This week was mostly 2 steps forward, 1 (or more steps) back for crafty things. Let’s get into it.
Day 15 of The 100 Days Project: Here are my hexistars. Delighted that I’ve been able to keep up with these. I think 125 or so will make a nice-sized table runner so I may do that when I hit that mark. I doubt I’ve got a full-sized quilt of hand-pieced hexis in me but a table runner in these blue scraps would be lovely. (I am quite enamored of that striped one on the far right.)
Granny Chevron Stripe Blanket: I finished the final color stripe repeat and did a little YouTube searching to figure out how to square off the zigzag ends, and got that done. I’m working just a basic double-crochet (US term) border now. Although in looking at the photo of it all laid out, I may need to back up and take out some of the stitches to stop that lower edge from curling up. I will sleep on it but likely will go that route. I know it will bother me if I don’t.
Lotte Pants: This is a new project but a goal of mine for the year was to sew up some work-friendly garments and I decided to start with this pair of pants. I’m using a stretch cotton sateen with bugs and butterflies on it. This black/neutral print is something I’d wear with a lot of things in my closet. I really liked the pattern photos but I am having to make a lot of adjustments to get these the way I like pants to fit. There was a lot of extra fabric in the legs and I’ve done a fair amount of basting and try-ones but I think I’m in the home stretch and can finish these up this week.
Graerup Slipover: Last week I showed this one with the back done, but it looked really short. REALLY short so I had a try-on of that and it is REALLY REALLY short. (Which never ever happens on me. It is supposed to be cropped but it doesn’t even cover the waistband of my pants and I wouldn’t ever wear it that way.) So…. I am going to frog the back down to where the front/back are divided for sleeve openings, and knit a good 3 or more inches of body length and then start the armhole shaping. And, since I’ve now tried this on, the armhole shaping is deeper than I would like, so I will do less decreases the next time I work those. (No picture. It is in time out right now while I am mentally preparing myself to undo all that knitting.)
That’s it for me this week, YOP’ers! Have a good one.
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