Lifting radio silence

Its been over a month since I wrote the blog. I haven't been totally inactive, but have been trying to finish my College work. I have done quite a large chunk of it and should have a better idea this week about what else needs to be done to ensure the course work passes muster with the verifiers.

In between the essays, I have three knitting projects on the go. Knitting being easier to pick up and put down than sewing. I have the May socks, which are going to run well into June since I only finished the first sock today. There is a bulky cardigan, which I have got about 60% done, and a shawlette in Posh Yarn Foibles colourway which is not very far on at all.

Some weeks ago, I got a lovely turquoise cotton remnant and cut out a summer jacket. Only once I had squeezed the whole jacket out of the fabric, leaving a scant handful of scraps, and pinned the pieces together to admire it on the dress form, I found to my horror that the pattern hadn't been properly altered and was too short in the body. The waist band was half way up my back.. and I had no extra fabric left and had to throw the entire thing away. I was not a happy rabbit I can tell you.

Last weekend, I popped into the fabric shop I'd got the remnant from, with no hope of success, brandishing a bit of the original fabric and hoping there might be a different colour of the cotton available. The owner had a dig around downstairs and found a large remnant of a cotton, about two shades lighter than the original and with no stretch. Its not quite the same quality, but its still turquoise and I was thrilled. I cut the, carefully altered, jacket from that fabric today.... was on a roll and finally sewing.... then found I had no interfacing. So I've come to a halt again. But at least I've started a sewing project.

Hopefully there will be more news, and some photos, later in the week... college essays permitting.