I am loving this flicker photostream right now:: Fragile cargo (via snappy chappy)
Free Stuff
flekka tweets
flekka tweets
Daph sleeveless dress
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I finished this a while back but then it was just sitting on my desk, waiting to be photographed and blogged about. This was designed completely from scratch – from idea, to drawing to knitting. My first! And I am quite satisfied how it turned out. I used yarn I bought some time ago from eBay – it is a nice and soft cotton, in pale baby yellow. Goes very well with gray and black! I am working on writing up the pattern which I will then post here, for free. Because it’s Christmas time and I feel generous. Details:
Yarn: Welcomme Eau Claire
Gauge: 23st x 30rows = 10 x 10cm
Needle: US 6
Size: 12mo
Measurements: chest: 57cm (22.5in); length (to shoulder): 34cm (13.5in)
new christmas stockings
There will be 11 of us in our house over the holidays, including 5 kids, 5 years and under (I know it’s crazy, but for the record, it wasn;t my idea!). I had one nice stocking with Luka’s name on it, so I needed 4 more. I wanted to make Luka one too, so they all match (I am like that) but he wouldn’t have it. He likes the one he helped make last winter in pre school. it’s green. it won;t match.
anyway… I made these from linen and a bit of ikea fabrics. The inside is white fleece – gives them more shape and a bit of volume too. This linen is very thin and had great drape, not so good for this purpose, but I did not have thicker linen on hand. I was planning to stamp the names on there, but the ink I have (not fabric ink) does not do well, it smears. So unless I get fabric ink soon, I will make little hanging labels with names – I am sure Luka will love to write them.
fashion resources: free croquis and fashion flats
Fashion Frog – free fashion flats and croquis
Fashion Templates – tips for drawing children’s fashion
Fashion Design: from sketch to boutique – from co-owner of Baby Fabulous
Threads Magazine – the croquis family: includes six figures: average woman, petite woman, plus-size woman, average man, child, and toddler.
… or just search google images for “free croquis” and “fashion flat sketches” and you will get a bunch of images you can use for your fashion sketches
Hokey Croquis – Fashion Design Sketch Pads and Accessories…
Hokey Croquis - Fashion Design Sketch Pads and Accessories -
funny how sometimes things come in multiples. I found this and the following fashin sketch notepad completely independently today.
free knitting pattern – boy’s vest
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I made this west some time ago from a pattern in Japanese, and said I would post the translation of the pattern but did not have time until now. The original pattern is from Pierrot (free download here). I made this vest in original size (which I think corresponds to size 3T – 4T), but I reworked the pattern to fit the gauge for this yarn (16×20). I also made a smaller version in a different gauge (finer than this and the original) and I might post that as well if there is any interest. Also, I might write a pattern for different sizes too.
I liked the yarn – it was a really chunky cotton from an old, but not often worn, sweater (too chunky for me). However, working with US 10.5 needles was not fun. Too clunky.
To finish, I did two rows of slip stitches around neck and armholes. I am really happy about how this turned out. It always surprises me how the finished item looks so much different than the finished pieces…
Yarn: Repurposed cotton yarn from a slightly used sweater
Gauge: 16st x 20rows = 10 x 10cm
Needle: US 10.5
Size: 3T – 4T
Measurements: chest: 70cm (27.5in); length (to shoulder): 40cm (15.5in)
The pattern is available as PDF, here.
