi5yDNxhYuvYWo_BNp-L3GgUc3dGNUN1Pku5XIoFKVuENrHEpU71myUiCr29FM61NhhxdUCNuMUCJKP43fElzQd2-jzX8m9ONq-kgdoC-BKwpXzuErY6KSj5fA1vCSZAVy4gPNflW4ITIvdL2Je40ZxYDJFQMyys/s320/53E7D3D2-797E-4281-88C4-38B5BB3A0BED.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Picked that out, went to bed, and got back to it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEUk163AoCNd0RoM_4fr6iR_WpzGU19SbyJx4mz9epjFyVKXvmd550RtY4Uc3zU17z7S134SmgneZPJL7Lc6USjdTUt5sNRvexNSXUVln53BV2e_saL69Mnm4PUqwA6uEtfGNMBXbwf3NgNN0Unyj-hgjBJZOVri8J-1ATopuIuYOBDCCwDM/s3264/0DA4A05F-BCF8-418E-A1E5-3F620006EE59.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEUk163AoCNd0RoM_4fr6iR_WpzGU19SbyJx4mz9epjFyVKXvmd550RtY4Uc3zU17z7S134SmgneZPJL7Lc6USjdTUt5sNRvexNSXUVln53BV2e_saL69Mnm4PUqwA6uEtfGNMBXbwf3NgNN0Unyj-hgjBJZOVri8J-1ATopuIuYOBDCCwDM/w300-h400/0DA4A05F-BCF8-418E-A1E5-3F620006EE59.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I am out of the teal that I used before, but everything else is the same--I think. I wasn't sure what I had done for the white. I know I had made stockings with 3 strands of Woollike for the white, but I couldn't tell from the photos if it was these ones. I also wasn't sure if I used this grey or a lighter one. This is just what happens when you try to make identical items over many years--yarns get discontinued, colours change, etc. I do the best I can. I do take a lot of pride in my work so I want it perfect though!<div><br /></div><div><div><p><b>Yarn In: 940gr</b></p><p><b>Yarn Out: 100gr + 686gr = 786gr</b></p><p><b>Difference: 154gr more IN than out</b></p></div><div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Costs: $13.56 +$15.22 = $28.78/361 days = $0.08/day</b></p></div></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-68285421050589313382022-09-27T16:59:00.005-07:002022-12-27T09:04:34.301-08:00Socks Again!<p> Back in May, we were going for a drive to check out the property of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lishman" target="_blank">well known artist</a> . I needed some road trip knitting, so I quickly grabbed some sock yarn I've had a long time. I tried to keep the ball band intact, but can't find it now. Maybe JaWoll. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzD1T8lxDCNFMbe1W5TmH1FvksCiENrRMk7eNJ0H-dWMOt99Em5sT7NEm944oJ_NocVSnwXLs1Dv6SOS7F4tySY2175Ot74hiiRYZ7bqmu9oBUexaHiJjEf_j5mEEy5zUXe1LSiLcTmo2Kcu_FQwcE6kfhTTL0PKTJiPNPHSNO8X-TNWhQxk/s4608/20220914_212242.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzD1T8lxDCNFMbe1W5TmH1FvksCiENrRMk7eNJ0H-dWMOt99Em5sT7NEm944oJ_NocVSnwXLs1Dv6SOS7F4tySY2175Ot74hiiRYZ7bqmu9oBUexaHiJjEf_j5mEEy5zUXe1LSiLcTmo2Kcu_FQwcE6kfhTTL0PKTJiPNPHSNO8X-TNWhQxk/s320/20220914_212242.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>I started off with <a href="https://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATmagiccaston.html" target="_blank">Judy's magic cast on </a> and worked the foot in stockinette stitch. For the heel, I did the <a href="http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/leegles-toe-up-no-flap-no-hassle-sock.html" target="_blank">Fleegle heel </a> in ribbing and as I was incorporating the top of the foot, I gradually started adding more stitches to the rib, so it wraps around the leg. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4QvppQOr8pYDH8JR0I9Wbcg7r21biIps7oo_ny1hryZ6OyfDTk4xRGesDycM0tJkssT169acik-8UzQ8rT09qq6OoH2ueh-LGUXN-uMZiSk5anwQBKTgM64b92FY-yXGvXRlP1jMVK4jgkhAc0awpO_HP2m2_Iz_H6MWUwIX6SGkuWqizVg/s4468/IMG_0847%20(1).JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3625" data-original-width="4468" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4QvppQOr8pYDH8JR0I9Wbcg7r21biIps7oo_ny1hryZ6OyfDTk4xRGesDycM0tJkssT169acik-8UzQ8rT09qq6OoH2ueh-LGUXN-uMZiSk5anwQBKTgM64b92FY-yXGvXRlP1jMVK4jgkhAc0awpO_HP2m2_Iz_H6MWUwIX6SGkuWqizVg/s320/IMG_0847%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then once I had encorporated all the stitches into the rib, I kept going for the leg until it felt long enough.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiXvt1ia0BTbnfPBM783cvevng8iDX7dO3pOAL8TKu1ICvXlz147ZxCTJezPXl3aKO0-hCzZqMr2k7NpCTZ3naJr77kZ8vErC80rA9JO8BTzLpd2Suw-p_xy1lh2CRB36f3pkSJooqSSzTVKMcE7qi0w0WWTmXa_ZohHLW56NiEoAVxV7e5g/s4450/IMG_0848%20(1).JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="4450" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiiXvt1ia0BTbnfPBM783cvevng8iDX7dO3pOAL8TKu1ICvXlz147ZxCTJezPXl3aKO0-hCzZqMr2k7NpCTZ3naJr77kZ8vErC80rA9JO8BTzLpd2Suw-p_xy1lh2CRB36f3pkSJooqSSzTVKMcE7qi0w0WWTmXa_ZohHLW56NiEoAVxV7e5g/w400-h350/IMG_0848%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div>Very basic socks, which I really didn't need LOL. I don't wear wool socks much anymore as I work so much now and they don't fit in my sneakers and my clogs...I do still wear them but they feel so insecure compared to sneakers and I don't want another sprained ankle! I meant to take them on my vacation last week but forgot. I didn't really need them though. I'm sure I'll enjoy them this weekend. And, it's 66gr out of my bin (from a 100 gr ball so now what do I do with the extra 34 grams?). And it really doesn't matter since my wonderful daughter stopped by a yard sale by <a href="https://www.topsyfarms.com/" target="_blank">Topsy Farms</a></div><div>when she dropped down to Kingston for a weekend to check on her house. She picked up 3 skeins of aran yarn. Her boyfriend is hoping for some mittens. This is 150gr of yarn (450gr), though I don't have to add the cost. I also picked up a 340gr ball of Handicrafter cotton for our vacation, to make dishcloths. I bought it from Wal-Mart and I don't remember the price....about $12 plus tax....so $13.56.</div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>Yarn In: 150gr + 790gr = 940gr</b></p><p><b>Yarn Out: 66gr + 620gr = 686gr</b></p><p><b>Difference: 254gr more IN than out</b></p></div><div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Costs: $13.56 +$15.22 = $28.78/270 days = $0.11/day</b></p></div><div><a href="https://www.topsyfarms.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></a><p><br /></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-30254634095334248982022-09-14T17:44:00.001-07:002022-09-14T17:44:18.486-07:00Still Boxing<p> Rob was impressed with the pouches in the last post, but when he saw the totally stiff pouch, he wanted the "Men at Work" pouch to be just like that. I had some more fabric, but not much. I had also been looking at other fabrics in my stash to make into pouches. I wanted to give <a href="https://youtu.be/BJQT-UWls_Q" target="_blank">OklaRoots Ultimate Boxy Pouch</a> a try. This one uses a piece of vinyl for the bottom (and lower sides) of the outer. There's no bottom seam in the outer bag (but there is in the inner bag). This would mean it would be great on a bathroom counter, where it's often wet!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjL4kPr3M9ij4Am_WSW_Yu2I0_yH7Hj7no7P4DW4BLllnJNIPnLdiSb4dzU3omLq5xbYG3pS7DrRuhC6IfFVFH1Mxib__IHYAoEFUBFsBpqrFANE8VM-MpE46XSfTJRxFsad2_M1yT1rqlqboWj1Pezn6OSXcyBSF6gGRlI3oIGwtmX6PbTI/s5184/IMG_0840.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjL4kPr3M9ij4Am_WSW_Yu2I0_yH7Hj7no7P4DW4BLllnJNIPnLdiSb4dzU3omLq5xbYG3pS7DrRuhC6IfFVFH1Mxib__IHYAoEFUBFsBpqrFANE8VM-MpE46XSfTJRxFsad2_M1yT1rqlqboWj1Pezn6OSXcyBSF6gGRlI3oIGwtmX6PbTI/s320/IMG_0840.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I have a strip of this white stretch woven with fancy ladies walking dogs. It was originally from a ring sling I had made when Megan was a baby (2005-2006). I loved that sling though I would have to adjust it fairly often. I had this vinyl in the stash, I probably bought it from the clearance bin. I'm pretty sure I used it to make a tote bag that folds up into a wallet (it's not really a wallet, it just zips shut and looks like a square wallet). I did not have enough of the fancy fabric to make it the same size as the box in the video (13.5" long, I had only about 11"). I kept all the other measurements the same, which make some things difficult.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHXMb7yjAwtInFnCUSTRJl9vW0GafL_BBtKRQYGFdGts0i5Q9KbTaJNhFwuZswGeiMvcyxjYUKSlaAn1-Sc46K19keuDTSDbj-AwL4JgRx9Zrt4gIQL-A6eRb4cDeTZDOUpvZQ9EroObmCl1X06RW-krM9yFVUfDT-TgKza8YtDQHf2wuc5w/s5184/IMG_0841.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHXMb7yjAwtInFnCUSTRJl9vW0GafL_BBtKRQYGFdGts0i5Q9KbTaJNhFwuZswGeiMvcyxjYUKSlaAn1-Sc46K19keuDTSDbj-AwL4JgRx9Zrt4gIQL-A6eRb4cDeTZDOUpvZQ9EroObmCl1X06RW-krM9yFVUfDT-TgKza8YtDQHf2wuc5w/s320/IMG_0841.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>It seems there might be an error in the dimensions given. The short outer pieces of cotton are supposed to be 4.5", but in the video, her two outer top pieces don't totally cover the vinyl piece, which is strange because the vinyl should have been 9". On mine, there wasn't this gap. This made the lining pieces too small, so in the next one, I made them 9" and it was much easier to sew. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQLMvFO-ueXl2csqiDG6qoSWAD-RiymZ6PPVZ1C4B_pt5srJZrN3ZvVc1ZEGrEs85Zh088aEqtLY8PbkC1RX9jx7u5jI_hFcCz_KlUPF5UXUH-cdyKBW1Qp4waiKNT8JWmYofHw1oGHGOIEonY68R1rTlabcu0ZKgQdsPB8j3z_fUY6k927c/s5184/IMG_0842.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQLMvFO-ueXl2csqiDG6qoSWAD-RiymZ6PPVZ1C4B_pt5srJZrN3ZvVc1ZEGrEs85Zh088aEqtLY8PbkC1RX9jx7u5jI_hFcCz_KlUPF5UXUH-cdyKBW1Qp4waiKNT8JWmYofHw1oGHGOIEonY68R1rTlabcu0ZKgQdsPB8j3z_fUY6k927c/s320/IMG_0842.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>The inside of the first bag was a white eyelet fabric that I had used for a sling in around 2007. That one was a gift.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnNkt2cLeRvKzblvDBRs4m8mEEm7ITgAqYUplhyNzX2Wy9jmw3qTXpmB9OaI6JV84zddlVvCu7WgxshY9GTHRrrAACIW8SXM7NMrQtVbjj5ITvndXQWTYHdZYQxcjhLe2bgRdSO9Ni4Wq2aVhynLo4t_T6ydMKBw22IYG88PbRnJChkTa24/s5184/IMG_0843.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hnNkt2cLeRvKzblvDBRs4m8mEEm7ITgAqYUplhyNzX2Wy9jmw3qTXpmB9OaI6JV84zddlVvCu7WgxshY9GTHRrrAACIW8SXM7NMrQtVbjj5ITvndXQWTYHdZYQxcjhLe2bgRdSO9Ni4Wq2aVhynLo4t_T6ydMKBw22IYG88PbRnJChkTa24/s320/IMG_0843.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also followed the instructions to make an inside mesh pocket. However, in the True Tracy Way, this did not go as intended either. My pouch was not as wide (long), so I wasn't sure how big to make the pocket so the edges would be in the side seams like the tutorial. I didn't have the rigid mesh, so I used tulle. I used the wrong fabric when I made the bottom strip. Things did not go well when I sewed it. Let's just leave it at that. The stiff fabric, the box corners being a bit big for the size of the bag, the inner bag being a smidge too small; it all added up into a difficult sew.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOj8kOcwRUtb9iBcwu3uAGwM1YTz3dwC7fqJultz7DhgXyB6MOQBjRwRvQaBETcOTO8RftY_CWy6R_n7hW2YZLs752w22IEv2RP-ce73XEO5QIv-97BBFm-yzhjqdzNKl2dKKYLtTiPgTci-y3p8EIp6wgD57uXNaKM4gF_mYvoiz4mEWylA/s5184/IMG_0844.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOj8kOcwRUtb9iBcwu3uAGwM1YTz3dwC7fqJultz7DhgXyB6MOQBjRwRvQaBETcOTO8RftY_CWy6R_n7hW2YZLs752w22IEv2RP-ce73XEO5QIv-97BBFm-yzhjqdzNKl2dKKYLtTiPgTci-y3p8EIp6wgD57uXNaKM4gF_mYvoiz4mEWylA/s320/IMG_0844.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>For Rob's new pouch, I was able to just squeeze out the pieces in the remaining fabric. Inside, I used blue broadcloth. I didn't want black, but this was too close to black. I didn't want to go too light and have it look gross after the first trip either. The zipper on this one was another vintage zipper.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwulXfeyb6f4lOhJruKowUX2TGD8uLEoeCJfAwQXFxfZhUyHY3Wp0kBFWB5i-QHtLji5QLn7satX_n1HQ4AgydaemXpULfAhMs9p36qJIBhyEcyML8ddarueHgttw6gy66ih46ze902UydlSJeIrEZ3PKfAIyvWUAQhCxzSOCOPFwQvYGV-A/s5184/IMG_0845.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwulXfeyb6f4lOhJruKowUX2TGD8uLEoeCJfAwQXFxfZhUyHY3Wp0kBFWB5i-QHtLji5QLn7satX_n1HQ4AgydaemXpULfAhMs9p36qJIBhyEcyML8ddarueHgttw6gy66ih46ze902UydlSJeIrEZ3PKfAIyvWUAQhCxzSOCOPFwQvYGV-A/s320/IMG_0845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The bottom piece for Rob's bag, is from the trimmed off pieces from when we put up drapes this spring. There were black black-out panels, with a subtle texture. Ironing on the interface though, there was some bubbling and weirdness happening. The drapes have a plasticky backside, to be light blocking. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjKdoo3-gzExWAB9yLuwVIX-VLjaEthn1g7iyGS9Zn_sWVvVUM5uk1GRhXpBF3_tvo2c59uRJ7JCLgRbCbNQEiElsSu8bq3Twj7HZrNoXa7nGpX-REp6_NURMNUFXnHu5smix6Erpd0w2MMp6k5fkhrN__Qkrri7SOKwFt3t-ZDnWcrm_qhI/s5184/IMG_0846.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjKdoo3-gzExWAB9yLuwVIX-VLjaEthn1g7iyGS9Zn_sWVvVUM5uk1GRhXpBF3_tvo2c59uRJ7JCLgRbCbNQEiElsSu8bq3Twj7HZrNoXa7nGpX-REp6_NURMNUFXnHu5smix6Erpd0w2MMp6k5fkhrN__Qkrri7SOKwFt3t-ZDnWcrm_qhI/s320/IMG_0846.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Wider zipper tabs make sewing them in easier and are less noticeable if they aren't totally straight with the zipper LOL.<div><br /></div><div>I bought two zipper grab bags from Fabcycle.shop, to make more. I put them in the shopping cart, $20. Then shipping showed at $17! I messaged them, and they said they could do lettermail if it was under 500gr, which it would be. So it ended up being $5 for shipping. They arrived, but I've been so busy, I haven't opened it yet! </div><div>Then Megan and I went thrifting and I got even more vintage zippers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OcVhIP6QlK7QzpQnR2otm82S5wTmzZVcn8WLB-aBIVeYc7dSCoLycrwB_W7tnrdv2b5Bx2GrKXzvtd-6xlsMo0O56W6EJMnevxV5CpOY_7Euu1smpsjmEzH_Gov-VzuXzNck2d1nC3F9Vw5L_lNYy8vcq8xLftRZRL_3lmwE2IAZ77kvEpQ/s4608/20220911_102604.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OcVhIP6QlK7QzpQnR2otm82S5wTmzZVcn8WLB-aBIVeYc7dSCoLycrwB_W7tnrdv2b5Bx2GrKXzvtd-6xlsMo0O56W6EJMnevxV5CpOY_7Euu1smpsjmEzH_Gov-VzuXzNck2d1nC3F9Vw5L_lNYy8vcq8xLftRZRL_3lmwE2IAZ77kvEpQ/s320/20220911_102604.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>These two zippers have the same colour code, but the teeth are different colours!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo0T72KVMzobl2JayLAc1LJ3jkO0D7RsmKX39AVKxvoWyEK33E4vl5kgHwi_hV0AF-4YW3myWv7kl4bCBy-FOMdEY2cUQ1ginnL17QjtSc5hMuVqMf4Z5ec0DFzXa2iQ9dtHC4X8hSIbFH4RkzwDI54aMTFEuO8h4yLYGzIOpuVL9Q_A9i0Q/s4608/20220911_102255.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo0T72KVMzobl2JayLAc1LJ3jkO0D7RsmKX39AVKxvoWyEK33E4vl5kgHwi_hV0AF-4YW3myWv7kl4bCBy-FOMdEY2cUQ1ginnL17QjtSc5hMuVqMf4Z5ec0DFzXa2iQ9dtHC4X8hSIbFH4RkzwDI54aMTFEuO8h4yLYGzIOpuVL9Q_A9i0Q/s320/20220911_102255.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>Look at these old snaps, and the price! Adorable!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpi1pt7TglE0WNE9r0zDTRgxZOXUXdm6dGFoEPEUf8Rq5DVxtGL9VEWWEQvicS3FkhRRNxAWY5OAu2wQtYBNW4CcV6eO62-bGF8dyojWvI6muC5rKlZYSWL2PNUFQFW96AhCM3Z-Dl4fcQmjl_1LnHZsFOpmBeVfE0dz-X5Ol4TVGurpq8hA/s4608/20220911_102636.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpi1pt7TglE0WNE9r0zDTRgxZOXUXdm6dGFoEPEUf8Rq5DVxtGL9VEWWEQvicS3FkhRRNxAWY5OAu2wQtYBNW4CcV6eO62-bGF8dyojWvI6muC5rKlZYSWL2PNUFQFW96AhCM3Z-Dl4fcQmjl_1LnHZsFOpmBeVfE0dz-X5Ol4TVGurpq8hA/s320/20220911_102636.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>And get a load of these needle prices!! Fabricland sells them for over $11 now, I believe! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSALS4sb2d2QLon0pKHZmhH2005R1QsZ7amua_GHQfwQyNUyDPWoaKjgq_M56zuTTRakHdKipVSPpPUudA_AEdE7ttxsSiyy0MEKYkzeuE8a8zCrbCuXECtESZcek7Lfy63NVKmUPDkyyyskFlflZDiTjf1czGr2zgOE6aBM_pUMvEah4jGAM/s4608/20220911_102646.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSALS4sb2d2QLon0pKHZmhH2005R1QsZ7amua_GHQfwQyNUyDPWoaKjgq_M56zuTTRakHdKipVSPpPUudA_AEdE7ttxsSiyy0MEKYkzeuE8a8zCrbCuXECtESZcek7Lfy63NVKmUPDkyyyskFlflZDiTjf1czGr2zgOE6aBM_pUMvEah4jGAM/s320/20220911_102646.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div>This was also in the bag, but I haven't checked it out much. They're a guide to help you sew curves at 1/4". My plate doesn't have a 1/4" measurement, so I use the edge of the feed dogs, which isn't actually 1/4". So maybe these will help (there's instructions for how to do it for straight sewing too). I love sewing grab bags at thrift stores!<br /><p><br /></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-33685384231934486342022-08-31T08:40:00.002-07:002022-08-31T08:40:43.593-07:00Boxy Pouches<p> I get many emails each week from sewing pattern companies and blogs. One had a link to a pattern for an easy box pouch. I took a look at it and noticed the inside seams were exposed. I knew there had to be a better pattern out there, and I went down the dark rabbit hole of pouch patterns! OMG. So many tutorials out there. Here are some links:</p><p>https://youtu.be/Yr_A8Zfbq9w this is the one I primarily used. It's good, though not the ultimate. She shows stitching from the seam line, like Ikat Bag, but when doing the side seams, the top stitching end is exposed. </p><p>http://www.ikatbag.com/2016/01/zip-bag-chapter-4-faced-zippers-darted.html this is very technical post, no video. </p><p>https://youtu.be/w9kZMTNoF58 this one was really good! I highly recommend it. I did have some issues with the sides and getting the "over the zipper" seam to match with the side seams. Not sure I'd do it this way again, but maybe if you're a very accurate cutter and sewist. My pieces had.... issues. LOL.</p><p>https://youtu.be/N5Akv6LjVaw this is for tiny pouches, but they're so cute!</p><p>https://youtu.be/BJQT-UWls_Q These are a little more complex, but the basics are still the same</p><p>I have become obsessed with the last two's channel, OklaRoots! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfv0pFt2MLKH8osYoiTfJDf5ndIW4g7JBa9bE1Qe03-q6FfNv4LlG9W4sjviMHzebu4-4QRX6nWwNcQNbdiZsY-3_OoP7z1TDhc91isaEl505Q4AGMtc6EMBjuEbtKQlCeGLoMken6qd4Dg8wn-fHlJESOaEPAEMupx47fDGFnIyd3C60epY/s5184/IMG_0834.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfv0pFt2MLKH8osYoiTfJDf5ndIW4g7JBa9bE1Qe03-q6FfNv4LlG9W4sjviMHzebu4-4QRX6nWwNcQNbdiZsY-3_OoP7z1TDhc91isaEl505Q4AGMtc6EMBjuEbtKQlCeGLoMken6qd4Dg8wn-fHlJESOaEPAEMupx47fDGFnIyd3C60epY/s320/IMG_0834.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I started with the first link above, using her measurements in the video. I really thought it would be bigger, and I certainly have the fabric to make bigger versions! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vZ4pX0FDU_1KE8OvotqATYn6hKxK3vQx8WkvBTpWNWjN4GZeqK7NNszkCX7q4GjsDKhmaeNZfpudRxXZUWZBEOW4UST195tLANT54xqPktO9YUfWHPPl7sSw2z7h0t5WxJxV1vwhqh4nVn5FPCZqYSRe5BgRzyFC_a7KT8M8EMOZMpPcdac/s5184/IMG_0823.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vZ4pX0FDU_1KE8OvotqATYn6hKxK3vQx8WkvBTpWNWjN4GZeqK7NNszkCX7q4GjsDKhmaeNZfpudRxXZUWZBEOW4UST195tLANT54xqPktO9YUfWHPPl7sSw2z7h0t5WxJxV1vwhqh4nVn5FPCZqYSRe5BgRzyFC_a7KT8M8EMOZMpPcdac/s320/IMG_0823.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I bought the fabrics from <a href="https://www.fabcycle.shop/" target="_blank">Fabcycle </a> and they were quilt cottons, but I was expecting a garment fabric. It's the dark, turquoise/teal pouch, with structure. I didn't use the fleece interfacing, I used a stiff sew on interfacing, but I have iron on fusible web, so I applied that and then ironed on the interfacing. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnb3pruWuH5OyJsq41MgV347tvBiTo5M5H4BsynzdHV2A3IQWo3Q0JumvWlRlzL1Nr7_6X3AivK0JBb8HycHJeoRikXuCZjsTPyQ4ce5kK6299otkQow6BjI-PYyvhojHsCvoAXCplYeTe8LEtpEmE26qmOs5HORRb856da21FZFUUxZ4rw0/s5184/IMG_0825.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnb3pruWuH5OyJsq41MgV347tvBiTo5M5H4BsynzdHV2A3IQWo3Q0JumvWlRlzL1Nr7_6X3AivK0JBb8HycHJeoRikXuCZjsTPyQ4ce5kK6299otkQow6BjI-PYyvhojHsCvoAXCplYeTe8LEtpEmE26qmOs5HORRb856da21FZFUUxZ4rw0/s320/IMG_0825.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This shows how you stop the top stitching at 1/2" from the side edge, but the side seams were sewn at 3/8" seam allowance, so there's a little gap there. I also did my first line of top stitching on the pull tab too far from the open edge, so I had to do another line closer to the edge. Because I trimmed my zipper too soon, it was hard to sew that bit. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH01Hcf8wu9BsGs8HEz_Wr4_C2D2ZwlQazcW6XyKR7RAwGQnyXhwrjt6Nch8KBWsRO0BtDOItY7bGyPmusSujgTlxEjSi8uXdefcEfQcwOva3980Fmv1UbJbYJF2AI8XhBhuxsBQpP5ptXY1F_w8eN5yIbOqTV89TZtqMK5mvCf_UA1sHTlwA/s5184/IMG_0826.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH01Hcf8wu9BsGs8HEz_Wr4_C2D2ZwlQazcW6XyKR7RAwGQnyXhwrjt6Nch8KBWsRO0BtDOItY7bGyPmusSujgTlxEjSi8uXdefcEfQcwOva3980Fmv1UbJbYJF2AI8XhBhuxsBQpP5ptXY1F_w8eN5yIbOqTV89TZtqMK5mvCf_UA1sHTlwA/s320/IMG_0826.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did slip stitch the lining closed. It's not hard to do and is just that little bit nicer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-5wB8qXOyu5ENzkqUEMPZAwfGHSOWSd4TULxOo9DlyCKHjyXI2J1Rvj1o_w7i8hagRnjCfb6D7Uq3hbahwHyStbug6bJJaqLWD3mA9n4arT5qh1406fWaF0K2tPE-2zkeols9hF6d5OBSq1yH8Grw3CZ8DM68tdyaNHc_uncqFKn_MOU0GY/s5184/IMG_0827.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-5wB8qXOyu5ENzkqUEMPZAwfGHSOWSd4TULxOo9DlyCKHjyXI2J1Rvj1o_w7i8hagRnjCfb6D7Uq3hbahwHyStbug6bJJaqLWD3mA9n4arT5qh1406fWaF0K2tPE-2zkeols9hF6d5OBSq1yH8Grw3CZ8DM68tdyaNHc_uncqFKn_MOU0GY/s320/IMG_0827.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Being interfaced with the stiff iron on stuff, makes this pouch quite structured. However, being small, that did make it harder to sew the darts. Since the seams are closer together, that also gives structure, and it probably didn't need quite that stiff of interfacing. So keep this in mind when working with smaller sizes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrhBn9uEE09CzOLXMrcmHKHi6qYq6xVO146B_pjcM1zDa5p8ggAyYzi5vix4aX_XF0p4eNJ9cZqAGG6vUmw0nCBJQ5Qn_l85vnMFkFDFNoNRUZMabE80s9SiMgJ96GdDY4LlCGLBJ4LLLmVFPzEVLY6VJlstnH0v1GcAUJtuGNMBqHXJGCbY/s5184/IMG_0828.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrhBn9uEE09CzOLXMrcmHKHi6qYq6xVO146B_pjcM1zDa5p8ggAyYzi5vix4aX_XF0p4eNJ9cZqAGG6vUmw0nCBJQ5Qn_l85vnMFkFDFNoNRUZMabE80s9SiMgJ96GdDY4LlCGLBJ4LLLmVFPzEVLY6VJlstnH0v1GcAUJtuGNMBqHXJGCbY/s320/IMG_0828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I then made the "Men at Work" bag, but I didn't interface the whole outside piece. I made it up to sewing the side seams, and pressed it with the bottom seam lining up with the zipper. I interfaced just that flat portion, and accidentally used a lighter interfacing. I thought it would good having the upper part squishy, so it can be compressed in luggage. The stiffer one, I worry that squishing it will make the interfacing wrinkle and lose structure. At first, Rob liked it, but then he saw the stiff one and said he thought that was better. I used the large size measurements from the web post, not the video. 11"x14".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqYmbIaoSFMu1SoBXcjsRVcAcCWs0U4MXsk7TpT9Lv1SvIbMKByhtY72o3RKdHshrLJEOG5uCPAU_583jxN6BiXjMOrtZrGY0ZvAVvroalLWTG2lwllkRwkE2RW7kHlNNoEqoMYMUm4UY5Uhb4fs4PKOX5y43mw1h7_hXQtPIAu2SKvH9xhQ/s5184/IMG_0829.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqYmbIaoSFMu1SoBXcjsRVcAcCWs0U4MXsk7TpT9Lv1SvIbMKByhtY72o3RKdHshrLJEOG5uCPAU_583jxN6BiXjMOrtZrGY0ZvAVvroalLWTG2lwllkRwkE2RW7kHlNNoEqoMYMUm4UY5Uhb4fs4PKOX5y43mw1h7_hXQtPIAu2SKvH9xhQ/s320/IMG_0829.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p> The inside fabric is some sort of brocade, not cotton, that I've had more than 13 years (I date things from before or after our move to our current house LOL. I had used it to try to make a blazer sort of jacket, and have quite a bit left. It's hefty, but has no structure and pretty much no ironability). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkQOOsY79NTXcvM5ZkNhBbaF9kly0b3oxCBsgtV9FMEU4WIL6NRHq7cICDD0Lr2H2X6rLqP4qprXE_QTF68kCSF_vp7lvNEiLTqGBQvCTmKOPuv4LcU8GM7TCBNCmxfbR3c0FU1W7sBr6Q3nR5-ePF6QOHJ8BDy2vgk6Axr_CD-hxi3ypx4U/s5184/IMG_0833.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkQOOsY79NTXcvM5ZkNhBbaF9kly0b3oxCBsgtV9FMEU4WIL6NRHq7cICDD0Lr2H2X6rLqP4qprXE_QTF68kCSF_vp7lvNEiLTqGBQvCTmKOPuv4LcU8GM7TCBNCmxfbR3c0FU1W7sBr6Q3nR5-ePF6QOHJ8BDy2vgk6Axr_CD-hxi3ypx4U/s320/IMG_0833.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The butterfly one, I used the third link above, but the same measurements as the Men at Work bag (11"x14"). I did the same thing for the interfacing. I had trouble getting the side seams to connect. Not sure why it's done this way. Ikat Bag says to be sure to "assign the zipper" to one layer only. The end result of both ways is slightly different, but I don't see a benefit to either way. They were both fine. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhw-Aflhi8RxHyQrOF14zHs9l-B11HB6YIVBuQAc54mAU306KA3hObrhRgd7K4HSeFOMozPEpnAUCvBua6LHryNWxGLDsVN0XSvQ9rQqLagFSuiP7kQgoIc64IryYmq4qbfK0d6LN9AXga3tEqSJrjoFiYuAQWxeQGPeE8LkpwhYEqgOmxDHw/s5184/IMG_0831.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhw-Aflhi8RxHyQrOF14zHs9l-B11HB6YIVBuQAc54mAU306KA3hObrhRgd7K4HSeFOMozPEpnAUCvBua6LHryNWxGLDsVN0XSvQ9rQqLagFSuiP7kQgoIc64IryYmq4qbfK0d6LN9AXga3tEqSJrjoFiYuAQWxeQGPeE8LkpwhYEqgOmxDHw/s320/IMG_0831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>You can see where the interfacing ends; this one definitely had the stiff sewn in one (I used fusible web to make it fusible). I also trimmed it so it wasn't in the seam allowances. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Hhw9rIkF11WMHSsFGMscc5oLc1dC1OekPkk14X_zbA7qmVBjwvxr4lsh0EkH9Jhvr0sk8Y8ZTtsYVRDa-2J2lV6oty-4yIiPT-Ggv5pJDs2kpDHX293Y5c0dZkdbdBAbXzkQBRYNmyaDEVFMTlU7p0POBtQJr_mPWcLzBgkvG2Rvw0vCQw0/s5184/IMG_0830.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Hhw9rIkF11WMHSsFGMscc5oLc1dC1OekPkk14X_zbA7qmVBjwvxr4lsh0EkH9Jhvr0sk8Y8ZTtsYVRDa-2J2lV6oty-4yIiPT-Ggv5pJDs2kpDHX293Y5c0dZkdbdBAbXzkQBRYNmyaDEVFMTlU7p0POBtQJr_mPWcLzBgkvG2Rvw0vCQw0/s320/IMG_0830.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After this, I found the tutorials for using one piece (like vinyl) to create the bottom section, and another piece for the sides. That's great for giving it stability too, or using a waterproof material because you know it's going on a wet bathroom counter LOL. I'll be doing one like that next.</div><p></p><p>The zippers were all from my stash, the first two were definitely old, and metal. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt5yX6tZ_r6IIfNI_yk65_r8UQQ0rVUUwqc3T9yx2CXqY1t4gjP7g8Cf8uiBD1AoeuJfzyLepK4U93SCtZ7ICf__N6MHCWmQgXIW-0o7VSeRwVWaUeTU1C-yXz9fqv4Ms5226HLNMJGkt5JfMUk9X_9B0HrRvZ9yJMVWTVWfc39BW7_tsKKE/s5184/IMG_0824.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt5yX6tZ_r6IIfNI_yk65_r8UQQ0rVUUwqc3T9yx2CXqY1t4gjP7g8Cf8uiBD1AoeuJfzyLepK4U93SCtZ7ICf__N6MHCWmQgXIW-0o7VSeRwVWaUeTU1C-yXz9fqv4Ms5226HLNMJGkt5JfMUk9X_9B0HrRvZ9yJMVWTVWfc39BW7_tsKKE/s320/IMG_0824.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>What I learned...don't trim the zipper too soon. Wait till after sewing the side seams. <p></p><p>Mark where you'll be cutting the corners out, and when you sew the side seams, start at those marks, backstitching. If you just sew up the sides, then cut the corners, the side seams will start to unravel. You can go back and reinforce these before boxing the darts, but why not just do it from the start? Some patterns do have you cut the darts when you're cutting the fabric out, which does solve this, but makes cutting the fabric a bit slower. </p><p>The little tabs are essential for helping open the zipper. Don't make them too narrow though; it was hard to align with the zipper exactly. </p><p>Have fun with these! I'm going to make more. They don't take a lot of fabric, but have a big wow factor, and really don't take long at all! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-66645742153528205132022-08-17T10:54:00.000-07:002022-08-17T10:54:12.775-07:00Another Go at an Old Pattern<p> This is one of the quickest fabric purchase to wearing makes in a long time LOL. I bought the fabric at Talize (thrift) store on July 22, and wore the dress on August 15! When I bought the fabric, I thought I might use it for another pattern that I was working on updating the alterations for (I did finish that one but don't have a picture wearing it yet), but decided it was too thin for that one. I had always liked <a href="https://tracykm.blogspot.com/search/label/Simplicity%203506" target="_blank">Simplicity 3506 </a> but there had been an issue with the fit. I got it out and took a look.</p><p>I'm not sure <i>what </i>I had done to the pattern! The seam between the yoke and the bodice was really angled. There was also a line drawn across it, straight. I pretty much chopped off the top of the front pattern piece and redid it (the FBA seemed okay). I cut out the front piece, using the dress line and slide the fabric up to cut out the backs. </p><p>Ummm. My fabric was shorter than I thought! The back was three inches shorter! I went for it anyway, thinking it could just become a top if it was too short as a dress. Good thing I'm short!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimc_e5wFQ1mPvH5rVEI5Uv-6vif1UclbA95gHERTZsNy5pfLfMzpLkBi7UoKIHW1oKdZ_Y0DETFX9wsnOB_R-w1Nm0Ud6VMMh1KcWP3exnD9WEseD3RouAGssCKNatN8Ib646k3cR86rTJy42vZNZg9gHYtlnUxRddqCZ5YYrODUW84d2uKPU/s3264/5AAE9E8A-65A5-457C-AF60-DB598517EA14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimc_e5wFQ1mPvH5rVEI5Uv-6vif1UclbA95gHERTZsNy5pfLfMzpLkBi7UoKIHW1oKdZ_Y0DETFX9wsnOB_R-w1Nm0Ud6VMMh1KcWP3exnD9WEseD3RouAGssCKNatN8Ib646k3cR86rTJy42vZNZg9gHYtlnUxRddqCZ5YYrODUW84d2uKPU/s320/5AAE9E8A-65A5-457C-AF60-DB598517EA14.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />I didn't want to do the facings, because the fabric was so sheer. I thought I might do bias binding again, but there wasn't much fabric left over, and I didn't want to deal with the slippery fabric! I serged the edge, then turned it under twice. I did add pockets! I didn't do the zipper, and I ended up taking the back darts in a bit more. The sides could also be taken in a bit but I like the relaxed fit. <p></p><p>I know it's a little pale, and it's 100% polyester but I like it. It wasn't too hot, despite being polyester. I wore a cami with a shelf bra, and a beige slip under it, and felt comfortable. Though when I took it off, I realized I hadn't washed off the marking dots! They really weren't very noticeable! This is another great basic pattern for quick makes that each look unique. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENJkmesj1WH8Dt4ULywEZODroKThASrkGS8-m-kxXKfgNiVwn_5dRo76iacC1GLdQsHUNzFkimmXv985Gt3TVxoOf-ckyDFRW9K152NiLCdNIRiY8z5Bwn5mPpwCHGFUwzDwjezo6PtTHaTpAGxjp6IVEgCBxpAuYeg1Py70iUIhKS8rlWwY/s3264/5C52F123-CE32-48E5-8976-1DF10F924ECB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENJkmesj1WH8Dt4ULywEZODroKThASrkGS8-m-kxXKfgNiVwn_5dRo76iacC1GLdQsHUNzFkimmXv985Gt3TVxoOf-ckyDFRW9K152NiLCdNIRiY8z5Bwn5mPpwCHGFUwzDwjezo6PtTHaTpAGxjp6IVEgCBxpAuYeg1Py70iUIhKS8rlWwY/s320/5C52F123-CE32-48E5-8976-1DF10F924ECB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I think the wavy lines makes the neckline look a little misshapened...which it <i>could</i> be, considering the slipperiness of the fabric LOL. They lines look pretty neat on the back though. </p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-57800271739809451042022-08-14T18:42:00.001-07:002022-08-14T18:42:43.229-07:00I'm So Trendy<p> I was struggling with my laptop earlier this spring. It was suddenly out of memory. I took off all my pictures, Cricut files, sewing files, work files, everything. Still out of memory. Had a tech guy look at it, and he said each update of Windows takes up more space and eventually you just run out. It did have a small hard drive, but had been fine for 2.5 years. I really thought it should last a while longer. So I splurged on a really good laptop. Frankly, it's not much different. It has a larger screen, but most of the increase is horizontal and I would have prefered more vertical increase. The sound is WAY better though, and I can plug my camera card in directly, as well as the projectors at schools. Anyway. I was recently going through the USBs that I had saved everything onto, and found some sewing patterns I forgot I had. This especially happens with free patterns, it seems.</p><p>This is the Be Trendy halter top from Ellie and Mac. It's been discontinued, so I won't bother linking. Free patterns are a great way to test if a designer's "blocks" work well with your body. Do they design for an hour glass? A slim shape? Busty shapes? And also things like how well the patterns print, go together, are written. I did find a typo in the pattern and a few awkward instructions. I wasn't keen on the wide bottom band, especially since I was doing a solid fabric that wasn't all that drapey. So I eliminated that on my first one, and added what I thought was a reasonable length.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDUPA568Z-OM9q1cNMwAyZeYPEqpSWphEeySUEhRfaSRV4dTpzCF3ssJWOivH8GfDvkYm0MRCeCNsGbB86MD3t1bgB6ICVNT7NoqmLRvQ7l6RU8-7ELQIjslwAo5m4Y4J8ot2mY38Zq7A4AksxvI8QDsRQYAzXlZkqkq6XGKtET25DyfSIws/s3264/10117FF1-79BA-46B0-A3C5-D947F6CE96AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDUPA568Z-OM9q1cNMwAyZeYPEqpSWphEeySUEhRfaSRV4dTpzCF3ssJWOivH8GfDvkYm0MRCeCNsGbB86MD3t1bgB6ICVNT7NoqmLRvQ7l6RU8-7ELQIjslwAo5m4Y4J8ot2mY38Zq7A4AksxvI8QDsRQYAzXlZkqkq6XGKtET25DyfSIws/s320/10117FF1-79BA-46B0-A3C5-D947F6CE96AF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>It's a bit short, I feel. And it's obvious I need a FBA, by the diagonal drag lines from the bust to the sides. But I really liked it! I made a shelf bra (totally messed it up of course LOL). Normally I don't like things knotted behind my neck, but this was okay.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlhWVprKZ2HcXsKKvnkHhHVh9IFRC6V3TZNz8gVXH55z283ML7Y0yXIw9uDC60NW9IJXXlI5MUJFQvk9grgRCB-og5J1UJqzIbVkQcpjEMBGT__2RPHfp4B5-8Udsywf2ubuUaA0STEwWti-67u92gsHETjXaiYwANdNEGjrmnmWuYykRejA/s3264/122A23FC-2004-4E97-B24A-128DC2924D8C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlhWVprKZ2HcXsKKvnkHhHVh9IFRC6V3TZNz8gVXH55z283ML7Y0yXIw9uDC60NW9IJXXlI5MUJFQvk9grgRCB-og5J1UJqzIbVkQcpjEMBGT__2RPHfp4B5-8Udsywf2ubuUaA0STEwWti-67u92gsHETjXaiYwANdNEGjrmnmWuYykRejA/s320/122A23FC-2004-4E97-B24A-128DC2924D8C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I made a second one, a bit longer, and with a FBA. I made chiffon ties because I wanted this one to look a little upscale. I thought I made them wide enough so they'd be somewhat of a feature, but by the time I turned the tubes right side out, they were still narrow (I did widen it out towards the end, but it's not much). I hate chiffon LOL. I am now almost out of the soft elastic I got from somewhere, that I use for the shelf bras. Not enough for one more. Neither of these are lined, they just have the shelf bra sewn to the top edges. The bottoms are hemmed with a blind stitch. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGid-649Xi0nQFFgBKNznSpFC0-ADkvD01dBxOfUSovFRt5Z09Nzg2jeGaB5LIvJ9WBaqFgtr_5OZ_JWWKOGwmWSdIa6deDrwsp4jHHUmK4iMJaRZ4RnmgQj-Dw_3pPPvlV4u5Vu1bBSw9blb4hMOXq1Xb_HuC_xnrMc4K9cBgS96Awbju0NY/s3264/3D7F9BC7-3F55-4C9E-826F-62113740FDC5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGid-649Xi0nQFFgBKNznSpFC0-ADkvD01dBxOfUSovFRt5Z09Nzg2jeGaB5LIvJ9WBaqFgtr_5OZ_JWWKOGwmWSdIa6deDrwsp4jHHUmK4iMJaRZ4RnmgQj-Dw_3pPPvlV4u5Vu1bBSw9blb4hMOXq1Xb_HuC_xnrMc4K9cBgS96Awbju0NY/s320/3D7F9BC7-3F55-4C9E-826F-62113740FDC5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I really like this top. Simple patterns like this are great for customizing, making mutliples in different fabrics and colours. I'm not sure if I can wear these to work. A little bare without a light cardi over top! But great for in my truck with no air conditioning! We'll see. I have lots of hot weather dresses and tank tops that are suitable anyway.</p><p>The pattern is discontinued, which is too bad, but I’m sure there’s probably something similar out there.</p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-72252774229396142342022-08-01T12:30:00.004-07:002022-12-27T09:01:38.812-08:00Is it Summer Yet?<p> At the start of summer break, I planned to having a relaxing summer. I wanted to draw, practice flute, clean out my email inbox, walk daily, practice yoga daily, sew....So how's that going? I've gotten some art ready for stickers, but haven't actually drawn any new art. I practiced flute for about 15 minutes. I started the summer with shoulder pain so the flute, and yoga, had to be put on hold. I have been walking a lot--30 minutes daily, M-F and some on the weekend, as well as an almost daily 25 min walk with the dog after dinner (not fitness walking at all LOL). I have done a bit of sewing, which I'll go over. Also finished up a charity crocheted blanket and started a Christmas stocking. I have also had doctor's appointments, x-rays, ultrasound, physio, dentist, eye doctor...middle kid got her wisdom teeth out, both girls have jobs and need rides, youngest has the rink twice a week...it's been a lovely summer though not the relaxing, do nothing summer I thought it would be<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC34pTcZpTxDx6_FjAsJE8m8xly8CkX6nc8tnIh52M78VIl7uN5kMj60SknIiM7zU1LTPuo_4f6dPePFRCie92KgTq-SScOSvDisxSo5PPEXY0UqTkbqAicY9RzfaV45FK6batouYk9EJTkevtdO_LYP6XOXzFBB2uQA3CU-GQbqwSKN-2YYQ/s3264/IMG_6809.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC34pTcZpTxDx6_FjAsJE8m8xly8CkX6nc8tnIh52M78VIl7uN5kMj60SknIiM7zU1LTPuo_4f6dPePFRCie92KgTq-SScOSvDisxSo5PPEXY0UqTkbqAicY9RzfaV45FK6batouYk9EJTkevtdO_LYP6XOXzFBB2uQA3CU-GQbqwSKN-2YYQ/s320/IMG_6809.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day, I got a phone call from an elderly man who's quite popular in our community FB group. I had previously repaired an old wool Mary Maxim jacket for him, and now he had a wool blanket he kept in the car that had a few holes. I said I'd take a look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turns out, it's woven, not knitted, but this gave me a great opportunity to learn how to do mending using the weaving method! One of those things I thought I'd learn at <i>some point. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOKzeYmK8Sz-cwuHWDPxS5ru3jYzAodVMUqEyT1e80FAFtF4A1rlxupmGfcZ4O3_MHdCfXJVDAg9l06d-Hwx3anOTHQfpI9CMZoVUXCuGPxpPv0u_cRvqQWKG3jssL1XyAHiObZBMa7p4Gl_cyrzKeFXbkaQlNS0SHHdSKxe_i6NQzE3iaco/s3264/IMG_6806.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOKzeYmK8Sz-cwuHWDPxS5ru3jYzAodVMUqEyT1e80FAFtF4A1rlxupmGfcZ4O3_MHdCfXJVDAg9l06d-Hwx3anOTHQfpI9CMZoVUXCuGPxpPv0u_cRvqQWKG3jssL1XyAHiObZBMa7p4Gl_cyrzKeFXbkaQlNS0SHHdSKxe_i6NQzE3iaco/s320/IMG_6806.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't too hard! He was very pleased with it. I also made sure to give it a good bath in wool wash. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSseWYO9o6frDtwjC-PoKtFluyrMf_rvnzFWTwm_v8ey-HSRMM8-wPWWeeiBHciofJxj4_QQs0R8TWXFoA4hmA1vK23d9XxOq7LahNsDWRhrdj2gIzuaJVIoh67N9bb26Ry36cfuP0z8m78R3leHbfQ6bBbQWQXw1TNdExXZk1OjqzTlTNbg/s3264/IMG_6850.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSseWYO9o6frDtwjC-PoKtFluyrMf_rvnzFWTwm_v8ey-HSRMM8-wPWWeeiBHciofJxj4_QQs0R8TWXFoA4hmA1vK23d9XxOq7LahNsDWRhrdj2gIzuaJVIoh67N9bb26Ry36cfuP0z8m78R3leHbfQ6bBbQWQXw1TNdExXZk1OjqzTlTNbg/s320/IMG_6850.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>As well as making stickers on my Cricut, I made IG address decals for our trucks, and new dishwasher magnets. I was planning to make the silver one, white, but it was too transparent. The Tricolour one will be sent to my eldest. He expressed interest in having one, but didn't like our original one since when the Clean was upright, it was on the bottom. So I fixed that. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5Usxgh3332KwN-Ep5eFgEiyO-eif2i-2tDS1bkO2EpnZ7r6ELE0YPHDv-FqVsP9W75KixCXxhQRumAJkVJ6Yebk0UAPjVQYQt5KcEvhpz2S1Z2Fno40NSuYDFYxrNZrtAFTEtYEExkk43fDqnS9tj_Tg8CT3Tf7lpT_TaraxdXqRVjrpnjk/s3264/IMG_6852.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5Usxgh3332KwN-Ep5eFgEiyO-eif2i-2tDS1bkO2EpnZ7r6ELE0YPHDv-FqVsP9W75KixCXxhQRumAJkVJ6Yebk0UAPjVQYQt5KcEvhpz2S1Z2Fno40NSuYDFYxrNZrtAFTEtYEExkk43fDqnS9tj_Tg8CT3Tf7lpT_TaraxdXqRVjrpnjk/s3264/IMG_6852.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE3Ox83fSW2pevTjzjzZ46ZkFWmgv81tH5sHF5wPHlfYxpXWSSA9_yh-MuccYgSPGHZL3_6AyfYrYQSCUtOvIO9Z1nnzas2qDYJirK5rGFtlowIOc_ug9mymiG5IluVhEocTSZZi-e4H1qHhhkyqJszgAjPSOflTyctOuR4wYLBcb4ovfsmk/s3264/IMG_6853.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUE3Ox83fSW2pevTjzjzZ46ZkFWmgv81tH5sHF5wPHlfYxpXWSSA9_yh-MuccYgSPGHZL3_6AyfYrYQSCUtOvIO9Z1nnzas2qDYJirK5rGFtlowIOc_ug9mymiG5IluVhEocTSZZi-e4H1qHhhkyqJszgAjPSOflTyctOuR4wYLBcb4ovfsmk/s320/IMG_6853.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5Usxgh3332KwN-Ep5eFgEiyO-eif2i-2tDS1bkO2EpnZ7r6ELE0YPHDv-FqVsP9W75KixCXxhQRumAJkVJ6Yebk0UAPjVQYQt5KcEvhpz2S1Z2Fno40NSuYDFYxrNZrtAFTEtYEExkk43fDqnS9tj_Tg8CT3Tf7lpT_TaraxdXqRVjrpnjk/s320/IMG_6852.HEIC" width="320" /></div><br />I despartely needed new slippers. I loved the gold ones I had, with suede soles. I'm out of suede, so I got out the ToughTech I bought for swim shoes in the summer of 2019, as part of the cruise prep. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbglApZ1XIm8LYWaB9Qin1rLX41Ayb4xVLO4t2Y8z20W3ImekO3CxGjUer97FmjT4iNtb81wUX3kygoIE3-KcS916RwIqaBl4jk8Y6LIxcWXX5rcq7jY48scz_VSeI7_Yr16-6ECun4cc27tUrcPOd4dGSQ8DyepcmyQaTC381pspt-I-iUo/s2092/IMG_6877.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2092" data-original-width="2073" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbglApZ1XIm8LYWaB9Qin1rLX41Ayb4xVLO4t2Y8z20W3ImekO3CxGjUer97FmjT4iNtb81wUX3kygoIE3-KcS916RwIqaBl4jk8Y6LIxcWXX5rcq7jY48scz_VSeI7_Yr16-6ECun4cc27tUrcPOd4dGSQ8DyepcmyQaTC381pspt-I-iUo/s320/IMG_6877.HEIC" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also wanted a new sleep mask. Currently, I use a dark coloured buff. It works fine but thought maybe something new would be nice. I wanted something with some shape, as commercial sleep masks gape along my nose. I had seen some really cool shaped ones on Amazon and thought maybe I could make something. I had a hard time finding a pattern, eventually landing on this one by a Korean YouTuber, for a contoured eye mask. She created it so it wouldn't rub on her eyelashes. It's supposed to bubble outwards, reminds me of fly eyes, LOL. However, my interfacing was too weak (she didn't specify in the video), and my fabric too wimpy, so I don't quite get that same effeect. Plus, I had trouble sewing the slippery fabric, then I trimmed the seams, turned right side out, and discovered I had sewn the elastic into the seam. Picked it out, re-stitched, turned right side out, and discovered that I must have snipped the elastic when I was snipping the seam allowance on the curves. So I had to rejoin the ends. Overlapping the ends has made the elastic just a smidge too small now, and I wake up with a blue line across my forehead. There is still some gaping around my nose, but it's not too bad. I think next time, I'll just make a flat one LOL.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzsa-yn6PW0QNpCm5EltsCLDMoOO7SxhJdslWs-bSNeJlm7v1M9XZMoj2lp-do7pvsLPYQbGplojcsE8t_axXTem9b7aMlPQefhwM2OiS0h3eSfAcuMqsWEHHljLxL7vkGoKDWDO9hL_P8yVuq_dPGVn5s3VysE9Mg9QP1GWzadUyMTFsvao/s1500/IMG_6871.PNG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzsa-yn6PW0QNpCm5EltsCLDMoOO7SxhJdslWs-bSNeJlm7v1M9XZMoj2lp-do7pvsLPYQbGplojcsE8t_axXTem9b7aMlPQefhwM2OiS0h3eSfAcuMqsWEHHljLxL7vkGoKDWDO9hL_P8yVuq_dPGVn5s3VysE9Mg9QP1GWzadUyMTFsvao/s320/IMG_6871.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the lettering tutorials I followed early in the summer. Going to make it into stickers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIikrMKX4dIedh2RVQAplz0JvcooGxVD1AXvdKXsbrgyQRQPYCxmrbn-WY7jIaMWb8eRVG1o43F647BI3nTr5OQFs5nikTahyK7TSKQ6iop5DKqEDTDOOzlahmup4mexQKqdOiaF20mGglQk8Ee8bwn60-9Wct1g1PjG034mpY8QqahFTwYI/s1920/IMG_6892.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIikrMKX4dIedh2RVQAplz0JvcooGxVD1AXvdKXsbrgyQRQPYCxmrbn-WY7jIaMWb8eRVG1o43F647BI3nTr5OQFs5nikTahyK7TSKQ6iop5DKqEDTDOOzlahmup4mexQKqdOiaF20mGglQk8Ee8bwn60-9Wct1g1PjG034mpY8QqahFTwYI/s320/IMG_6892.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>There is a long story with this. The short version is I combined some different pieces I did into one, and made a background for my new laptop. The two mushrooms with faces, I drew them just by looking at reference photos! I'm so proud of them!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNwZoDmOKY-f_lk58j33LIAY8aJSEQkh5Xts7KX6p7SlstUXYIa-kIcDATdQZprk-drRfYEJo5spdTIIgfjCh6x1m79asRACMdk-FaVoNmP9Vqmv1dHOGgwrGoTn1k3BxEygYE0-dzp4paoHQVev1ICK0rt0EVyq_oaZej7VjC7f-W5edYRA/s4608/20220723_184413.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNwZoDmOKY-f_lk58j33LIAY8aJSEQkh5Xts7KX6p7SlstUXYIa-kIcDATdQZprk-drRfYEJo5spdTIIgfjCh6x1m79asRACMdk-FaVoNmP9Vqmv1dHOGgwrGoTn1k3BxEygYE0-dzp4paoHQVev1ICK0rt0EVyq_oaZej7VjC7f-W5edYRA/s320/20220723_184413.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Megan bought a dirtbike, but has been cursed. Another attempt to go out and this happened. Sigh. Poor girl.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2xP5V0YYnu9ZofilH4B2iF67BabemIz6-RlmOULO8NkilKZrR70IsiaUwma1XcRwWhnNhdVVTIMOvMmiFwYSS2fUKbXYfeNEsfeQGCcI0Kbwdc_qhyv-StqttZrgILew2dnijjlRLGXXOGDYWyvLjkz8Ogw_dwRmDsDoz84bsgxFg4E2uxQ/s4608/20220727_110230.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2xP5V0YYnu9ZofilH4B2iF67BabemIz6-RlmOULO8NkilKZrR70IsiaUwma1XcRwWhnNhdVVTIMOvMmiFwYSS2fUKbXYfeNEsfeQGCcI0Kbwdc_qhyv-StqttZrgILew2dnijjlRLGXXOGDYWyvLjkz8Ogw_dwRmDsDoz84bsgxFg4E2uxQ/s320/20220727_110230.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finished this corner to corner crocheted blanket for the seniors. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi080lo-s35x4muNg9TZPUJ5vrUExWHhDXvMGknrR9yWaCRm6cJsRf8H5cCX4k0mMjOPZxVJDvASH0dTRBaKhBGctJ1ZCbLrFqbC19g89ibQOfu6LTLf-57dapkOebc7n4wT_z--8fZtA1bWONkS-NI8NIogf_8ZvCAGdhQ_cj9iaTisNUXOWM/s4608/20220727_110249.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi080lo-s35x4muNg9TZPUJ5vrUExWHhDXvMGknrR9yWaCRm6cJsRf8H5cCX4k0mMjOPZxVJDvASH0dTRBaKhBGctJ1ZCbLrFqbC19g89ibQOfu6LTLf-57dapkOebc7n4wT_z--8fZtA1bWONkS-NI8NIogf_8ZvCAGdhQ_cj9iaTisNUXOWM/s320/20220727_110249.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I was getting near the end, I realized I wouldn't have enough of the green blend. So I created a plan to increase the pink (previously it had been one row) and decreased the green (it had been two rows). It's not quite the transition I was envisioning, but it's done. It weighed 600grams.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeXQBNawamxibvwYBFDHTjbuyqn--xbrbEXBUqwCbTiM127xahqNtBPDbC7e_-ek_CteHecnlABvz4NoYBckXYffkP3hDaA9t4HheAlDe21CzJrALTzk2_2gPK63ioazeTXtq7LuRoPU-ebiTlXxkXXuK7zF7LQTkd0MNTsOFMVoXOuO77c/s3264/IMG_6943.HEIC" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIeXQBNawamxibvwYBFDHTjbuyqn--xbrbEXBUqwCbTiM127xahqNtBPDbC7e_-ek_CteHecnlABvz4NoYBckXYffkP3hDaA9t4HheAlDe21CzJrALTzk2_2gPK63ioazeTXtq7LuRoPU-ebiTlXxkXXuK7zF7LQTkd0MNTsOFMVoXOuO77c/s320/IMG_6943.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made two versions of this dress very early in my sewing hobby--2007. I learned the hard way about full bust adjustments. Actually, I didn't learn it then, but this pattern showed why I needed a FBA. Check out New Look 6557 in the Labels section.</div><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoePm-FmW648RwU_tLJ4TkxuwnetTDdr7b3dykmA89_usIUOG_WP81ekmSUkCwSkpnLCTITGeWDRRItAk0tKNhUZ0yV6vqrzGQakPek5r3cFiwPDCOmMpC1hn-2q6NmiH5-ibQbFr_98CJV4W5yNatr6AZ6FtNgxG0Dj7pwo8rs8zMoyGp3cw/s320/IMG_6941.HEIC" width="240" /></div>I found this pattern at a thrift shop and it seemed complete. It's similar to the above pattern, and Simplicity is the parent company. This one doesn't have the midriff band, and uses pleats in the bust instead of gathers. I thought I'd give it a try finally, but found it was missing all the bodice pieces except the front upper bodice. So I'm merging the two patterns.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHaIBw69TpXbI3ZJigTOwNcHddUSeWEvnucwqdgGZv-NtxsN76HfsxHnoIoc5diCLqxPQlM2JcUqeNGwgnS2d4FbCwKKc-QJCT42PhzoVhmdPyPOPcBYeR-w-5Qt8WqGcvD5ly-YK4fAmkB0tPmARw_8FGMXN-DnnlchSQWWoXI44O8vXUk0/s4608/20220730_084819.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHaIBw69TpXbI3ZJigTOwNcHddUSeWEvnucwqdgGZv-NtxsN76HfsxHnoIoc5diCLqxPQlM2JcUqeNGwgnS2d4FbCwKKc-QJCT42PhzoVhmdPyPOPcBYeR-w-5Qt8WqGcvD5ly-YK4fAmkB0tPmARw_8FGMXN-DnnlchSQWWoXI44O8vXUk0/s320/20220730_084819.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I tried on the second version of the New Look dress that I made in 2007. I could zip it up this time, but after much searching, I found the original picture (which I didn't seem to blog!).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Vx7D88NQ9tmVXeaBIhOfWmFKIr7NEEjPMlRSnpWNqseF3v9p-1FPdX8-lrSv_--oHHaJEWlYtW7yf6JiUZDJZZf_VeVNSGupxeZinSTo1H24BUmG8XHheYguE_xLtC4sb81WHwXy3FVhz2qrD4Sup5FfUmN3Q50CKT51BZ68BbGSgtGWZY/s2048/IMG_6957.PNG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Vx7D88NQ9tmVXeaBIhOfWmFKIr7NEEjPMlRSnpWNqseF3v9p-1FPdX8-lrSv_--oHHaJEWlYtW7yf6JiUZDJZZf_VeVNSGupxeZinSTo1H24BUmG8XHheYguE_xLtC4sb81WHwXy3FVhz2qrD4Sup5FfUmN3Q50CKT51BZ68BbGSgtGWZY/s320/IMG_6957.PNG" width="240" /></a></div>My bust is definitely bigger now! This was 6 months after the reduction, and a month after recovering from giardia.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNajP-79LJHjym3LXkchEgI4Be64ECSa0wI7AjDeHbBodV09xA58hYHwZVVzd02ZHPeseT_rPMjt5bOiBAa2QdmeIOwlfNSYQzq9dr--5HAlwKepfbs5XrvNQkmgQZFaKFEjUTkjHIUfefG_L4Zm1tRZDrAgbRe1Z9xJMRYkg04jvOQVeBkec/s4608/20220730_144353.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNajP-79LJHjym3LXkchEgI4Be64ECSa0wI7AjDeHbBodV09xA58hYHwZVVzd02ZHPeseT_rPMjt5bOiBAa2QdmeIOwlfNSYQzq9dr--5HAlwKepfbs5XrvNQkmgQZFaKFEjUTkjHIUfefG_L4Zm1tRZDrAgbRe1Z9xJMRYkg04jvOQVeBkec/s320/20220730_144353.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>This is the first test of the new mash up. It's just the top portion. It felt a little bare and revealing in the V neck. So I altered the pattern pieces a bit more.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHha0kZNylzwKR9xRV6fMoaEIzpGqkeyj2iBzl7z4-LpMItpClEz5CgI8lWe8nvCeIs161lsEV0rVPxn0J-KBHkAzqsDfyfYI7hTMX6s1OPnhRQTvT9RLtJXaGBqQe24chuFAEy9uDYlriyh7TgmJZ53oH1nACTsjgIxqV7mecth6_ksVZkeA/s4608/20220801_130027.jpg" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHha0kZNylzwKR9xRV6fMoaEIzpGqkeyj2iBzl7z4-LpMItpClEz5CgI8lWe8nvCeIs161lsEV0rVPxn0J-KBHkAzqsDfyfYI7hTMX6s1OPnhRQTvT9RLtJXaGBqQe24chuFAEy9uDYlriyh7TgmJZ53oH1nACTsjgIxqV7mecth6_ksVZkeA/s320/20220801_130027.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>On the last few inches of sewing the lining to the bodice and I run out of bobbin thread. I start winding a new one, get halfway full, and suddenly the machine starts slipping. My other machine is getting looked at because it started making a noise! Ack. For the last year, every time I ran out of a bobbin, I tended to just grab whatever was somewhat close and already filled Now I'm down to a few bobbins, and they're <i>those</i> colours. Argh.<div><br /></div><div>And that's pretty much it for now!<br /><p><b>Yarn In: 150gr</b></p><p><b>Yarn Out: 600gr + 20gr = 620gr</b></p><p><b>Difference: 470gr more OUT than in</b></p><p><b>Costs: $15.22/213 days = $0.07</b></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-10410302127467697742022-06-07T11:16:00.002-07:002022-06-07T11:16:14.872-07:00More Snowstorm Sewing<p> As we are finally in spring (ohhh was it a long, cold, wet spring), I thought it was about time to post the other sewing I did during the first couple weeks of the school year in January, when we were doing virtual school and I had pretty much no work. </p><p>Megan mentioned that she'd like another Lovesick Bra (now called the LBB) by George and Ginger. I had the idea that finally I should try to make it reversible. It has a separate band, so I knew I'd have to do a few things. Well, those first things did not work and I got a mobius tube that would not work LOL. </p><p>I found <a href="https://youtu.be/LkJ1oijRKX4" target="_blank">this video</a> which helped tremendously. It still was a little tricky to follow along because she uses purple fabric for both layers, and the fabric looks the same on the right side and wrong sides! I wasn't keen on topstitching to close the bottom of the band, but in the end it looked okay.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrTqnfYHVhjrxrx_Qd1yd3NisorXyCQc2YWrK42qTEPkNcJs50pbc0UTfmEbPlc9SdmF87u4s4CMn9F0Zao641GDOD6SZMdARmnfUwuOM1b55dGXFCybMmt1STyIcDJ7DBLSUv6_8WDSZJLszLEw5GnYnpRxo_-7KZ9CBTblDeBWBuHSSFjU/s4608/20220104_183302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrTqnfYHVhjrxrx_Qd1yd3NisorXyCQc2YWrK42qTEPkNcJs50pbc0UTfmEbPlc9SdmF87u4s4CMn9F0Zao641GDOD6SZMdARmnfUwuOM1b55dGXFCybMmt1STyIcDJ7DBLSUv6_8WDSZJLszLEw5GnYnpRxo_-7KZ9CBTblDeBWBuHSSFjU/s320/20220104_183302.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted a new one too, but with a higher neck for doing yoga. I got to it, pleased it was going so well despite having to remind myself a couple times which was the fold on the back piece, and which was the side.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisfSAaLwHAEIzC6LhiZLGOBCNcSOC0aWVZ8nU4bjxFZw5yd7XpcAiZ39jL0015Hopc2OKDx67i18r0TD1zvhh7Es91-zfUH5QVNt5SZemUSplhISAN7lY7x-wbADcSxlCq5Sa31ycjJgNo1Y-2Hogn3JMRUtkGIpxUaDz1ABtr7l-ZXKCMnU/s4608/20220108_150534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisfSAaLwHAEIzC6LhiZLGOBCNcSOC0aWVZ8nU4bjxFZw5yd7XpcAiZ39jL0015Hopc2OKDx67i18r0TD1zvhh7Es91-zfUH5QVNt5SZemUSplhISAN7lY7x-wbADcSxlCq5Sa31ycjJgNo1Y-2Hogn3JMRUtkGIpxUaDz1ABtr7l-ZXKCMnU/s320/20220108_150534.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apparently I didn't remind myself enough, and when I went to sew it together, I found out that my front side seam was <i>way </i>longer than the back piece. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaQf_mc-8PlEn5T3WCFTNy9zZnUX00WF06RJTTcxZQEQS02kh6nhRpKr6FRMHf1SjyiDKx31uO79hAUdttAY3MiVI6TCa8XZ0tFBTYPotD4qmJ7PFHVS1PZyHzELKF6JxenQW8P1DkNwqYIyaH32w6tpdY9j-pf6cjJijgcDGXmQA9xWq2rA/s1799/D87FF066-6335-427D-A681-3FADF858874C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaQf_mc-8PlEn5T3WCFTNy9zZnUX00WF06RJTTcxZQEQS02kh6nhRpKr6FRMHf1SjyiDKx31uO79hAUdttAY3MiVI6TCa8XZ0tFBTYPotD4qmJ7PFHVS1PZyHzELKF6JxenQW8P1DkNwqYIyaH32w6tpdY9j-pf6cjJijgcDGXmQA9xWq2rA/w320-h400/D87FF066-6335-427D-A681-3FADF858874C.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I compensated with some tidy pleats. It's a little more low cut than I'd like at the side, but considering what it could have been, it's a very functional fix.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflIDJmcxGEkAja5FOfd1k4g40nBrdaZ0ZPxfu25xHzl3rNh6gl5dvjv1rJjjjYL3K6x047XsjslO-WG3oigoYZQth1qdbNzS71G1GxrxOrbOP5NQ0hAPRrahL5gOA0MnpPnxBjVJzVzmRO7U6AmGC-nvvP8aX_3OGkFNC2xuT_erfeBHvAWE/s1799/82A4CDD5-459B-48FA-BE93-2EEED6812F32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflIDJmcxGEkAja5FOfd1k4g40nBrdaZ0ZPxfu25xHzl3rNh6gl5dvjv1rJjjjYL3K6x047XsjslO-WG3oigoYZQth1qdbNzS71G1GxrxOrbOP5NQ0hAPRrahL5gOA0MnpPnxBjVJzVzmRO7U6AmGC-nvvP8aX_3OGkFNC2xuT_erfeBHvAWE/s320/82A4CDD5-459B-48FA-BE93-2EEED6812F32.jpg" width="256" /></a></div></div>This picture shows how the back is way too high in the centre. Oh well. <div><br /></div><div>This time, I somehow found a different YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/SN59u1QM5i8 I searched and searched, using different words, and this one did not come up the first time. It's a great looking channel!</div><div><br /></div><div>To end off the sewing spree, I made my Mom some women's Boxerwear. She said she had been wearing Dad's to bed. I had been too, and had swapped out some of the fly fronts for a flat front. So I felt she deserved a proper pair made from the woman's pattern (now just called pouchless I think). I don't know if the fit is different than the men's, but I hope so. I didn't get any feedback from her...I should ask!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkddzzB03SHvZ1EMfsnJR3v5m9h5lfmWFfSGfnAHPjzGyeILdOaXlk6sGFnoRKZ4yiETSbomnLObcGCz9F05QwfOdYxPDLpxUleyTM_0KjgtR6a5rSkp4PAeZelQN24Bkr6FEEkoHXqRPa78Fs-hmIUKLZ99qt5TMpYOM1mhtrXqUjJE3As8/s1799/1220E90F-61FC-4F75-8C1B-83B806E389C0.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkddzzB03SHvZ1EMfsnJR3v5m9h5lfmWFfSGfnAHPjzGyeILdOaXlk6sGFnoRKZ4yiETSbomnLObcGCz9F05QwfOdYxPDLpxUleyTM_0KjgtR6a5rSkp4PAeZelQN24Bkr6FEEkoHXqRPa78Fs-hmIUKLZ99qt5TMpYOM1mhtrXqUjJE3As8/s320/1220E90F-61FC-4F75-8C1B-83B806E389C0.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div>They are so comfortable to sleep in! They don't get all twisty like loose boxers. <br />I'm looking forward to the summer, and hopefully doing some more sewing!<br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-82716739707200668802022-03-17T11:54:00.004-07:002022-12-27T08:56:47.160-08:00I Bought Yarn<p>Knitting has not been a big part of my life this year. Shocking, after 28 years. With my husband working from home, I'm not spending the afternoon knitting and watching trash TV. I'm also working a lot, so things I used to do during the day I have to do in the evening, and along with daily yoga and French lessons, I often don't get to the TV. I knit when we go places, and I do have a charity blanket being crocheted on the TV couch, but my output this year has been two small blue newborn caps for donation, totally a whooping 20gr.</p><p>I did get a request for another custom Christmas stocking from a previous customer. I finally got out to buy more yarn for it, 3 balls of Patons "Astra" in Cardinal Red, 150gr, $15.22. </p><p><b>Yarn In: 150gr</b></p><p><b>Yarn Out: 20gr</b></p><p><b>Difference: 130gr more brought IN than out</b></p><p><b>Costs: $15.22/76 days = $0.20</b> </p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-56895401645571345012022-03-16T18:36:00.004-07:002022-03-16T18:36:54.128-07:00Hello 2023<p> I keep meaning to write. School was to start early this January, but instead we had two weeks of virtual learning again. I only worked 1.5 days in those first two weeks (actually, that happened on the last two days of the two weeks), so I did a lot of sewing. By a lot, I mean, four tops, one woman's Boxerwear and two reversible Little Black Bras (some of this extended past those two weeks but they were all conceived then LOL). The first two days back ended up being total snow days--a rarity in our board, to have schools actually close and not just be "no bus" days. So I even got extra time to sew! </p><p>When I saw Sinclair Patterns' "<a href="https://sinclairpatterns.com/products/azalea-v-neck-knot-top-for-knit-fabrics-pdf-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">Azalea</a>" top, I knew I had to have it, even though I'm on a pattern diet. I could see the versatility in the pattern options--fabric choices, sleeves or none, dressy or t-shirt. I was bored of all my work shirts so I decided to end my sewing rut and get to it. First up was intended to be a wearable muslin, using up some snowflake fabric I found one day in my stash. I got started, but the twisty bit was making my head swim, trying to read it. I found a great <a href="https://youtu.be/NWteMxck7vw">YouTube video</a> that helped tremendously! Note though, that this video does things a little bit differently because she serges instead of sewing first. </p><p>Then I got to a part where the video didn't make sense to me. I went back to the pattern, and suddenly that part was understood. So don't get frustrated if you don't understand something using one source. Sometimes videos help, sometimes not. The pictures with the pattern are really good, but I found it hard to tell what was the right side or wrong side with the fabrics in the pattern. Sometimes pictures are good, sometimes drawings are better. That's what's so great about the internet now; you can find many different sources of help.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQjiUaWUWqHTZA8XWiyHN70HyfmhWBvIgHvmaR3QkVhO1lfYv0IDTpr-4YOyXmVLKUF9oJ_nBGdEgU60DKea8_3ldS9-xlBI3He2rYLDsRZK6D8jIyvNZg9Ku7NOoGUoCKYVJNrOSRXzm4WIz4BSOz0HDoKa29iE-1xL5ctST9sMi0MN1BFRA=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQjiUaWUWqHTZA8XWiyHN70HyfmhWBvIgHvmaR3QkVhO1lfYv0IDTpr-4YOyXmVLKUF9oJ_nBGdEgU60DKea8_3ldS9-xlBI3He2rYLDsRZK6D8jIyvNZg9Ku7NOoGUoCKYVJNrOSRXzm4WIz4BSOz0HDoKa29iE-1xL5ctST9sMi0MN1BFRA=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div>My regret with this top is that the dark blue is not as drapey as the print and so it doesn't hang as nice as it could at the twist. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0IIMKmO0ZA4-NLk8n8tAVzN2CnP7_dbp8P-Rkh4dLzMHEROiUlr94hLroO02302IBcRVt35Zo7e-yjTKjg7e97wVCbfwTg36B_qnKny-OAuuC8fM2Gj2vnJ6BtQKGDfF8twcR6Dtu91QfB9fSmQzHP87krOgdDXfB-detIqIGQPgQqpD9Y4Q=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0IIMKmO0ZA4-NLk8n8tAVzN2CnP7_dbp8P-Rkh4dLzMHEROiUlr94hLroO02302IBcRVt35Zo7e-yjTKjg7e97wVCbfwTg36B_qnKny-OAuuC8fM2Gj2vnJ6BtQKGDfF8twcR6Dtu91QfB9fSmQzHP87krOgdDXfB-detIqIGQPgQqpD9Y4Q=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wore it twice to work/school, and no one commented on the snowflakes :( It's a little snug around the bust; I did a size 14 with no FBA. It's hard to decide if it's the fabric, or the bra, or the size. I was just really happy to have a new top, considering there was maybe only 0.5m of the print. The trick was to split the long narrow neck tie on the printed fabric right at the should line (and add 1/2" to each edge for a new seam allowance). This let me cut the end of the neck tie/band from the area of fabric left after cutting the front piece. The seam really doesn't show much in the print. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRbLOh2zJ8TkA3d-L-cglxE5FiAeJsUqsjs4FKQUz8nEE_hKtsho0AvM6BroWtlYrRVo0sMgdDeQFiGRXbGEdl9OPHw9qIekx6jLwpx9VaKPVVe0SX6WxE529moSCThRuhldu6yGCL3A4us2ISgRdfh-jSOUlIo_zJkoSGE_2PDNAPV8tQACE=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRbLOh2zJ8TkA3d-L-cglxE5FiAeJsUqsjs4FKQUz8nEE_hKtsho0AvM6BroWtlYrRVo0sMgdDeQFiGRXbGEdl9OPHw9qIekx6jLwpx9VaKPVVe0SX6WxE529moSCThRuhldu6yGCL3A4us2ISgRdfh-jSOUlIo_zJkoSGE_2PDNAPV8tQACE=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry for the crappy picture! You can see, especially on the dark side, the little fold above the bust. Annoying, but not any worse than RTW clothes. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3g_P_kcRJihnth_wkYdu7Gy122inTP5i6hpE14PC2WSr4pj6-BZjjJ_TV58WxZscc_wfr8uq_cupxc3mWAaAmRaaPvUhpskm-LGRvzVFGv_OP5Pr1Ak_bFAhMKuZBRrqFRjUMrk7uPdK8jUY9b2pl_rdKnmdv7G3BWrAYUmYkCQEIs4O4PyE=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3g_P_kcRJihnth_wkYdu7Gy122inTP5i6hpE14PC2WSr4pj6-BZjjJ_TV58WxZscc_wfr8uq_cupxc3mWAaAmRaaPvUhpskm-LGRvzVFGv_OP5Pr1Ak_bFAhMKuZBRrqFRjUMrk7uPdK8jUY9b2pl_rdKnmdv7G3BWrAYUmYkCQEIs4O4PyE=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have had this soft, squishy print in my stash for a long time. It's cozy and looks like it's thick sweater knit, but it's not any thicker than French terry, but has awesome drape. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI68bjU9l1cqNWrCRuymlLrVt_tp5yeX4erImhQ7wwYHi5KSnP81JK2RHc13dMZ5ngu6W4CCqthhkDb60TO3LC7Hl9IUPGQZFMYbqsB5unneqqut7L7AsfNCImHYPDgU3SnVEvbUBMQ2oHCNGQEU1WOa9B9UVYlA1jGvKijj_aJIWkYANARZ0=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI68bjU9l1cqNWrCRuymlLrVt_tp5yeX4erImhQ7wwYHi5KSnP81JK2RHc13dMZ5ngu6W4CCqthhkDb60TO3LC7Hl9IUPGQZFMYbqsB5unneqqut7L7AsfNCImHYPDgU3SnVEvbUBMQ2oHCNGQEU1WOa9B9UVYlA1jGvKijj_aJIWkYANARZ0=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some close ups of the twist.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0MJiNSd8u54WejWOy_N9DLgXCIEIhrNzs9puyJKfvydkt11ka-zL1GQX5HqitU4Dy2dm_MLAf0vJS4Ljim2jncCW_2ENEUxfYR37xK_OWRgkXUczlYNRQgv_IKglbfFCrzdd0Mq_xXWpKBtWstKphWzMNcU-f174Z3QnFXEpQ13okqUGHoxY=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0MJiNSd8u54WejWOy_N9DLgXCIEIhrNzs9puyJKfvydkt11ka-zL1GQX5HqitU4Dy2dm_MLAf0vJS4Ljim2jncCW_2ENEUxfYR37xK_OWRgkXUczlYNRQgv_IKglbfFCrzdd0Mq_xXWpKBtWstKphWzMNcU-f174Z3QnFXEpQ13okqUGHoxY=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was so incredibly comfortable. I wore it for virtual teaching before finishing the hem because I felt so comfy. Like wearing a sweatshirt, but nice enough for work! Can't beat that!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_89AJH0_r_IjAxgD4j_Xf9j-aENK4AQXHypHqgrlXB7ouPoiOBdzUF1Xf9HL9Yzjf_39Dj2dJ_WrAiPk0Rq0DIbepFhIeRTqifp7c6UaFw6j1cdcIen5NUAiD5TwwUxrhn6C2iz6DBfmYOdSIdrs2f4GaeqPF_7QV8jEfUYu_8ZvV5JJqCnw=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_89AJH0_r_IjAxgD4j_Xf9j-aENK4AQXHypHqgrlXB7ouPoiOBdzUF1Xf9HL9Yzjf_39Dj2dJ_WrAiPk0Rq0DIbepFhIeRTqifp7c6UaFw6j1cdcIen5NUAiD5TwwUxrhn6C2iz6DBfmYOdSIdrs2f4GaeqPF_7QV8jEfUYu_8ZvV5JJqCnw=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This red border print is a very slinky fabric. Nothing natural about it, LOL. It clings, it skims, it looks great but is super comfy. Again, you can see (not in this picture LOL) a roll above my bust. I have just looked at some old xrays of my spine/chest and found out I have mild thoracic scoliosis. My left collarbone is higher it appears. This might be a factor!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb55qJ2W3DKNKpqmILAtobgiIbQlYFezqC2ZP9_D1ORH4Ot6WV0D_zXPoV-h6DZSgpaQnh_C_bxU3ITPXc7HDMLnXBoNZPLZcys_mF1xbQOzrAS7oJUZOoAwDDgFlS2MXlvblcSr5WWkhQoHcTCDioM4yHDO71OdFZM9fdXsw4QdkqaU3rYjY=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb55qJ2W3DKNKpqmILAtobgiIbQlYFezqC2ZP9_D1ORH4Ot6WV0D_zXPoV-h6DZSgpaQnh_C_bxU3ITPXc7HDMLnXBoNZPLZcys_mF1xbQOzrAS7oJUZOoAwDDgFlS2MXlvblcSr5WWkhQoHcTCDioM4yHDO71OdFZM9fdXsw4QdkqaU3rYjY=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is how I'm fitting these onto one metre cuts of fabric. I folded the left portion of the neckband/tie back at the shoulder mark. Then I cut, adding a seam allowance. Then I cut that small portion of the band out of another area of the fabric. It worked really well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYh-qpGhikUzsKmqOphKawdAKF_Ei_ocubuBijCMZLb_SCxTipnBeHqWBfyUV5DAVh5yp_pR60dTWvTE7APZQyvDma2MIf6gO4hfES1XhzkroSyNCeMh9qeWgVxpfNjAZjRpkLC76fi9t_VBBgP116pDz-IQluTYVp_-n2jeA9QwOkextn5Ow=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYh-qpGhikUzsKmqOphKawdAKF_Ei_ocubuBijCMZLb_SCxTipnBeHqWBfyUV5DAVh5yp_pR60dTWvTE7APZQyvDma2MIf6gO4hfES1XhzkroSyNCeMh9qeWgVxpfNjAZjRpkLC76fi9t_VBBgP116pDz-IQluTYVp_-n2jeA9QwOkextn5Ow=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div>This one is a bamboo blend I think. It's very drapey, very soft. So comfortable, but suitable for work! How great is that! And really, once you figure out that twist, it's a very fast make. For the hems, I do a blind stitch hem, which does take a few minutes to prep, but I like it better than a double needle hem, for a number of reasons. <br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-23290097303162196502022-01-02T09:33:00.003-08:002022-01-02T09:33:38.128-08:00It's A New Year, Supposedly <p> I see I haven't posted in a long time. What have I been doing? Working. Nearly full time this year as there is a shortage of supply (substitute) teachers. I do very little knitting. In the last post I mentioned the Handicrafter Cotton yarn I bought; I'm still knitting dishcloths with it. Thought I might finish it off before the end of the year, but no. If I sit and watch TV and knit for the evening, my hands are too sore the next day. I also still have the tiny newborn hats I'm working on. I haven't done any sewing, but I am getting things out today because 1) my mom mentioned she's been using the Boxerwears I had made for Dad as pajamas, so I want to make her some of the woman's version 2) I want to make some for myself 3) I saw some snowflake fabric in my stash 4) I'd love some more Sunset Loungers as one pair seems to be missing (did I leave them when I visited my mom?), and one pair has faded and one pair was not a great fabric choice and 4) Megan asked for another Lovesick Bra. Of course, that's what I'm going to work on first LOL.</p><p>I have been doing a lot of digital drawing on Procreate, check out my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tracykmvetzal/">Instagram</a> for that. I've gotten the Cricut out again. Thought I had shared the card Megan made me make for her gym teacher. Apparently not, so here it is:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9nYwtT8QcMO6gW1hqkrrITm4K_yRrHValrT-n6HSnWZiauXsFi3U7ihILoi46FUd27YIIS-IiiBjZiDOx1RNb0qKDXg2JBoddzZy3VD2ayGSC9QQuYgAYU2RgZbZHlpQsdEUullxofM2aeEbQxj3DmWROw_8GAAEM1o6X0m_S9VslHTO4Exg=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9nYwtT8QcMO6gW1hqkrrITm4K_yRrHValrT-n6HSnWZiauXsFi3U7ihILoi46FUd27YIIS-IiiBjZiDOx1RNb0qKDXg2JBoddzZy3VD2ayGSC9QQuYgAYU2RgZbZHlpQsdEUullxofM2aeEbQxj3DmWROw_8GAAEM1o6X0m_S9VslHTO4Exg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div>It's Print Then Cut, layered onto a few layers; the Thank You is cut from the black, the green is the full card and the black is glued on the front (there was a cut line instead of a score line and I ended up with separate fronts and backs, didn't use the back). I wanted to cut a window in the front and glue the logo to the inside, but Megan said no. Next time, I think I would do the printing on the sticker paper I have, or maybe onto photo paper for a glossy look (I have TONS of 4x6 photo paper; I just got printable vinyl sticker paper and I'm not going to use that for it!). Her classmates thought she bought it from the school office, so that's a compliment!<div><br /></div><div>I made this gorgeous wreath, from <a href="https://sweetredpoppy.com/winter-snowflake-wreath/">Sweet Red Poppy</a>: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrdzQkwZtAdD99KrXl1HPzjjjClTpSeyYqWx0GobgIj_rxtGtaIKg7UZ0Vg3tSS2VkmlQCZyNSN5aM0MBVJ3y9rFNqoW9EsICOeHx4yNstiCOxNdCuNBzftVsKEGLjDqURhPcmRDkeP1HpAJih-q7_2_BO3JlnoK27IH7bq8UEWYgroHwEpnk=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrdzQkwZtAdD99KrXl1HPzjjjClTpSeyYqWx0GobgIj_rxtGtaIKg7UZ0Vg3tSS2VkmlQCZyNSN5aM0MBVJ3y9rFNqoW9EsICOeHx4yNstiCOxNdCuNBzftVsKEGLjDqURhPcmRDkeP1HpAJih-q7_2_BO3JlnoK27IH7bq8UEWYgroHwEpnk=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div>I did not have to buy anything except the wreath frame. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr0kzETOvdpp3BJ5dhvmovyx_RR0PdpP4BufyGwS6QfpiclzycEeZtynM_tCOiviyg1CM4ggKyXyEAI6YWi5AcefflzWRUKbvK5ov_TImXhru4IIm275lUTupetpwIri4328bF-2tAh6FNOZwNx3f_-zg6q9Kyr6nId5vaMQdT1B_WqIyBRns=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr0kzETOvdpp3BJ5dhvmovyx_RR0PdpP4BufyGwS6QfpiclzycEeZtynM_tCOiviyg1CM4ggKyXyEAI6YWi5AcefflzWRUKbvK5ov_TImXhru4IIm275lUTupetpwIri4328bF-2tAh6FNOZwNx3f_-zg6q9Kyr6nId5vaMQdT1B_WqIyBRns=s320" width="240" /></a></div>It lights up with little LED lights from Giant Tiger. They are battery operated and have a built in 6 hour timer. They were already in one of my house plants, so I didn't actually buy them for this project LOL. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpB5RTnVCEGNZPdmqRdIBmKIhkASOvJP3-3qjLzV47buCmCDbq8Wfxb6pv6BD9UUm3v8aPIYUscvRv0pgapLklDRln__xauQTPDC-hG4f4EW-hy84fpInkHc9A8-EkYRh2ffZZVv0XdBoMFN2GSo-UtRVNru87HoXmtg3XSWIhQ6iac_bZmAM=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpB5RTnVCEGNZPdmqRdIBmKIhkASOvJP3-3qjLzV47buCmCDbq8Wfxb6pv6BD9UUm3v8aPIYUscvRv0pgapLklDRln__xauQTPDC-hG4f4EW-hy84fpInkHc9A8-EkYRh2ffZZVv0XdBoMFN2GSo-UtRVNru87HoXmtg3XSWIhQ6iac_bZmAM=s320" width="240" /></a></div>The wreath frame is a chipboard frame from the fake floral section of Dollarama. I had originally bought a gold tinsel wreath from there, but the family actually liked it and wouldn't let me dissect it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmYM08_CzYFYNu8COG52vZ3fZK7uSKeAQsK2OHlUqpIhApOiabffzZX5nWOHHJCVTqSvCuZDGp0UMvnzYoWOoKsO3fHmlW_aOoXqWAh8F-t3V9ccs7OPH_vqUeeH9kVFsjLPunhFY_8j_IqX4T5m_0p1weTX23rVBeHU6viAWieSwt62olRak=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmYM08_CzYFYNu8COG52vZ3fZK7uSKeAQsK2OHlUqpIhApOiabffzZX5nWOHHJCVTqSvCuZDGp0UMvnzYoWOoKsO3fHmlW_aOoXqWAh8F-t3V9ccs7OPH_vqUeeH9kVFsjLPunhFY_8j_IqX4T5m_0p1weTX23rVBeHU6viAWieSwt62olRak=s320" width="240" /></a></div>The lights are pinned to the outer edge with T pins, and secured to the inner edge with ZOTS 3D Dots. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguAe5YEK8NTGgcG8Tm66B50Z4N13BA9iS-xmSx-14TmDElyq9xRfEfK6SsIQLqTPTrtVu2JTUm3wqbdzf4B2cburmYA5hu338yjTf_-Udk98GrnvnaHILAf3QpL2nr1rEaUHoAQOqPvEKCt8Ed4ri5ya2bItSBxUxT_ad-65WsEqEL-y99VOc=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguAe5YEK8NTGgcG8Tm66B50Z4N13BA9iS-xmSx-14TmDElyq9xRfEfK6SsIQLqTPTrtVu2JTUm3wqbdzf4B2cburmYA5hu338yjTf_-Udk98GrnvnaHILAf3QpL2nr1rEaUHoAQOqPvEKCt8Ed4ri5ya2bItSBxUxT_ad-65WsEqEL-y99VOc=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I might have gotten carried away. The instructions tell you to duplicate the 4 snowflakes so you have 5", 4" and 3" snowflakes. The original wreath I was going to use was curved (domed?) so I worried that the snowflakes would be too big to follow the curve. I duplicated and shrunk them down to 2" snowflakes as well. I also was trying to use up paper, and conserve paper, and I moved things around a lot from mat to mat and in the end, there were <i>so</i> many snowflake parts that I had to figure out how they all went together. Luckily, each layer (of each design) is different, so it's not like the inner layer of the 5" snowflake is the same as the outer layer of the 4" snowflake. After matching everything up, I had a few extra layers of each size/design, so I cut some individual layers to make more complete snowflakes. In the end, I used 12 5", 8 4", 7 3" and 5 2". I had about 8-10 left. I cut lengths of yarn, glued it to a ribbon, and made a sort of garland to go across a window that has no curtain. I used the ZOTS to secure it, but alas, it kept falling down. I ended up laying the ribbon on my fireplace mantel, placing the mantel decorations over it to hold it down, and letting the snowflakes hang in front of the fireplace. It looks nice when the ceiling fan is on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I had to make a card for my niece. I had been drawing these characters following Genevieve's Design Studio on YouTube. I made their accessories in Queen's University Tricolours (I found a website that gave the hexidecimal codes for the colours!). My niece goes to a private school. I looked up their colours and found out their mascot is a polar bear, so I used the polar bear I had already done. How awesome! Because you use layers for the different parts, I could easily change the sweater, hat and scarf!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had only two pieces of white cardstock though. I went ahead and printed the card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_fm6AU3PTydh6oOmvK4oZuZdb53hMEJTx7GAywPyjbDGnZmxlJhFmxUiO3484dPpHlY2Ca8yLAW0wFIDZ7Pgd0JUGQ2UKS5-cAL_CIg5s8b5h3e8qX01y2zbbTzwl2Bt91OIUufIwCUJkC-qgIzigoE8SakeCZ08tU7Fmdef-dwgE0JRakk0=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_fm6AU3PTydh6oOmvK4oZuZdb53hMEJTx7GAywPyjbDGnZmxlJhFmxUiO3484dPpHlY2Ca8yLAW0wFIDZ7Pgd0JUGQ2UKS5-cAL_CIg5s8b5h3e8qX01y2zbbTzwl2Bt91OIUufIwCUJkC-qgIzigoE8SakeCZ08tU7Fmdef-dwgE0JRakk0=s320" width="240" /></a></div>It printed streaky! And the "white" cardstock didn't look all that white (card on the right). I checked the settings, I cleaned the nozzles, tried again...still streaky. I kept cleaning the nozzles and running the test print. It started to get worse! The cyan eventually completely disappeared! I did one more clean, it came back, I did a test print, it was almost perfect. Tried printing the card, not quite there. One more cleaning...but now I had to go to Wal-Mart, at like, 8:30pm in the drizzly rain, to get more white cardstock. Not a lot of options! Managed to find some though, and printed one more card. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgstVYWjEt6xJ8zUxYKYihnduy1s-kQ8k25gcJ3iJrFcqPhFzGmtZ8Ue3vT-vITOHcMvh7r5-tUTEJsTNPMvuF0znQVMhYskZwvOp1fqFBVk20rFejvuaR3ZRKSMhSBlCYu3Cq9PK1GwUr38F0HJ4VbbOXrdW4PlEsRvG79KUVPe9QkBeQkJg=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgstVYWjEt6xJ8zUxYKYihnduy1s-kQ8k25gcJ3iJrFcqPhFzGmtZ8Ue3vT-vITOHcMvh7r5-tUTEJsTNPMvuF0znQVMhYskZwvOp1fqFBVk20rFejvuaR3ZRKSMhSBlCYu3Cq9PK1GwUr38F0HJ4VbbOXrdW4PlEsRvG79KUVPe9QkBeQkJg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I managed to get a smudge on the front! I was NOT printing again though. I liked the card, but to me, it was lacking something. The dull cardstock soaks up the ink, and it loses some details. It's not smooth like a commercial card. I did find at Staples later they had "card" paper. I tried to stick my finger in the package, and it did feel smoother. However, it's 8.5"x11" paper, perforated to make two cards. This card I made, I used a free template from Genevieve's Design Studio (and her YouTube tutorial) to make a card closer in size to a "standard" commercial card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This also meant I had to make an envelope, and this size card needs a 12x12" piece of cardstock to make the envelope. I used my envelope making tool I bought from a friend that sells Stamping Up! stuff. I love it! I used it to create an envelope for the Gator card too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also made some stickers, but still only had the printable sticker paper. They looked good though. I printed them, then put clear vinyl (Dollarama "book cover" vinyl) on, then cut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfezcHf8yM_3P0HS2jrq3Ymm1mCu0ieq6-TllWLonTKU_oOVaGBK-gnMWvbWWaJ5wbCmz1gcey59rGumGeBPZ8PewdnlSmZ340RKJQYvliotRNRpPaQgZ0pRr_WNcopUataTUpEd_83HNfl5VKP1l6zNOspTiLeNlOYMXAOYtTolyUXqjDR0=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfezcHf8yM_3P0HS2jrq3Ymm1mCu0ieq6-TllWLonTKU_oOVaGBK-gnMWvbWWaJ5wbCmz1gcey59rGumGeBPZ8PewdnlSmZ340RKJQYvliotRNRpPaQgZ0pRr_WNcopUataTUpEd_83HNfl5VKP1l6zNOspTiLeNlOYMXAOYtTolyUXqjDR0=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> OMG. I hadn't created a white background behind the first few polar bears, and didn't realize how jagged the edges were. It took about an hour to cut the first one! I paused it a few times to clean the blade, then I just raised the blade up so it wasn't cutting. I wanted to just give up on the bears and have the other items, with white borders, cut out. I had flattened the whole page though. Eventually I did stop it, cancelled the cut, and went back to the canvas. It allowed me to "Unflatten" the page, and I was able to delete the two stickers it had mangled. But then, when I went to make it, set it all up, loaded the mat...it never moved on to the start option! I gave up and hand cut them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZj5v53eWAhOmRmtffr5FJ6MKRKV8j4jra1aFI-_1aT8sbLNlxOQryIuuD5CKQXaD8Hrd_IIQKDAKeSXUsQFVh9IhsYHnG8O8mxejwgQfChTyeArLfVIpQVNph_vHUiX5baCdYh5czCRbvLvpS7H842mohcfLwzcqRx7L2834fA6YtJ4hANkU=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZj5v53eWAhOmRmtffr5FJ6MKRKV8j4jra1aFI-_1aT8sbLNlxOQryIuuD5CKQXaD8Hrd_IIQKDAKeSXUsQFVh9IhsYHnG8O8mxejwgQfChTyeArLfVIpQVNph_vHUiX5baCdYh5czCRbvLvpS7H842mohcfLwzcqRx7L2834fA6YtJ4hANkU=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used the polar bear to seal the envelope, and the Nya one for the front (I also glued on a gem). I included the other stickers in the card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My sticker vinyl came and I got to work. I had made a sticker sheet in Procreate using my artworks, back in the summer...but now that I had the proper stuff, those old artworks just weren't exciting me. I got to work making new stickers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZMa_tKl8Bwe7hAfD0yKqKZK87TmuMIG0OWHtt_vrlkiAvcFU99QUapUaX6R8sAEe7eof_WVfTcL9EOnhg8bj2kNFa5JZYIIg0TRLiFUG3KTGE5kQlDmWsbgptHKSV_3kDLawiIo3WvJW2Jnl-zI8lMQK1x1vaMfoBQp4LtuQqtHjsJqavfgI=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZMa_tKl8Bwe7hAfD0yKqKZK87TmuMIG0OWHtt_vrlkiAvcFU99QUapUaX6R8sAEe7eof_WVfTcL9EOnhg8bj2kNFa5JZYIIg0TRLiFUG3KTGE5kQlDmWsbgptHKSV_3kDLawiIo3WvJW2Jnl-zI8lMQK1x1vaMfoBQp4LtuQqtHjsJqavfgI=s320" width="240" /></a></div>It's Koala Printable Vinyl Sticker Paper, Glossy. It's about $20Cdn, for 20 sheets, with free Prime shipping. So about $1 a sheet, not including tax. Seems like a lot, but I got 14 stickers on one page, and if I had some smaller art ready to go, I could have filled in a few spots. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjclLHRY0838RaJYBmnYJ0tMB4QzIgouI8yI1phMkUyphUCc1LV1Y2MWX2quu9W5PyoCyorpXHQTNBmGmROZnIoPGY1G3D9XVYg_OIr4iNpU8ZkdPuuW8aWAqLP2z9n-iw66YIf0NsgPngGg-bk01VmmZpDQKGDx2QXQVQX0p_UNBdS9iYcNUA=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjclLHRY0838RaJYBmnYJ0tMB4QzIgouI8yI1phMkUyphUCc1LV1Y2MWX2quu9W5PyoCyorpXHQTNBmGmROZnIoPGY1G3D9XVYg_OIr4iNpU8ZkdPuuW8aWAqLP2z9n-iw66YIf0NsgPngGg-bk01VmmZpDQKGDx2QXQVQX0p_UNBdS9iYcNUA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I LOVE it. The colours are so rich and glossy! It cut so smooth! I didn't flatten this time, but did attach. Some had white borders and I carefully checked them when I imported. I used bleed on, and printed on "premium photo paper, glossy" setting. To cut, I used "Printable Vinyl" as the material, and the default pressure, and it made perfect "kiss cut" stickers!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhl9i_-0Qn9MGb1ZPnJNj9aZoD8F42Zj-Q2vxItIgxI1GAYagOLucp6F5YN5e_NM-X2Lm_Avp56eZBOoiI_tzglThY0FXnE8ZMffNB6-EaHLn1__pzt7qOE1t6FT4CgvV3364iDUN0I9RyE12d_w-881yVPsLv6FZkRIVhjlATTHx-QaKNQAc=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhl9i_-0Qn9MGb1ZPnJNj9aZoD8F42Zj-Q2vxItIgxI1GAYagOLucp6F5YN5e_NM-X2Lm_Avp56eZBOoiI_tzglThY0FXnE8ZMffNB6-EaHLn1__pzt7qOE1t6FT4CgvV3364iDUN0I9RyE12d_w-881yVPsLv6FZkRIVhjlATTHx-QaKNQAc=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I did the alteration to the polar bear, I forgot to do the outline changes on a new layer. And then I forgot to re-adjust the outline back to the red. He's still cute!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWMsM4pro2jbsm83bLnRtjADaJU6CE5UvH8PqkIGbBTDtBB-6Avxgksg-EW7AqWP1iSpe5CO0PhlG3x9JjrScw9GAg7nH9xgJC_jm033m_yusNrVru6ASSc1DYb32iZ7BOaB3WtgBHiNX_0flaJW2QigvUeFKoxvc_9K4FL3JAA-uEtz2qwM=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWMsM4pro2jbsm83bLnRtjADaJU6CE5UvH8PqkIGbBTDtBB-6Avxgksg-EW7AqWP1iSpe5CO0PhlG3x9JjrScw9GAg7nH9xgJC_jm033m_yusNrVru6ASSc1DYb32iZ7BOaB3WtgBHiNX_0flaJW2QigvUeFKoxvc_9K4FL3JAA-uEtz2qwM=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a bit of space left, so I did this photo I had altered from a cottage vacation, and the cartoon of my SIL, I had made it following an Art with Flo tutorial (I'm pretty sure). I've got some more designs in the works. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hadn't really intended to write all this. I was just stopping by to write about the yarn donation I made to a local lady that makes "nests" for a wildlife refuge! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBL7SLXMsNxMon1jjdPo6shiuXo-V6vgAKJVQ8FkhMcTOTbb1pcF97FuZs3YuOZaK3BrQUgXtpzUbU9QgicYZPXD49lug5QlDvg0iGXjiffiz0Mkmkd4_JwiD4qDCgoyPfYNJakJg-Ui-KYWOLxixydT9gXt59Merg1hKftM6I7eoH2Pb_cB0=s4608" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBL7SLXMsNxMon1jjdPo6shiuXo-V6vgAKJVQ8FkhMcTOTbb1pcF97FuZs3YuOZaK3BrQUgXtpzUbU9QgicYZPXD49lug5QlDvg0iGXjiffiz0Mkmkd4_JwiD4qDCgoyPfYNJakJg-Ui-KYWOLxixydT9gXt59Merg1hKftM6I7eoH2Pb_cB0=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A great way to get rid of some variegated leftovers, and other small balls that won't play nicely with other yarns when I make the blankets for seniors! I gave away 1053gr! So I have to add that to my totals. Also, in November, I was contacted by a woman who I had made Christmas stockings for. She had another baby and wanted a new stocking. She was really understanding when I said I couldn't do it for this Christmas, so I'll be making it for 2022. I rarely even go to my FB "Business" page, but FB sent me an email of the message, thankfully. I've got to buy yarn for that. Oh, hope I didn't give away any of the small amounts I used for the design! I had kept all that stuff separate, but I kind of forgot about it over the past two years and integrated the yarns back into the stash. New year, new challenges!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: </b><b>3109gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 1053gr + 4586gr = 5369gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 2530 gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $44.66, 365 days, $0.12/day</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>My last post said $0.05/day. Not sure how...that should have been $0.15/day!</b></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-68775108096033060722021-10-31T16:18:00.000-07:002021-10-31T16:18:05.642-07:00A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That<p> Work (supply [substitute] teaching) has been crazy busy. I don't get any time to sew, and only bits of time to knit. And not much left over to blog! So I'm combining a few things here today because who knows when I'll get to blog again.</p><p>These three bikini bottoms are all I have sewn (other than repairs) since....summer 2020? I don't even remember. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1fiKQAj0z11DTpvRQXH4isqx9L1Z5V0xqPYokNTlGP-YJ__3JGshKSVXSk1tdAze04GlKWZJKI4iEF8EiiYSwErWyAALwrFn6hRVS40KNetmokt1Z8-u6dub-7V3SVPUEZUpZw/s4608/20211030_110011.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1fiKQAj0z11DTpvRQXH4isqx9L1Z5V0xqPYokNTlGP-YJ__3JGshKSVXSk1tdAze04GlKWZJKI4iEF8EiiYSwErWyAALwrFn6hRVS40KNetmokt1Z8-u6dub-7V3SVPUEZUpZw/s320/20211030_110011.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Top was the first one. I couldn't decide on black or brown for my first pair. Opted for brown because I did have some RTW black bottoms, I just didn't like their fit. I wasn't sure on the waist band but compared to the other two, I think I prefer it. I used the Scrundlewear underwear pattern with my modifications. I didn't add leg bands, just folded back with elastic. They seem cheekier than my underwear! Much cheekier than my one piece suits! The bottom right are a reversible pair. There's no waist band, or any elastic. Theoretically these sew up very quickly, but realistically, nothing in my life is quick, except time. The left pair is hot pink and leopard neon print, reversible. I think I'm going to open them up and add some elastic to the front waist. They kind of puff out in the hot tub. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlQanhMgx6e_Mv7x4Wo7vBJj0QgTyIUfKZI1LD5gxLt058JMM9qwm6eF6Dvj86sUsGVzZFT99cZhCM2s7hfDRoTW5pSoJFC6Ryh_K2_P8QR-x7IJKfd7cksJAsI-9AykD_e3s2A/s4608/20211030_110313.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlQanhMgx6e_Mv7x4Wo7vBJj0QgTyIUfKZI1LD5gxLt058JMM9qwm6eF6Dvj86sUsGVzZFT99cZhCM2s7hfDRoTW5pSoJFC6Ryh_K2_P8QR-x7IJKfd7cksJAsI-9AykD_e3s2A/s320/20211030_110313.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>More tiny hats for the hospital. I found a third. They are baby blue Bernat Lollipop Sparkle. I used a lot of that yarn (mostly in white) twenty years ago. Very nostalgic. The mitts are not that dark in real life. So, you see, I'm really not knitting a lot. I'm not watching TV much in the evenings anymore.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh587wQPDeKpyJmyPwwsLwu-6DKTa8MoePz6mgf5NXYpcyza-O5APnmQXuMxfLj2omA66nESfJwGKsGQzCYKZayDts8Rw5svcUtiMiM0zrMtuxhjHlyhTJgX9rDE33GeBodQHRtfw/s4608/20211030_110113.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh587wQPDeKpyJmyPwwsLwu-6DKTa8MoePz6mgf5NXYpcyza-O5APnmQXuMxfLj2omA66nESfJwGKsGQzCYKZayDts8Rw5svcUtiMiM0zrMtuxhjHlyhTJgX9rDE33GeBodQHRtfw/s320/20211030_110113.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I did buy some dishcloth cotton when I was visiting my mom in her small town after Canadian Thanksgiving. We didn't go on a trip this summer, so I never made my vacation keepsake dishcloths. My older ones are starting to look pretty grungy. Staying at my mom's for 3 days was my holiday, and I figured it might be easier to get the yarn up there since all the stores down here have stock issues. Not a big colour selection. I'm almost 20 ridges (40 rows) into the first dishcloth. Slow going. </p><p>What does keep me busy is making art on my iPad Mini, using the Procreate app. If you're interested in that, I'm on Instagram, tracykmvetzal and my account is public. </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 340gr</b><b> + 2769gr = 3109gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 60gr + 4526gr = 4586gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 1477 gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $14.66 + $30 = $44.66, 304 days, $0.05/day</b></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-62831286619841324152021-10-02T15:32:00.000-07:002021-10-02T15:32:00.995-07:00It Happened!<p>I haven't been knitting much. Work has been so busy, mothering has been very busy, the TV has been busy by others (so I don't have a place to sit and knit). I finished another pair or two of little mittens. I'm up to 5 pairs since I started this summer. They don't use much wool for each pair, 35-45 grams. It adds up though! It seems I only posted about the first pair. Pairs 2 and 3 weighed in at 89gr total, and pairs 4 and 5 are 73gr.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhKp7rCS1qWqCjini6YiU10sjwXCwTo9lyUGxhtdmVxqLqh43Je3Ke010VlgcUJJw_Pe4U-tdWy3wrNG96a1iwA_QqZJOHkRM_e8abZ8V7UAgRgssd8YADc_JfbE27-14RxtaYg/s4065/20210927_112916.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4065" data-original-width="2286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhKp7rCS1qWqCjini6YiU10sjwXCwTo9lyUGxhtdmVxqLqh43Je3Ke010VlgcUJJw_Pe4U-tdWy3wrNG96a1iwA_QqZJOHkRM_e8abZ8V7UAgRgssd8YADc_JfbE27-14RxtaYg/w225-h400/20210927_112916.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRD0PcwrfBJqmkZNrKDWozqm6rP3v7q-QBYJUcvMnDer9OkIr6G9TPldQRXxD6dnA8K7Uj3_sGRhG-jc3TZI1z9yW_-ffEjJAk37s7baEm1xnNr_qnFDhZhqNTngZ0tj8jLDu-Q/s4608/20210903_174745.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRD0PcwrfBJqmkZNrKDWozqm6rP3v7q-QBYJUcvMnDer9OkIr6G9TPldQRXxD6dnA8K7Uj3_sGRhG-jc3TZI1z9yW_-ffEjJAk37s7baEm1xnNr_qnFDhZhqNTngZ0tj8jLDu-Q/w300-h400/20210903_174745.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not too exciting to photograph, especially in summer/fall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What IS exciting is that I finally bought some yarn! Megan and I went thrifting, and I hid a jackpot at the Salvation Army store. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK2F2CL-VVUlQQ669SAWdGaR2cqzH3zov8Rn0Xr2YrEknT8QIZ8DrDM7BgWamYa59aaaEdQ6UN7vnxR_NxLPhQZNNKJoZcCZGkhCqO8MV-X7lrnkVibcCNGwqRZanwnEz5mKoTw/s4608/20210906_104956.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK2F2CL-VVUlQQ669SAWdGaR2cqzH3zov8Rn0Xr2YrEknT8QIZ8DrDM7BgWamYa59aaaEdQ6UN7vnxR_NxLPhQZNNKJoZcCZGkhCqO8MV-X7lrnkVibcCNGwqRZanwnEz5mKoTw/w300-h400/20210906_104956.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All worsted weight yarns, and except for the yellow and blue I can probably use them all together. The balls of pink in the middle are different than the big skeins. All together this weighed in at 1369gr. This is the first yarn I actually paid for this year! I can make more charity blankets....if I ever get to use the TV again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 1400gr + 1369gr = 2769gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 4364gr + 162gr = 4526gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 1757gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $30, 275 days, $0.11/day</b></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-2161545642584687072021-09-16T16:28:00.003-07:002021-09-16T16:28:43.986-07:00Sewing?<p> I was working today at a high school. My classroom door was locked but a lady in a beautiful dress approached and was able to unlock it. Turns out she was the sewing teacher in the room next door. Imagine that! We chatted and I passed on my info so she could request me. I thought I’d take a look back at what I’ve seen lately. </p><p>Uh….scrolling…..scrolling….scrolling…..</p><p>November 2020 was my last sewing post and it was just a new mask? I know I’ve sewn since then! I’ve just done a couple bikini bottoms, I might photograph those…what about slippers? Some sort of bag? Something for a kid? More underwear for Rob? </p><p>I know this past year has been crazy—surgery, then my LTO (long term occasional teaching job), not being able to sew while Rob’s home for work. I haven’t been browsing Fabricland or Value Village, I delete most emails from fabric stores after a quick scan (okay, I did just succumb to some wovens from Fabcycle). I do look at the emails from pattern designers, though I have been great at not purchasing any new patterns (there was one recently that did grab me because it was nothing like other patterns I have). </p><p>I usually sew a lot during the summer but this summer I seemed to spend all my time driving kids to jobs, or working on an AQ course, or hanging out on my deck because the basement (where I sew) was too cold. I thought once Lucy got off to school and things got into a rhythm here, I would get back to the machines. Instead, I’ve gotten a full week of work LOL. In fact,I have another bikini bottom started on the serger (I started, then second guessed my seam allowance and never got back). Hopefully this weekend allows me to finish those. Then I want to start on the new shirt. I’ve moved all my cutting tools upstairs to the office/guest room/dorm room/Hugh’s room. Here’s hoping!</p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-39838962012952277232021-09-06T10:52:00.001-07:002021-09-06T10:52:25.912-07:00Memorial Blanket<p> In 2019, my Dad died, and then less than 5 months later, my brother's dog was (accidentally) killed and then a week later, his wife died. Nancy had PKD--Polycystic Kidney Disease and had been on dialysis for a long time (7 years?) while waiting for a transplant. Shortly after, I found a bag of purple Bernat Softee Chunky (I think. I can't seem to find any of the labels) at my favourite store in my Mom's small town. I wanted to make a blanket to donate to the dialysis unit where Nancy spent so much time. Purple was her favourite colour. </p><p>I started with corner to corner crochet. I found a graph to make a heart in the corner, where I thought I could somehow add her info. However, I had no yarn that worked well with the purple--too smooth, too thin, wrong colour, etc. Then I tried numerous things on the SK155 knitting machine. Nothing was making a blanket that would be big enough to be useful. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8Av5gKrtMSozINuUrF2ydnE6wBnZxKduA741_0l1FNj6tmJU4C4AUA-FFsGrCMJsW9y5roInwZHRoUvmRl7hwI2IszVjaeeT_eYJJ1OZFIQtF50ABX5Zh-arAvcYgl9_PsWjlw/s5184/IMG_0401.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8Av5gKrtMSozINuUrF2ydnE6wBnZxKduA741_0l1FNj6tmJU4C4AUA-FFsGrCMJsW9y5roInwZHRoUvmRl7hwI2IszVjaeeT_eYJJ1OZFIQtF50ABX5Zh-arAvcYgl9_PsWjlw/w300-h400/IMG_0401.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>I finally settled on a simple tuck pattern, making three panels. It's still a little narrow. It could be used as a wrap too.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf3OwZltySe_E27A30yfvyVtDxFFLzoBaEcdsBB-9HGqCRM7Bfn6EzHPVuvqXWaOpcI2mlAcqgWSEKtAykCG_L9XpYYxXrmMDs_A1Aa8YCBhA84fIZKIkOYDf5_E8fkdn3qMmsA/s5184/IMG_0402.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf3OwZltySe_E27A30yfvyVtDxFFLzoBaEcdsBB-9HGqCRM7Bfn6EzHPVuvqXWaOpcI2mlAcqgWSEKtAykCG_L9XpYYxXrmMDs_A1Aa8YCBhA84fIZKIkOYDf5_E8fkdn3qMmsA/s320/IMG_0402.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9qWPyq6h0GSvArFYEYdqEeFIN8DIU9Hhy2U2IQAihp5wXMZx9WtcTPIu8hVghSzBKk7505II93qGoqAz1ZkvEHFufLk254QD1lwCSU2GNzsww4Axdkc-Nt5CBCj-JuEc2WOpFA/s5184/IMG_0403.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9qWPyq6h0GSvArFYEYdqEeFIN8DIU9Hhy2U2IQAihp5wXMZx9WtcTPIu8hVghSzBKk7505II93qGoqAz1ZkvEHFufLk254QD1lwCSU2GNzsww4Axdkc-Nt5CBCj-JuEc2WOpFA/s320/IMG_0403.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAbtV0tAEiNu4KqTWEgPBBIiZ5MT9Qvc_fhGAwd7O7YtVxs5sH_2ZzeaNBvfzmZ8VGCABTGVyAqlMyA8F9bb5L6pMNkG61IIqX05X8lE7ppUxoi_gWmBJqNNy9j3ALtKBEK4FIg/s5184/IMG_0404.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAbtV0tAEiNu4KqTWEgPBBIiZ5MT9Qvc_fhGAwd7O7YtVxs5sH_2ZzeaNBvfzmZ8VGCABTGVyAqlMyA8F9bb5L6pMNkG61IIqX05X8lE7ppUxoi_gWmBJqNNy9j3ALtKBEK4FIg/s320/IMG_0404.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided against the Bickford Seam because I worried that it could lose it's shape. I did a mattress stitch, using half a stitch on each edge. It doesn't show too badly on the wrong side (though no side is really the <i>wrong</i> side with tuck).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBw19UXwxaU_NvaGADi52vvE9u4t_N0iMJBJEbtGtPSSY9ujoTbCq9UaTmTTL5laarYnqC2q_9SSGvswW4hT60zq9lokO3ozLyc2x6e2x3IpcdcQ8gi0rkyYPXjSyGH2eB_9uKQ/s5184/IMG_0405.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBw19UXwxaU_NvaGADi52vvE9u4t_N0iMJBJEbtGtPSSY9ujoTbCq9UaTmTTL5laarYnqC2q_9SSGvswW4hT60zq9lokO3ozLyc2x6e2x3IpcdcQ8gi0rkyYPXjSyGH2eB_9uKQ/s320/IMG_0405.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqt3mR-eRC093uxmYBUBDr-lN6OI_vvufbRikOqLw2E00-cbpztW1AzuX0FWk0mw561NiXFpxML7rFJv4ed6SiJ2LPE0Vj0XGqs3lKucO6mle-3QF4XKD59T-k-_OBNOCxvAUeOQ/s5184/IMG_0406.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqt3mR-eRC093uxmYBUBDr-lN6OI_vvufbRikOqLw2E00-cbpztW1AzuX0FWk0mw561NiXFpxML7rFJv4ed6SiJ2LPE0Vj0XGqs3lKucO6mle-3QF4XKD59T-k-_OBNOCxvAUeOQ/s320/IMG_0406.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I gave it a heavy steaming, to flatten the edges and stretch it out some. It relaxed the texture a bit (no pictures), but I think it's still nice.</p><p>I have thought about how to add her name or info. I looked into doing heat transfer with my Cricut. I don't have any experience and I don't know how it'd hold up to be in a hospital facility. I thought about embroidery, but then I'd have to sew some sort of patch on because the blanket can't really be embroidered right on to. Probably expensive. And in the end, no one except maybe some nurses would even know who she was. So I'm leaving it purple; that says enough.</p><p>I haven't gotten to donate it yet. I'm not sure if they'll take anything right now. It's ready though, when the time is right. Sign your organ donor card and let your family know. Nancy was in her mid-40s, her daughters were in 16 and 21. An organ donation would have changed their lives.</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 1400gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 600gr + 3764gr = 4364gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 2964gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $0, $0/day</b></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-16960519939040445212021-08-17T06:49:00.000-07:002021-08-17T06:49:03.028-07:00It's Coming...<p> A few years ago, I made wool mittens to have spare mittens for the kindergarten classes I supervised at lunch. They were a hit. I had stocked up on wool (I also liked making felted slippers). Then I quit. Now I have a lot of smaller balls of a variety of wools. The gnomes I made used up some (and now there's another mystery gnome knit along! Do I join? Give Gnathan a sibling?), but there's lots left. When a pair of toddler/kindie size mitten only takes 34gr of wool, it's going to take quite a few pairs of mittens to use up the wool. Why not? I have six charity blankets ready to go, but they're not accepting any right now, and I don't really have any acrylic worsted yarn for more (I do have some pastel coned yarn but it speaks more baby than senior). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW2odApJiL2oqRPfUcnRmi1WaMLjozgu1yH2bzoQv7YgMeayjlLKjkA2hcfyBQBf9YqXL2QfoEvUNdOp_A6dtxv5_crEHMAfpmNJUAs3Mnf3x3tH9H2nHCJtCcciCWq1CJqb8Lw/s3264/IMG_5592.HEIC" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW2odApJiL2oqRPfUcnRmi1WaMLjozgu1yH2bzoQv7YgMeayjlLKjkA2hcfyBQBf9YqXL2QfoEvUNdOp_A6dtxv5_crEHMAfpmNJUAs3Mnf3x3tH9H2nHCJtCcciCWq1CJqb8Lw/w400-h300/IMG_5592.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I used Ann Budd's pattern from <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Knitters-Handy-Book-Patterns/dp/1931499047/ref=sr_1_2?crid=159H5GF4XZMO9&dchild=1&keywords=ann+budd+knitting+books&qid=1629207579&sprefix=Ann+Budd+%2Caps%2C286&sr=8-2" target="_blank">The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns</a>. This is an excellent book if you don't mind not having your hand held every row. I used the second size, and I think 5st/inch. The cast on was 30st. I've started another pair with 32 stitches. I do them two at a time. If I get low on yarn, I'll do the thumbs before the tops, and then I can add stripes in the upper part.</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 1400gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 34gr + 3730gr = 3764gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 2364gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $0, $0/day</b></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-896168466381604552021-08-10T08:23:00.000-07:002021-08-10T08:23:18.222-07:00Finally<p> Last summer I knit some newborn hats on my Singer 327. I cast on for more, got part way into the 4th, and got busy. It was bugging me to see them hanging on the machine, waiting to be finished. I've been thinking about selling my Singer 500, which is on the same table, so I wanted to tidy up to take pictures. I finished up, then sat outside to sew them up.</p><p>I don't have details, except that I had jotted down 75 rows, which is too many, I feel. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWd9Fljjkc2iZtXZo0Jx0S3UC3s_sMkRT7zUhJKYCGIKYPxysp6P7xagOJs57rfFADnLcHnUexn8yGs-R6z9baRP8a8SiJmhPG56grbUV8gGpo69aD-3Zk739xjo9535Goo9xGg/s5184/IMG_0363.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWd9Fljjkc2iZtXZo0Jx0S3UC3s_sMkRT7zUhJKYCGIKYPxysp6P7xagOJs57rfFADnLcHnUexn8yGs-R6z9baRP8a8SiJmhPG56grbUV8gGpo69aD-3Zk739xjo9535Goo9xGg/w400-h300/IMG_0363.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The four hats weighed in at 73gr once finished, but I did have a lot of waste because of winding a small bobbin off yarn off the cone at the end of each hat so that I do a couple decreasing rows by hand and sew up. I used a strand of navy and a strand of green. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 1400gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 100gr + 3630gr = 3730gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 2330gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $0, $0/day</b></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-81381487237717237232021-08-10T08:18:00.014-07:002021-08-10T08:26:00.405-07:00Blankets<p>I mentioned a few posts ago that I got a big donation of yarn. I've pretty much used it up! Two more charity blankets off the needles. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHrlNZzT0bqKe5Pm8u75ndQ3Zve2ODxFY5MX3YgGe5Jd-_rb5sVAaXL69e7PD4KDlYgxjSA2Pfyf4sEWKX_h3molJUPOIRZ0lsFIgGD9ZJ_n4H2Zpm80a7v5gIEMUAaIYVkeNpA/s5184/IMG_0368.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHrlNZzT0bqKe5Pm8u75ndQ3Zve2ODxFY5MX3YgGe5Jd-_rb5sVAaXL69e7PD4KDlYgxjSA2Pfyf4sEWKX_h3molJUPOIRZ0lsFIgGD9ZJ_n4H2Zpm80a7v5gIEMUAaIYVkeNpA/s320/IMG_0368.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first one was the bottom one. It has bands of white/cream separating the colours, and I tried to alternate green and brown. Sometimes I don't settle into an idea until I've knit a bit, so it doesn't always look intentional. It's 558gr. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tZVR_XNUCHiTqVOI_kowymlgSM77SHwvXRqggqb07xlx34h5IRyLVBUlm4fiLyL6aE0IabDo7E2uK7Uol_SPCZD8T_ExdEb_1I52_FS2LjpkM4AkWnr2fbiat4qlr5oMXxW6CQ/s5184/IMG_0369.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tZVR_XNUCHiTqVOI_kowymlgSM77SHwvXRqggqb07xlx34h5IRyLVBUlm4fiLyL6aE0IabDo7E2uK7Uol_SPCZD8T_ExdEb_1I52_FS2LjpkM4AkWnr2fbiat4qlr5oMXxW6CQ/s320/IMG_0369.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The second one was the darker one on top, because I had a lot of dark greens left. It weighs in at about 485gr. It ended up a bit smaller. I was going to do a border, but I hate doing that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-VLkTHnTdizbJ_H-SMdJa6B4hsE-SBSwE9M1QBPguC7Bcj6UQqw1MamjewXJk3PoV7nfNkKoUWZc0DCZCaJlIRYTNSuGlDniMCr7CGmSYbF4xFGQKs4jycvePuDAXGpd-KHAIg/s5184/IMG_0370.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-VLkTHnTdizbJ_H-SMdJa6B4hsE-SBSwE9M1QBPguC7Bcj6UQqw1MamjewXJk3PoV7nfNkKoUWZc0DCZCaJlIRYTNSuGlDniMCr7CGmSYbF4xFGQKs4jycvePuDAXGpd-KHAIg/s320/IMG_0370.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What's been keeping me busy was an AQ course (Additional Qualification) for music, Primary and Junior. That ended, and I've gotten to finally play with my new camera. I spent a lot of the time working on the course outside, where I got to know a cardinal couple. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNv0-NK5EpPF3v5PCoK5LwDRUNYECIkIDYCwrV3gapkvZsiLJ_UnlWXUca7LeoBOelzUT3hZ7q2oPtYarhWXMjFfftt9ifNcGSrz9h-syIXZx6uih2BxiMng-3Gvukto1pHHhgQ/s5184/IMG_0312.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNv0-NK5EpPF3v5PCoK5LwDRUNYECIkIDYCwrV3gapkvZsiLJ_UnlWXUca7LeoBOelzUT3hZ7q2oPtYarhWXMjFfftt9ifNcGSrz9h-syIXZx6uih2BxiMng-3Gvukto1pHHhgQ/s320/IMG_0312.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is after she chased off a starling. It was fun watching her when she collected twigs for her nest. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZQEkfs32T37mkEeSvUDzyDuaPfa2YyIHrIo17khwZFwUOXGJRqwW8XapzZUMXB4dQSLuekPVTY8-KeWabuBPyIo0M_mX84b8_LpG2FMqnwJNDC6IAlFxhtIGrDso2q4P3Naztg/s5184/IMG_0313.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZQEkfs32T37mkEeSvUDzyDuaPfa2YyIHrIo17khwZFwUOXGJRqwW8XapzZUMXB4dQSLuekPVTY8-KeWabuBPyIo0M_mX84b8_LpG2FMqnwJNDC6IAlFxhtIGrDso2q4P3Naztg/s320/IMG_0313.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't get good pictures of the baby. The first time they came around, it was mostly beige and very fluffy. The next time it was showing more red. Years ago I kept seeing a cardinal that was half beige, half red. So I think it takes time for the boys to get their full colour.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2s0RyxDlYxds5Jh_hjT_MU8LziihfmF7CZhoGr4vFOn06uAclrzoipjfCIG0ACfVC_MSuO2Frajo5wecCkmF5yQ9ox0DgvYGdoSnEn8rqpulRf1k_EpJQZtiEbgIdNZu3PPvfBg/s5184/IMG_0320.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2s0RyxDlYxds5Jh_hjT_MU8LziihfmF7CZhoGr4vFOn06uAclrzoipjfCIG0ACfVC_MSuO2Frajo5wecCkmF5yQ9ox0DgvYGdoSnEn8rqpulRf1k_EpJQZtiEbgIdNZu3PPvfBg/w400-h300/IMG_0320.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really really like this photo. Click on it, and zoom in. He has an alder seed in his beak. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They brought their baby around, and then they started a new family. Apparently they don't use the same nest each time. There was a couple days that when I went out front (I knew the nest had been in a skyrocket evergreen at the front corner of the house), the mom cardinal was chirping like crazy from the pine tree next to the walkway. I decided to investigate, and found a baby bird perched on the edge of a nest! I ran in for the camera, and came back out to see it flutter down to a lower branch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k5SLHaF-PaKDVW8XYqcZhF0E6KhFjvaLUKXuwKqjkAI0Q_95Ir1epFZkKXxGxBVjjRdCYFSjEGCBoJuqkXRrnr3gwfrq1RZlWve6gTvdSOSs3aHlXS_AvOVcr_NR-oSlVQq3zA/s5184/IMG_0351.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k5SLHaF-PaKDVW8XYqcZhF0E6KhFjvaLUKXuwKqjkAI0Q_95Ir1epFZkKXxGxBVjjRdCYFSjEGCBoJuqkXRrnr3gwfrq1RZlWve6gTvdSOSs3aHlXS_AvOVcr_NR-oSlVQq3zA/s320/IMG_0351.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div>Oh, was Momma ever ticked! She spent a long time chirping, hopping from branch to branch, encouraging it to return. The baby went the wrong way around the tree, towards the front, rather than the short trip to it's left. I had to leave. Just then Daddy came back and there was a discussion. I can just imagine Momma telling him the headaches his offspring had given her that afternoon while he was out having fun LOL. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">When I came back, I saw Daddy chirping madly. I looked up and saw a large bird, about the size of a mourning dove (which we used to have in that tree). It wasn't a dove though, because it was sitting upright on the branch and it had a hawk bill! Daddy chased it off and I think every cardinal on the street was chirping loudly! We couldn't find baby, and I haven't seen or heard it since. I don't know if he was a snack for the hawk, which was likely a sharp-shinned hawk. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43_NCC76_5TBMqsQA6FwLDcqeoI0XHnVtnDqwSNgphtD2bMDE8rMm76W2WjUcvFXsaLxMxOGAX7D_vECHLW7SR13zyBUI4MzVMP5z6JkHvB1v61OXkdQmlz9HIk-ldmqmpfhvWQ/s5184/IMG_0328.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43_NCC76_5TBMqsQA6FwLDcqeoI0XHnVtnDqwSNgphtD2bMDE8rMm76W2WjUcvFXsaLxMxOGAX7D_vECHLW7SR13zyBUI4MzVMP5z6JkHvB1v61OXkdQmlz9HIk-ldmqmpfhvWQ/s320/IMG_0328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p>We've also had two litters of bunnies since June. Most have scattered, one got eaten and this guy is in trouble if he doesn't stop munching my plants. The pictures of the newborn bunnies are really adorable. It was great to see the progression. This was the first time there was a nest in the grass instead of under the deck.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhqYSuEGqRbjHLEtzu6JhSviqyqzIqd6x1fKr-Yhicvfo11zpNdpFsinjLLwNPoljAT0x7D4vdA8LjH20V1iJFiAEi5_-4fRUfiozw7dh34MhyB_mc81TpRAQ2Vbo_HZ2Q69Cww/s5184/IMG_0374.JPG" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhqYSuEGqRbjHLEtzu6JhSviqyqzIqd6x1fKr-Yhicvfo11zpNdpFsinjLLwNPoljAT0x7D4vdA8LjH20V1iJFiAEi5_-4fRUfiozw7dh34MhyB_mc81TpRAQ2Vbo_HZ2Q69Cww/s320/IMG_0374.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been growing a hops vine in the back yard for the past few summers. This is the first summer it produced hops. I think it's cool that they mimic the lights Rob put up on the fence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, I'm spending most of my time driving kids around. Megan got a job, and is back skating, and has physio, as well as Lucy working, so I'm busy, busy, busy! </div><br /> <b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Yarn In: 1400gr</b><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 1 043gr + 3730gr = 4773gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 3333 gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $0</b></div><p></p>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32792023.post-55430283560469295272021-08-01T12:32:00.000-07:002021-08-01T12:32:09.687-07:00Gnice to Meet You!<p> I was scrolling Instagram in May and saw something about a mystery knit-along to <a href="https://www.imaginedlandscapes.com/gnot-just-another-gnome/">knit.... a gnome</a>. I don't think I've ever knit a mystery knit along. And I've never knitted a gnome. It was post-winter accessories season, I was bored of charity blankets. So, of course, I <i>had </i>to knit a gnome! Why not?</p><p>It'd been a long time since I've used Ravelry, and even longer since I've actually bought a pattern. And how long since I've done cables? I got my wool (didn't knit a swatch), found a cable needle, and got ready. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hJ0u1t5zh2jHRCi7tmSH7lfpb4anH1Rh8N4mVJ-UZpitMsVpcB0kI9ROUF1J58OGCTVSnGHfxZ3EIcpkNlLptuzx5lNZStJeh2npz0154X1ILp7FWxcok96mPz50O_2ejrcQyQ/s3264/IMG_5356.HEIC" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hJ0u1t5zh2jHRCi7tmSH7lfpb4anH1Rh8N4mVJ-UZpitMsVpcB0kI9ROUF1J58OGCTVSnGHfxZ3EIcpkNlLptuzx5lNZStJeh2npz0154X1ILp7FWxcok96mPz50O_2ejrcQyQ/s320/IMG_5356.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq7feLdSq6zyqGhol3UkrbarKiUG1A8gqGLz9LHZn9OC9b1D0hA0KEG44zN8Nd85iSQ2vzV5qNKsA_tN3NmcMyEMgABY7NxVrktfHMQ0u2lh0V_3pu0EgRSJljcUzrMHP3Xcnlg/s4608/20210508_113141.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq7feLdSq6zyqGhol3UkrbarKiUG1A8gqGLz9LHZn9OC9b1D0hA0KEG44zN8Nd85iSQ2vzV5qNKsA_tN3NmcMyEMgABY7NxVrktfHMQ0u2lh0V_3pu0EgRSJljcUzrMHP3Xcnlg/s320/20210508_113141.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p>This was the first pattern to put on my new iPad Mini. That taxed my brain a bit. How come under Downloads, ProReader says there's 18 files, but when I open it, there's only 4? Anyway, I got going, not always right on schedule, and I struggled with the written instructions and reinforced my love of graphs, but I did finish and post a picture before the deadline to be entered in the draws. I don't think I won anything, except ownership of Gnathan. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DqK66ZfSY3PHcKO3yaLKZAGtchN3a4NgwcQcu_UNVWjMdp6GyrE9qbXyBGxWBXVTLaxv81G_YWFkpzmj2Rcty6mS6b-FTEbGF65JhyphenhyphenKpXWCEEHKD47GLNMhGrBRrVJ4gCoZ0Ow/s2448/IMG_5450.HEIC" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DqK66ZfSY3PHcKO3yaLKZAGtchN3a4NgwcQcu_UNVWjMdp6GyrE9qbXyBGxWBXVTLaxv81G_YWFkpzmj2Rcty6mS6b-FTEbGF65JhyphenhyphenKpXWCEEHKD47GLNMhGrBRrVJ4gCoZ0Ow/w400-h400/IMG_5450.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At first, everyone was like, "Why are you making a gnome?!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34vivZ-L5kByTK0bei8yQCGsBwXBrt-2zX8DaCHGvxOe9GB7LPYpwYxPlq6NguBg059n0VmspiTXUAbhUP-bO7gt40O83AvBGsA_bhm2CfjhKpM0oKXexk5KN4-g0GavdHtDCJw/s2448/IMG_5451.HEIC" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34vivZ-L5kByTK0bei8yQCGsBwXBrt-2zX8DaCHGvxOe9GB7LPYpwYxPlq6NguBg059n0VmspiTXUAbhUP-bO7gt40O83AvBGsA_bhm2CfjhKpM0oKXexk5KN4-g0GavdHtDCJw/s320/IMG_5451.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p>Once done, requests started coming in. I knew though that I had to make a Tricolour Gnome. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjtWEobannWQgWKIdhT2VIZvQXMBU6_EBVV_Rz681-_xa_buOMGx1yt7W5oPZDvAae_lAzqsC4Y916vqw906ENF_75pmUzG1jeG6t_grWV-__8RiwDaNX3r07ioUVSuLb4Axz2A/s3264/IMG_5485.HEIC" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjtWEobannWQgWKIdhT2VIZvQXMBU6_EBVV_Rz681-_xa_buOMGx1yt7W5oPZDvAae_lAzqsC4Y916vqw906ENF_75pmUzG1jeG6t_grWV-__8RiwDaNX3r07ioUVSuLb4Axz2A/s320/IMG_5485.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMEhtyGIP17q8yp4akZF2VOrueRvvOYkMiakTWK42RIZ2IRAtYwgt4U9w5zmYT2-IxHntLwYXoOYstVGA0mBgmxHN_-KljDNf9iASfjb3UPfJv0wLLKLcphMObg7FoKvztoSZUg/s5184/IMG_0145.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMEhtyGIP17q8yp4akZF2VOrueRvvOYkMiakTWK42RIZ2IRAtYwgt4U9w5zmYT2-IxHntLwYXoOYstVGA0mBgmxHN_-KljDNf9iASfjb3UPfJv0wLLKLcphMObg7FoKvztoSZUg/w400-h300/IMG_0145.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This is Alfie, meeting Jase. Poor Jase. He came to use with one blue eye and one brown eye and over time, lost his hand. But we love him. Alfie is named after the ArtSci nightclub at Queen's University when we were there. The new name is The Underground, but that doesn't work for a gnome.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCIF7zAXHE20Co78lt6UWS9gbICVrIK07dEQKOjXX1oCw7vVMbowal8qmrtvnkaNF5xIvq4PF2QZbBAD51B3llUDCzTp4sCkv1FzAv5iEX_eWJvXM74TmFlN5powWUJ4zixwnhQ/s5184/IMG_0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCIF7zAXHE20Co78lt6UWS9gbICVrIK07dEQKOjXX1oCw7vVMbowal8qmrtvnkaNF5xIvq4PF2QZbBAD51B3llUDCzTp4sCkv1FzAv5iEX_eWJvXM74TmFlN5powWUJ4zixwnhQ/s320/IMG_0148.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsrCQ2kD_NTSg0KYDqpeTrhOe-JXGEM5MrLIhWcrVuLUp-Wgg24KQqDAWu0IpRTgBUW76vdAodjV__gH_K_Kn3KRaRYa57d2nbegUuOG90oqN9GrXTiY172_k1uGda6Vg4alYbw/s5184/IMG_0200.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsrCQ2kD_NTSg0KYDqpeTrhOe-JXGEM5MrLIhWcrVuLUp-Wgg24KQqDAWu0IpRTgBUW76vdAodjV__gH_K_Kn3KRaRYa57d2nbegUuOG90oqN9GrXTiY172_k1uGda6Vg4alYbw/s320/IMG_0200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lucy wasn't all that impressed with Alfie, and I got the impression she didn't want to adopt him for her new house in Kingston. She showed him to her elder sibling, and they thought he was awesome and wanted one too. So, Clark was born. Clark is named after the Engineering Pub at Queen's. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-ZbgB2u6MRpQI048c0lfbGuDhoKj9ZMC1WFTTEAmHfEHYfz4OS97yaIZjAwo9fDxXQaOs5-zekQVw4k4VMrUBvyUI8I9WNGFQV9UQJK4V-79rt3A5mWuJmdVDiEhW-WSEnn26g/s5184/IMG_0203.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-ZbgB2u6MRpQI048c0lfbGuDhoKj9ZMC1WFTTEAmHfEHYfz4OS97yaIZjAwo9fDxXQaOs5-zekQVw4k4VMrUBvyUI8I9WNGFQV9UQJK4V-79rt3A5mWuJmdVDiEhW-WSEnn26g/s320/IMG_0203.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboSHnuAeqICkvaBT5UIV85s-aLmrycfnR8a1sXDKybvJyh9NGuyfjv11sLwYYTAetv64SjIN_SzkznhdIbJGJO4dFHqUuyf4LbUR2rlQB4-cCFKh6SE0Akwp8XD8rMmUuqJB7SQ/s5184/IMG_0204.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboSHnuAeqICkvaBT5UIV85s-aLmrycfnR8a1sXDKybvJyh9NGuyfjv11sLwYYTAetv64SjIN_SzkznhdIbJGJO4dFHqUuyf4LbUR2rlQB4-cCFKh6SE0Akwp8XD8rMmUuqJB7SQ/s320/IMG_0204.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu9bkuel8oBlpOo-4iDbs3RPmU3AtHL4Fe-ZHo7fbvyHu97Q98A4NQIkBEoigG_jnATPf1IBju8C2QBBZtFaNjCyTmxXwqmy4D_ONBKggvb5gNRYjQYlluMKq1KoMiDkJLsH-7g/s5184/IMG_0205.JPG" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu9bkuel8oBlpOo-4iDbs3RPmU3AtHL4Fe-ZHo7fbvyHu97Q98A4NQIkBEoigG_jnATPf1IBju8C2QBBZtFaNjCyTmxXwqmy4D_ONBKggvb5gNRYjQYlluMKq1KoMiDkJLsH-7g/s320/IMG_0205.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>I couldn't remember which needles I used for the various parts, so they're not exactly the same size. Clark's tassel shows the hardships of engineering student life, I think something happened at the Greasepole. He's a little bit scrawnier, and his beard is covering up his pocket protector :)<div><br /></div><div>Gnathan used a total of 214gr of the Condon's Yarns, but I don't know how much Tricolour yarns were used. Some was from Topsy Farm, some was some other random wool from my stash. I'm pretty much out of Tricolour now, and Rob thinks I'm going to make him for work too. I'm just going to estimate the same for the Tricolour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOQva0V9ExZG4ceNJuTDVN0f-3k_9KG6wdGItE0rgpXZ5fIor38lYwl-5NiMc48TydoAYz9yQBAhkPbsaIZ3NLzaJw1fVzwPasnt8h07TUUDuNWSlVCxWYiZVWpDd8XwrmfzzmQ/s4608/20210624_182031.jpg" imageanchor="1" referrerpolicy="origin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOQva0V9ExZG4ceNJuTDVN0f-3k_9KG6wdGItE0rgpXZ5fIor38lYwl-5NiMc48TydoAYz9yQBAhkPbsaIZ3NLzaJw1fVzwPasnt8h07TUUDuNWSlVCxWYiZVWpDd8XwrmfzzmQ/w225-h400/20210624_182031.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div><p>On Instagram, I post pictures of drawings I do in Procreate. The first thing I actually drew was a little gnome. Later, I started adding Nomie to newer pictures I'd draw (cut and paste style). Megan thinks I should knit a real life Nomie and take him on real adventures. Maybe. </p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn In: 1400gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Yarn Out: 642gr + 2988gr = 3630gr</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Balance: 2230gr more OUT than in</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Cost: $0, $0/day</b></div></div>TracyKMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498896222222982320noreply@blogger.com0