My Weekly Chat and Welcome to New Followers
It's Sunday about 6 pm here - I'm having a blog break before I cook dinner. This is the time of week I welcome new followers to my blog - two this week, both on Bloglovin.
This has been a week where plenty of discussions have gone on - thank you all so much for your input on my post "how to write a blog". I seem to have hit an emotional chord with trouser/pants making as well. We are all far to critical of our efforts, when really we should congratulate ourselves for developing skills in sewing - skills that far too few people possess. So next time you make something that doesn't turn out quite right, congratulate yourself for trying and learning in the process. Even top notch designers have to make and remake a pattern before it is perfected enough to a production run. Experienced sewers also run into trouble when a new fabric is made up - all fabrics handle differently. So, you might feel as though you are the only one struggling with these issues, when, in reality, they are experienced by everyone. So congratulate yourself every time you make something, no matter how it turns out.
Thank you all for you kind comments about my recent episode of sinusitis - I've been very heady and lacking mojo over the last few weeks, but I am pleased to report that things are starting to shift, and I had a little more oomph today - so this week should see me getting better again.
As my DH was doing the medical cover this weekend, I had the time and space to lay out my wool stash to take stock of what I actually have - always useful so that you know what you can make. I love having a stash full of possibilites to rummage through.
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Blue knitting stash |
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Fuzzy knitting stash |
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Sorted and Catalogued Stash, mothballs added. |
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Jaeger handknits book : JB30 |
The knits in this book are all for 4 ply wools. I quite like knitting with 4 ply - it feels nice to knit with. I'm going to use a recently purchased yarn:
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Variegated yarn |
For those of you who live in Australia, this is a Spotlight special - I got it for $2-00 a ball - and each ball is 100 gm. It's composition is 75% wool and 25% polyester, so it should knit up quite nicely.
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This week I will be starting work on the rest of my June plans for the 2013 Style the Stash Sew A Long. I have already made a fleece jacket and plan to make two A-Line skirts from corduroy in my stash. Feel free to visit the blog, and if you like you can join - we are running until December 31st.
The link: www.stylethestashsewalong.blogspot.com
Do have a good week and I hope only good things come to you:)
Sarah Liz
I am glad you are feeling better now :-)
ReplyDeleteMy yarn stash is similar to yours and sorting through my yarn a month has actually given me the resolve no to buy anymore, because, although I knew I had a lot, seeing it all spread out made me realise just how much it is. I like having some for inspiration, but I think it's like with any stash, if you have too much and it is taking over the place, it is actually off putting. It'll be wonderful to see the jumper progressing :-)
PS.: Thank you for the advice on how to wash and dry a hand-knit garment. It was very helpful.
Thank you for your well wishes - and I'm glad you found the washing instructions useful.
DeleteYou are so right about stashing - I can't say I am ashamed of my stash - but it does sort of take control - I just want to sew/knit through mine now and be more selective with a smaller stash in the future :)
Thanks for this post. I'm far too critical on myself and get stuck with every failed garment.. but as you say, I did build skills with that failed one, didn't I? I learnt what doesn't work and probably even learnt what can help fix the issue...
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better.
Hi, yes, you did learn, and also, we are so critical of ourselves .
DeleteI love my yarn stash, more so than my fabric stash. Maybe its because you can mix and match the possibilities are endless. Hope you too have a good week
ReplyDeleteThere is something so gorgeously tactile about yarn stashes - you have a good week too :)
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