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Saturday 15 June 2019

Me made May part 2



My me made may outfits have been anything but me made. I have only been able to wear hand knit socks. I have enough hand knitted socks to wear a different pair everyday in spare and still have unworn pairs. More sewing required.

I have been working my way through Gertie sews vintage casual (Buy it here) making garments from old duvet covers to make sure I was making the right size. I was just about ready to cut into my good fabric when my health deteriorated and I lost 7lbs changing my measurements so none of my practice garments fit. Before i can remeasure and remake my practice clothes my health and weight needs to stabilize. In the meantime I am churning out hand knit socks, berets and starting to knit cardigans and jumpers with no ease (garments measurements are the same as body measurements) or less then 2 inches of positive ease (garment measurements are less then 2 inches bigger then my body measurements) so the garments I knit should fit even if I gain weight.

My favorite garment knitting patterns at the moment are


  •  Driftwood by Isabell Kraemer (Driftwood pattern page)  Driftwood is a free jumper pattern designed to be slightly oversized. I am knitting it in Cygnet Aran colour 991 Claret. I got the yarn from Deramores in the sale and paid £10 for 6 100g skeins. The yarn is 100% Acrylic and amazingly soft.
  •  Harvest by Tin Can Knits (Harvest pattern page) Harvest is a cardigan from Tin Can Knits Simple Collection. The simple collection are free patterns designed with beginners in mind and contains links to tutorials. The Cardigan is designed to be open So it doesn't matter if I cant close it. I have Knitted this cardigan from Cygnet Aran Colour 6684 Grape.
  • Silver Dream by Drops Design (Silver Dream pattern page) Another free Pattern This time with colour work and kitted out of Drops Karisma which is 100% wool. I have picked colour 11 Orange for the main colour and 56 Dark Brown for the contrast.
  • I also want to knit almost every pattern in the Tin Can Knits book Strange Brew (Strange Brew pattern page) I haven't picked which pattern I will start with yet. Which ever Pattern I pick I will use Drops yarn as it matches my yarn budget.
I am having so much fun picking patterns, yarn, and fabric for my me made wardrobe I can't wait to see all the items come to life.

I hope you craft time brings you as much joy as my crafting brings me.

Find a project that makes your heart sing and enjoy every second.

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