Back Blogging Burda 6696 and Burda 6694.

I'm having an at home day today, you know, doing all those scintillating tasks like cleaning the bath and so on. In between I do a seam or two of sewing. And I thought I would also post knit two knit tops that were made some months ago, as wearable muslins. As I am very much at home today, the photos sort of reflect that. Ordinary life sort of photos. Complete with my too short RTW pants that are worse than any me made pant I have ever made. Good for bath cleaning and that sort of thing though! The first tip is Burda 6696: I like the look of the pleated neck area in this top, but was not sure how the pleats would really work in practice. Only one way to find out, and that was to try the pattern. I found one of my Spotlight clearance knits - goodness knows what it is, it was labelled "cotton/polyester/nylon/spandex". Take you pick. I think it has some viscose in it, as it does wrinkle quite a bit, and it also has a softness about it. There was a slight re