tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18621787380208611502024-03-05T10:15:29.524-06:00Will Knit for MathKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-1427686948855515542023-01-17T10:18:00.003-06:002023-01-17T10:18:40.554-06:0030 Day Dress Challenge<p> I did the Wool& 30 day dress challenge. It was fun! I still love the dress, and it was nice to not have to decide what to wear every day. I did get bored, though, so I wasn't even tempted to extend it to the 100 day challenge. </p><p>I wore black wool leggings (from Woolx; I have two pairs) with my green, long length Rowena dress almost every day. I usually wore a sweater, and occasionally a belt to make things a little more interesting. A couple of days when I wasn't going anywhere I put on jeans under the dress for lounging around the house. Almost every time I left the house I wrapped a handknit shawl around my neck like a scarf, but those don't show up in the pictures because I don't wear them when I'm at home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p>I started on Saturday, December 10 and my last day was Sunday, January 8. 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It was fun! I still love the dress, and it was nice to not have to decide what to wear every day. I did get bored, though, so I wasn't even tempted to extend it to the 100 day challenge. <p></p><p>I started on Saturday, December 10 and my last day was Sunday, January 8.</p>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-91011622026125184772022-10-11T11:07:00.000-05:002022-10-11T11:07:15.189-05:007x7 Capsule<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx11Xr2HuhWKZm3loORFxU_NJ9M0fqVIVQ7aXPx1fhN5DHlCSGoJMC-XPrHEfdmx9bEyq67-mltzk0C1L1EiSDpeFNzLBpTMi3BlHFLoii7gZApy2VqYFiZ9mWksJr4FnskTR5t5OvtJchYZHRZSQitPZe3MzQ2pSRXcr6HYTU-LlAy_aTCTIAKPvh/s4608/IMG_20221011_060908382.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx11Xr2HuhWKZm3loORFxU_NJ9M0fqVIVQ7aXPx1fhN5DHlCSGoJMC-XPrHEfdmx9bEyq67-mltzk0C1L1EiSDpeFNzLBpTMi3BlHFLoii7gZApy2VqYFiZ9mWksJr4FnskTR5t5OvtJchYZHRZSQitPZe3MzQ2pSRXcr6HYTU-LlAy_aTCTIAKPvh/s320/IMG_20221011_060908382.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>I did the Wool& 7x7 challenge - to wear only 7 items of clothing for 7 days. I chose jeans, woolx leggings, two very old long-sleeved cotton t-shirts, a woolovers cardigan, and two dresses that I sewed myself (<a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2016/07/seamwork-adelaide-dress.html">this one</a> and a grey synthetic ponte wrap dress that I haven't gotten around to blogging yet).<div><br /></div><div>Tuesday, October 4:<br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuy3SEbWJI4lVL2Iy45fembf1RxKlVZkmTcdN6Z1vGyfPAap622ulvfw6NTTwdmsWPY4cT3aNNOMXrnnqhxG2q2g2h4215z7Yb7-UPN4PY-TI0HywrGujhzBKiDK6i-MpnH1yLCXce0uN_-PeOkgi25WJk8HiOKSMLvX3WfBhDnEaGVLoz8tZVbsP/s4608/IMG_20221004_175456446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuy3SEbWJI4lVL2Iy45fembf1RxKlVZkmTcdN6Z1vGyfPAap622ulvfw6NTTwdmsWPY4cT3aNNOMXrnnqhxG2q2g2h4215z7Yb7-UPN4PY-TI0HywrGujhzBKiDK6i-MpnH1yLCXce0uN_-PeOkgi25WJk8HiOKSMLvX3WfBhDnEaGVLoz8tZVbsP/s320/IMG_20221004_175456446.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Wednesday, October 5:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5Fk0FotFCJnobpj4iufkI2jUFzmgrrCRPCBCFfCOWQ21EWafMr2SWn8A6JM_wcxmD-v_EF4-VIPZg0ZMr-a1wN9emMIKID6IeC4luBCrBCSHSuS7kbN9fxbvVSX1IzD-THQGxitVUXXD5sd_0kw2jnQ0po0kNUqqht0PUGj-oBqWlThUqkiCJtfV/s320/IMG_20221005_070236653.jpg" width="240" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thursday, October 6:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkzlWxSaWH7IASv8ZhLM1IJJgu1eIHTKBKZmKzPZN2v3K6TEPbBHNrbQh_P23eQ28heUV19xdZtppN8mHawRNua1OIYhD1icCCaujvcJXUFAmhF7mPDbq7G0l0ky_gKAet_uuRramtKzOE23pYHu_JERVXyqBp7wP8s5oXELqXMsZN4RbQXeQlA2I/s4608/IMG_20221006_122138466.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkzlWxSaWH7IASv8ZhLM1IJJgu1eIHTKBKZmKzPZN2v3K6TEPbBHNrbQh_P23eQ28heUV19xdZtppN8mHawRNua1OIYhD1icCCaujvcJXUFAmhF7mPDbq7G0l0ky_gKAet_uuRramtKzOE23pYHu_JERVXyqBp7wP8s5oXELqXMsZN4RbQXeQlA2I/s320/IMG_20221006_122138466.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Friday, October 7:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDquZsRays5_8-LSLt9i0lgMcjpp1ctiUFx7YrTw0SuVLj-QDj5pQFYLIi0pUd6jwHp2boUE29iThTlP9ix2JScMUTZ1CS0lJp9ineKp0X2x-VD3d1bRhbDsZflyJ__7LzlCPk6o6BdnufaH4eyYGCqN_lmnC9NAejeqzUqgByEfOc-q1uhcfbZbG/s4608/IMG_20221007_072630145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDquZsRays5_8-LSLt9i0lgMcjpp1ctiUFx7YrTw0SuVLj-QDj5pQFYLIi0pUd6jwHp2boUE29iThTlP9ix2JScMUTZ1CS0lJp9ineKp0X2x-VD3d1bRhbDsZflyJ__7LzlCPk6o6BdnufaH4eyYGCqN_lmnC9NAejeqzUqgByEfOc-q1uhcfbZbG/s320/IMG_20221007_072630145.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saturday, October 8:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxyPda5qaizqfEbIZx_JW2sOEQlC1FPLHXULttbeTtztHRE52Z7fdfoillrDnneYqXujLiNELBQ0TvawSVh8gd6POoyoqWIOuRpuLwmhj81j5RT4dYscXHeRn2gsdA3Tl-62yOFNlhuXMFM7Ra7WdEIZ1hpWoBAeYsCiwJgPTKdCxvozcq7l3YiNx/s4608/IMG_20221008_091001544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxyPda5qaizqfEbIZx_JW2sOEQlC1FPLHXULttbeTtztHRE52Z7fdfoillrDnneYqXujLiNELBQ0TvawSVh8gd6POoyoqWIOuRpuLwmhj81j5RT4dYscXHeRn2gsdA3Tl-62yOFNlhuXMFM7Ra7WdEIZ1hpWoBAeYsCiwJgPTKdCxvozcq7l3YiNx/s320/IMG_20221008_091001544.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div></div>Sunday, October 9:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLujw5OBbUqzfChkJJPTQPCJY3eZUjWFRoAg9Kchhh4TnYkJinLS-TDeUQMBekAQIMkifZ6KBfst6qtfCgqi721brQuXPHG1oX1SO3zfclE2jVuofM32CHKqP19vzFIb0dM5IpaeJ62Jk_jIHOv8ZRbZsByX5lYHVrbbnZnI40vmrZHrG4vOXgs3NI/s4608/IMG_20221009_202902966.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLujw5OBbUqzfChkJJPTQPCJY3eZUjWFRoAg9Kchhh4TnYkJinLS-TDeUQMBekAQIMkifZ6KBfst6qtfCgqi721brQuXPHG1oX1SO3zfclE2jVuofM32CHKqP19vzFIb0dM5IpaeJ62Jk_jIHOv8ZRbZsByX5lYHVrbbnZnI40vmrZHrG4vOXgs3NI/s320/IMG_20221009_202902966.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monday, October 10:</div><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnujFyFj25fp_oCD2TeyPVUca8yroal_ZwyEU3-6jSLM4HUqHPMnP8QKlXcGadrZ_3-Dwrf2K9TXgs2mVSBGww5dHqqHJ27As0-5h_8KSo05fVhAKBq2rFEReK4fKs7upExi1_bvlygUagEsKQNFwhImcgxN5FxqISo_wZfWyEcf3E874FRPuL1efs/s320/IMG_20221010_061943751.jpg" width="240" /></div><br /><br />This was a fun challenge, although honestly not all that different from my usual practice. I just don't own very many clothes. I did enjoy that it gave me the nudge to wear my grey wrap dress more often. I started sewing it as a maternity dress when I was pregnant with my second child in the winter of 2019-2020, but didn't finish it until this summer (and I leveled the hem to make it non-maternity, as I'm obviously not pregnant any more). I wasn't sure whether I liked it very much, but this challenge has given me new appreciation for it. I'd like to sew another (fully non-maternity) version in a wool or cotton fabric, possibly with pockets.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-89021207868849272112021-10-26T08:45:00.000-05:002021-10-26T08:45:13.473-05:00A Test Bib<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--phJsDcX0uQ/YXgFdJiSrYI/AAAAAAAAC5g/8PF6wTi-6kQpDYm8JA07EH7kRCPA3QseACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20211026_081122226%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--phJsDcX0uQ/YXgFdJiSrYI/AAAAAAAAC5g/8PF6wTi-6kQpDYm8JA07EH7kRCPA3QseACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20211026_081122226%257E2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I'm making a batch of baby bibs as gifts for several friends with new or imminent babies. I traced the pattern off of a set of handmade bibs we received from my friend Evelyn when my older child was born. They were easily the most useful handmade baby gift we got, so I want to pass them along!<div><br /></div><div>Each bib uses almost 3 yards of double-fold bias tape. In the original set, Evelyn used handmade flannel bias tape - I can't imagine making and pressing that kind of quantity, so these babies are getting storebought poly/cotton binding. </div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-71091801875820823342021-01-31T19:45:00.001-06:002021-01-31T19:45:55.878-06:00Santa's Little Mask Workshop<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVRMIQQLoSk/X-VVSUYZk1I/AAAAAAAACu8/AU-JV4AKC-gzWR1MT_9pZWS1nwQFZfJAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC_7341.JPG" width="320" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a lot of cloth masks in December! My kids' daycare started having the kids (age 2 & up) and staff wear masks in mid-November, so I wanted to make my 2-year-old some fun masks that he would enjoy wearing - we'd been having him wear a mask on the (very rare) occasions that we visited with friends outdoors, but not for school - it didn't seem reasonable to try to get him to be the only person at the daycare to wear a mask. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dSwR7YgvLsg/YBc_MxvznnI/AAAAAAAACws/E_5_jarFwxcQiFGb2VpGaussKaGyBsaZACLcBGAsYHQ/DSC_7453.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dSwR7YgvLsg/YBc_MxvznnI/AAAAAAAACws/E_5_jarFwxcQiFGb2VpGaussKaGyBsaZACLcBGAsYHQ/DSC_7453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought two Moda "Safety First" mask panels, each of which had 10 kid-sized and 8 adult-sized mask fronts. I made up the Christmas panel first, and I'm now in the process of making up the non-holiday ones. I tried out several different construction methods for both the kid and adult masks, before settling on our favorite style.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the non-holiday masks, I'll: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">put the front and linings right sides together (I'm making the kids masks double-layered for ease of breathing but triple-layering the adult ones) and stitch the top and bottom with a scant quarter inch seam allowance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">turn right-sides out, press, and topstitch the top and bottom edges</span></li><li>press in the pleats as directed in the panel instructions (basically a box pleat, most of the adult masks are done this way in the second picture above)</li><li>for the kids' masks, bind the side edges with double-fold bias binding and thread about 18" of very soft lingerie elastic through. Tie a knot and use a lighter to singe the very ends of the elastic</li><li>for the adult masks, I'm cutting the two layers of lining 6x7" (for a 6x9" outer layer) so that after pleating I can fold the outer layer back and tuck the raw edge under to make a casing on each side. Then I thread a continuous 1-yard length of 3/8" grosgrain ribbon through the casings.</li></ul><div>We prefer masks that fasten around the back of the head instead of the ones with ear loops (although we do have a few ear loop ones that a family member sewed for us, and we like those for quick errands because they're easier to put on and take off). For adults, the ribbon ties are adjustable to get a better seal around the face, and for both adults and kids it's nice to not have the ear loops putting pressure on our ears. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><p></p>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-49325121996443885022020-12-26T17:14:00.002-06:002020-12-26T17:14:26.097-06:00Knitting this Fall<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dIadGjUkYBQ/X-e9aJx5JHI/AAAAAAAACvU/zCMeUBcc0OERhDzAclf-OuLEiT3kOzc8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s4608/DSC_7438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dIadGjUkYBQ/X-e9aJx5JHI/AAAAAAAACvU/zCMeUBcc0OERhDzAclf-OuLEiT3kOzc8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC_7438.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">With a baby, a toddler, a full-time job, and a pandemic going on, I didn't get much knitting done this summer and fall. But I did get a little bit done. The baby needed a hat, and I wanted to knit it for him, so my mom was gracious enough to watch the kids while I sat in her family room and knitted almost half a hat one day in October (even though we don't live in our house, she's the 5th member of our household for pandemic purposes). I used about half a skein of the same Malabrigo Rios I used for his <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2020/05/newborn-frog-sweater.html">newborn frog sweater</a>, which no longer fits. The pattern is Tin Can Knits' <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beloved-8" target="_blank">Beloved</a> hat/bonnet. I made the toddler size for my then 7-month-old, and it fits him perfectly. </div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4OT23B4a53Q/X-VUXIa1kzI/AAAAAAAACuo/fElPvfAoVHQpO6IPo0ibr3LZXuv7fUtUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s4608/DSC_7252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4OT23B4a53Q/X-VUXIa1kzI/AAAAAAAACuo/fElPvfAoVHQpO6IPo0ibr3LZXuv7fUtUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC_7252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The other knitting project I finished was a pair of socks for a friend. Her younger son has Down syndrome, and World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on 3/21 by wearing crazy socks. When I saw <a href="https://paknitwit.blogspot.com/2020/02/pattern-release-ive-got-sunshine.html" target="_blank">this pattern from one of my favorite knitting bloggers</a>, I knew I had to make these for my friend! The yarn is KnitPicks Felici and Stroll sock. Blue and yellow are the Down syndrome awareness colors. I started these socks in early March and had the wild idea that I'd finish them in time for World Down Syndrome Day 2020, but I didn't manage it. Instead, I managed to finish them in October and did a front porch drop-off at my friend's house. She was delighted with them, and pointed out that I finished them in plenty of time for World Down Syndrome Day 2021!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvFmhm_Sm9A/X-VUXLhQs3I/AAAAAAAACuk/B32jyfKgN5kVOVA30tKQF_XpEHHiz5fnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s4608/DSC_7253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvFmhm_Sm9A/X-VUXLhQs3I/AAAAAAAACuk/B32jyfKgN5kVOVA30tKQF_XpEHHiz5fnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSC_7253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a photo of the index card I used to keep track of the pattern. It was fun and fairly easy to knit!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-25370516006068791252020-07-06T15:57:00.001-05:002020-07-06T15:57:21.600-05:00Masks<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCCy7hq3s1U/XuUXv5QHalI/AAAAAAAACkU/pFhzFglXkd0-qxmtT0__xI2LP9a-XI7dwCK4BGAsYHg/s4608/2020-06-07%2BMask%2Bsewing%2B2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCCy7hq3s1U/XuUXv5QHalI/AAAAAAAACkU/pFhzFglXkd0-qxmtT0__xI2LP9a-XI7dwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/2020-06-07%2BMask%2Bsewing%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My sister-in-law sent us two masks that she made back in March. We also had two cloth masks that my mom had made for us (with elastic around the ears), so when we needed more we had some experience with two different styles. My husband and I prefer the style with ties, so I knocked off the ones my SIL had made to make six more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These masks are made of two layers of quilting cotton. I started with a double-layer rectangle, 6.75" wide and 6" tall finished at the top and bottom edge (raw edges on the sides are fine, since they'll be enclosed in the bias tape ties). I ironed in three evenly spaced pleats in the middle of the mask, so the finished pressed height is 4". Then for each mask I cut two one-yard lengths of 1/4" double-fold bias tape, folded the ends inside, and sewed along the open side of the bias tape, enclosing the side of the mask in the middle. By far the most time-consuming part of this was pressing the pleats in the mask. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made this round of masks using all materials that I already had on hand. The limiting factor was the bias tape - I'm totally out now, and I couldn't find more online for a reasonable price/in reasonable quantities. We need some more masks - I'd like to have about 20 by the time I go back to work in mid-August so we won't be scrambling to get mask laundry done all the time - so I'm going to try making my own bias tape using <a href="https://creativelittledaisy.typepad.com/creative_little_daisy/2007/11/diy-version-of.html">this tutorial</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These masks have been working well for us. One of my husband's coworkers admired them enough to ask if I was selling them (I'm not, but I will make a few extra in the next batch so my husband can give one or two away at work)!</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-60881249971808195572020-06-16T17:12:00.001-05:002020-06-16T17:12:44.706-05:00Striped Skew Socks<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPoNUU4h-Hg/XulArJCOH8I/AAAAAAAACk0/eBb3YgngvCUMjif8uQYxLtbSLR4EuKTvQCK4BGAsYHg/s4608/2020-06-07%2BSkew%2Bsocks%2B2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPoNUU4h-Hg/XulArJCOH8I/AAAAAAAACk0/eBb3YgngvCUMjif8uQYxLtbSLR4EuKTvQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/2020-06-07%2BSkew%2Bsocks%2B2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are <a href="https://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/PATTskew.php">Skew socks</a>, with Knitpicks Felici yarn. I really like how they turned out in self-striping yarn! I used 2mm and 2.25mm needles. I started them in May 2019 and finished them at the end of February 2020. I did most of the knitting in the car riding to and from church (I'm a Unitarian Universalist and my church is in a city about half an hour away from the town where I live).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is my second pair of skew socks (although maybe I should say third, because I knit the <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2016/03/knitting-on-airplanes.html">first pair</a> <a href="http://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2017/12/fixing-my-socks.html">twice</a>!). My first pair are one of my favorite pairs of socks. They fit me really well, although they are a bit snug to get them on and off - but that also means that they stay put really well once they're on. They're also interesting and fun to knit. I rarely knit the same sock pattern twice, but I like this pattern so much that I'll probably knit it at least one more time!</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-20952003440414408992020-06-05T17:15:00.002-05:002020-06-05T17:15:46.767-05:00Toddler Jammies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For his second birthday, I made my toddler two pairs of summer pajamas. The pattern is Peekaboo Patterns Alex & Anna pajamas, which has short, long, and sleeveless options. My son is currently wearing 2T clothing, but he's in bulky cloth diapers. His chest measurement put him in the 2T top, and his hip measurement around his night-time diaper put him in the 3T shorts, but I decided to make him the 4T top and shorts in the hopes that they'll fit him for at least two summers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CTOf-x86v-k/XtrDi5by0uI/AAAAAAAACjc/cTIHeN5fJEEe_56o6-v03bU7mIySDcXzACK4BGAsYHg/s4608/DSC_6849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CTOf-x86v-k/XtrDi5by0uI/AAAAAAAACjc/cTIHeN5fJEEe_56o6-v03bU7mIySDcXzACK4BGAsYHg/s320/DSC_6849.JPG" /></a></div><div>The main fabrics are from a grab box I ordered from Fabricworm fabrics a few months ago. The blue fish are a 95% cotton, 5% spandex jersey. It was wide, so I was able to cut the whole set out of just half a yard! I still have a second piece, which is about a yard. The giraffes are an interlock knit, and it seems pretty stretchy, although the selvage didn't include a label or fiber content. It wasn't quite as wide, but I still do have some leftover for something else - which is nice, because we love giraffes! The interlock was very easy to sew. I cut the contrasting bands on both pairs from scraps leftover from the <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2020/03/maternity-leggings.html">two pairs of maternity leggings</a> I made myself last winter. <br />
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I constructed these almost entirely on my serger. The instructions were very clear, and they went together pretty quickly and easily, although it would have been nice if there were notches to help with setting in the sleeves. The only elastic I had was non-roll elastic (and I couldn't buy any other elastic because people pandemic-panic-bought all of the elastic!), so I couldn't sew the elastic directly to the top of the shorts as instructed. Instead, I made a snug casing with a tiny seam allowance (so as not to reduce the rise) and threaded the non-roll elastic through. I stuck a little folded scrap of the pink jersey into the back waist of each pair of shorts so that my husband and son will be able to identify the front and back (the shirts have the neckband seam at the back, so I figured the fake tag wasn't necessary there). I intended to hem the shirt and topstitch the band seams with a double needle, but then I stupidly broke the double needle by installing it in my machine without checking that the needle was centered. Instead, I hemmed the shirts with a zigzag stitch and decided not to topstitch the band seams.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-61670465861547877112020-05-26T11:00:00.000-05:002020-05-26T11:00:01.599-05:00Owl Baby Quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an old project. I made two baby quilts last summer from the same easy pattern, from book called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/3-Fabric-Quilts-Techniques-Simple-Projects/dp/1440214409">3-Fabric Quilts</a>. This one was for my cousin's baby, born August 2019, and the other was for a colleague's baby, born September 2019. I can't find a photograph of the other one, but I was happy with how both of them turned out.</div>
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They were very easy and quick to make. I think the most time-consuming part was thread-basting them. I would definitely use this pattern or something similar again!</div>
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This is actually a recent project - I only finished it about a month ago! I started it after we got home from the hospital with our new baby, born at the end of March. It was an easy and quick knit, and turned out great! The yarn is Malabrigo Rios, and it was wonderful to work with and looks fantastic in the finished sweater. I think it will hold up well, too - it's a pretty firmly spun yarn. </div>
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The pattern is TinCanKnits Harvest in the smallest size. I lengthened the body a bit, but not the sleeves (and I wish I had lengthened the body a bit more, because my babies are long and skinny). The sleeves are the perfect length. This pattern is awesome - it's free, and like all TinCanKnits patterns it includes an unbelievably wide size range, from newborn to very large adult. I included the optional buttonholes, and closed it with buttons from my button jar, salvaged from some worn out item of clothing that I can't remember.</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-73204405534258466002020-04-14T16:06:00.001-05:002020-04-14T16:06:57.607-05:002019 State Fair Entries<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m6M128r3hMM/XgzeNzuhbiI/AAAAAAAACdM/E9Z5IVRr1PAae2-o3f_hWi7LYOOo4q5XgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/DSC_5971.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m6M128r3hMM/XgzeNzuhbiI/AAAAAAAACdM/E9Z5IVRr1PAae2-o3f_hWi7LYOOo4q5XgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/DSC_5971.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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I entered four things in the state fair last year, and won two ribbons! <br />
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The item I was most proud of is the little striped sweater I made for my toddler. I used one skein of Cascade 220 Superwash (the charcoal grey) and about one and a half skeins of Liberty Print worsted, which is apparently now discontinued. The sweater was inspired by one made by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (the <a href="http://yarnharlot.ca/">Yarn Harlot</a>) several years ago - this is the second sweater I've knit based on that one. The first was <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2016/01/handmade-christmas-part-2.html">a cardigan</a> I made for my niece when she was a toddler. I pretty much winged the pattern using the raglan recipe in <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/the-knitters-handy-book-of-top-down-sweaters-basic-designs-in-multiple-sizes-and-gauges">The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters</a>. I put a little bit of care into starting the sleeves at a point in the skein that would give the stripe sequence some continuity across and down the sweater. I'm pretty thrilled with how it came out, although the sleeves are a bit long and the bind-offs are kind of tight (I very nearly ran out of the grey yarn). It didn't win a ribbon - the comment from the judge was that the bind-offs are too tight (true) and that the seams were messy (which I can't figure out, because the sweater is seamless).<br />
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The other item I finished last year was a blouse in lovely Lovely Liberty of London lawn, which I've never managed to photograph. I started it at the end of summer 2017, right before I got pregnant with my older son. I finished it at the beginning of summer 2019, just in time to enter it in the state fair. I still haven't worn it very many times, because I got pregnant with my second son in summer 2019, and it will probably be a while before I can wear it, because it's not compatible with nursing or pumping. I'm really proud of it, and will try to get a blog post about how I made it up at some point (with some photos of it on the hanger). It didn't win anything, either.<br />
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The two items I won ribbons for were much older - the rules of our state fair don't say you have to have made the item in the last year, only that it can't have been entered in the state fair before. My <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2015/10/washi.html">blue Washi dress</a> won a 2nd place ribbon in the women's dress category, and my<a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2017/12/deep-in-forest-shawl.html"> Deep in the Forest shawl</a> won an honorable mention in the lace shawl category!Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-38180909865136795382020-03-27T23:26:00.000-05:002020-03-27T23:26:21.624-05:00Maternity Leggings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This post is way, way delayed (in fact, the baby has now arrived, about two weeks before my due date!), but I sewed myself two pairs of maternity leggings this winter and only ever got around to photographing one of them. These are the <a href="https://www.patternsforpirates.com/product/peg-legs/">Patterns for Pirates Peg Leg Leggings</a>, maternity version. The pink pair is the under-belly V-waistband version, sewn in (if I remember correctly) Kauffman Laguna knit, which is a cotton-spandex knit that I wished had been just a tiny bit more stretchy for this pattern. They were still pretty comfortable throughout my whole pregnancy, though - and I'm hoping I can still wear them now that I'm no longer pregnant. They are pajama bottoms for my long flannel nightgown - in our midwestern winters, even a long nightgown doesn't quite cut it to keep my legs warm. <br />
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The other pair, which I never got around to photographing, are black, and made in a 90%cotton/10%spandex blend I bought at JoAnn fabric. They are the overbelly waistband version, and they have the perfect amount of stretch. They were super comfortable and I wore them under dresses to work, church, and everywhere else at least twice a week.</div>
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Off the top of my head, I don't remember what size I made. It was whatever the pattern suggested for my hip measurement. I do know I lengthened them by 2.25", divided evenly at each of the three cutting lines as suggested in the pattern (I'm 5'10", and if I remember correctly the pattern said it was graded for a 5'5" woman). The size was correct widthwise and the length was perfect. </div>
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In the interest of not wasting fabric and I always need undies, whenever I cut out a cotton/spandex knit garment I cut as many pairs of <a href="https://www.seamwork.com/catalog/geneva">Seamwork Geneva</a> undies as I can from the scraps. Between the scraps from these two pairs of leggings, I think I have 6 or 7 pairs of undies that I haven't sewn up yet. We'll see if I get to that this spring/summer (or Me-Made-May?) - with two kids now, it will probably take me a while to figure out how to fit sewing time into my new routine. </div>
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I made this tiny sweater for a friend's baby daughter, who was born in October. I had every intention of knitting it quickly, but in the end finished it just before Christmas and finally managed to mail it out today. <br />
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It's the smallest size of <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-tea-leaves">Baby Tea Leaves</a>, knit in Ella Rae Lace Merino DK.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-91268419596427066372020-01-07T07:00:00.000-06:002020-01-07T07:00:04.516-06:00Handmade Christmas 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year I was much more ambitious with handmade Christmas gifts than I was last year! I made three different types of handmade gifts, all in multiples. The first was eight pairs of tea towels with two of my grandmother's recipes on them, in her handwriting. This gift was a long time in the making - when we visited my grandma LAST Christmas, I asked her for her cornbread and pecan crescent cookie recipes. Then I photographed them, uploaded them to Spoonflower, and followed the <a href="https://blog.spoonflower.com/2012/07/turn-recipes-into-tea-towels/">Spoonflower tutorial</a> for making family recipe tea towels. We gave them to all of the households on my mom's side of the family, and I think they were a hit - since we live far away, I didn't get to see anyone but my mom open them.<br />
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My one disappointment was that the Spoonflower fabric didn't seem to be printed on the straight grain. This is the first time I've ordered from Spoonflower, and I don't know if that's typical or if it was some sort of user error on my part, but it was a bit frustrating that I had to fudge so much when I was cutting the panels apart. In the end, I don't think it was very noticeable in the finish product, though. Once I had cut the panels apart, I used spray starch to help get crisp folds on the hem (I just folded half an inch under, and then another half inch under on all four sides, and cut little squares out of the corners to reduce bulk). I took some twill tape I found in my sewing desk and slipped it into one corner of each towel for a hanging loop.<br />
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I also made four little kid aprons for my son, my niece and nephew, and my cousin's daughter. I used <a href="https://sewliberated.typepad.com/Montessori%20Childs%20Apron.pdf">a free pattern available from Sew Liberated</a>, which I originally saw on the <a href="https://sweetalchemy.wordpress.com/2019/06/20/a-montessori-style-apron-for-jude/">Sweet Alchemy blog</a>. My son loves to help in the kitchen (he particularly loves baking bread), so I knew I wanted to make him an apron for Christmas. I know my niece (6) and nephew (4) also like to help in the kitchen, so I decided to make them for all the little kids we give gifts to (our 18-month-old, our niece and nephew, and my cousin's 6-year-old). My SIL loves Tula Pink fabric, so I decided this cute cut that I had in my stash was perfect for this application. I didn't have enough to make the fronts and backs of all four aprons, so I used a different fabric for the linings - blue stars for the boys, and a grey/pink floral print I had in my stash for the girls. Having different linings also helps distinguish my niece and nephew's aprons, since they're slightly different sizes. </div>
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The pattern is intended for kids age 3-6, so I made the 4-year-old's apron exactly according to the pattern. I made the two 6-year-old aprons the same width, but lengthened them by 2" at the bottom. For my 18-month-old, I folded the top edge of the pattern down by 1" and took half an inch out of the center of the apron by hanging the pattern piece 1/4" over the fold when I cut it out. I haven't seen any of the other kids in their aprons yet, but my son really loves wearing his when he helps in the kitchen - he reminds us to put it on him if we forget!</div>
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The last gifts I made this Christmas were two Open Wide zippered pouches, using <a href="https://noodle-head.com/2012/06/open-wide-zippered-pouch-diy-tutorial.html">a tutorial from Noodlehead</a>. I made the medium size, and used fabric I bought on our vacation in Hawaii just before Christmas. These were for my husband's aunt and a friend of my mother's who spent Christmas with us. They turned out really well and were easy to sew! They also turned out larger than I expected - almost big enough to carry around a sock-knitting project in. Here's a picture with a 12.5" ruler for scale.</div>
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I didn't make very many Christmas gifts in 2018 - I had a 7-month-old, I'd been back at work for a rather overwhelming fall semester, and we were flying cross-country to visit family for the holiday. In the end, I made two gifts, both from kits I bought from Connecting Threads. The first one was a Santa Claus apron for my husband, who cooks and bakes a lot (since our son was born in May 2018, he's made dinner almost every night and baked bread and desserts at least two or three times a week, as I've struggled to keep my weight up while breastfeeding). He also gets really into the Christmas spirit, so when I saw the kit for the apron I really wanted to make it for him. The kit was really well done and pretty easy to sew up - you can't quite see it in the picture above, but the apron has two large patch pockets on the front, so it's quite functional!</div>
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The other gift I made in 2018 was an advent calendar for my son. This kit is for a quilted advent calendar with small pockets, which are topstitched onto the quilted background so they are almost invisible. This is really adorable, and hopefully he will enjoy it as he gets older. This year, we put little dove chocolates in the pockets, and he really enjoyed eating them when we remembered to let him (and he learned to say "please" for his chocolate!). For next year, we need to figure out a location and method for hanging the advent calendar where we can see it and where toddler hands and dog mouths can't reach it easily.</div>
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One of my friends from high school had a baby boy in July, and I made a quilt for him. I used a pattern out of a book I borrowed from my mom. It was reasonably fast and easy to make, and I used a lot of scraps - I did buy new fabric for the background and backing, but all of the colored fabrics were leftover from previous projects. <br />
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The backing is a nice thick cloud-print flannel. It should be very cosy this winter!<br />
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I tried a new basting technique with this quilt. I thread-basted it instead of using basting spray, which has been my go-to basting method for many years. The thread-basting was very time-consuming, but it held the layers together nicely and I really appreciate not having to buy basting spray or deal with its fumes. I was satisfied, and after I finished this quilt I bought some curved needles to make thread-basting easier in the future.<br />
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I quilted the quilt using the suggestion in the book with the pattern. I used my walking foot to quilt a curved "echo" around each colored diamond. It was relatively fast and came out looking really nice. It's not a very dense quilting pattern, which made the finished quilt nice and soft. </div>
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All in all, I'm really happy with how this quilt turned out. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is my failure to heat-set the ink I used to write the label on the binding - it smeared in the wash. But I've learned my lesson and I won't make that mistake again!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-76662730144366312832019-05-25T21:15:00.000-05:002019-05-25T21:15:17.569-05:00Process-Oriented Knitting<br />
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Since my baby was born a year ago, I've really been savoring my crafting time. So I'm not upset to have frogged and re-started two knitting projects in the past week. It also helps that I don't have a time deadline on these projects, so I can just enjoy the knitting process without rushing. The first project is this striped raglan sweater. It's a pullover version of <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2016/01/handmade-christmas-part-2.html">this cardigan</a> that I made for my niece a few years ago, and my intention is for it to fit my son this coming winter. I've been really enjoying the knitting, and was very pleased with myself for learning a new technique for jogless stripes! Unfortunately, it was coming out way too big (which didn't actually bother me, it will fit at some point), and I ran out of the grey yarn before I finished the first sleeve. So I frogged it, and I've started knitting it again in a smaller size. So far, I'm enjoying it just as much the second time.<br />
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The second project is a pair of Skew Socks in KnitPicks Felici self-striping yarn. I started the toe, got several rounds in, and then noticed that I'd done the Turkish cast-on wrong. I have now ripped it out and restarted. I don't mind re-knitting this small bit of toe so that I'll have a nicer pair of socks when I'm done.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-84410638553009699092019-05-14T19:24:00.002-05:002019-05-14T19:24:52.640-05:00New Baby Socks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I cast on the first of these socks almost a year ago, as I was sitting in my hospital bed waiting for things to get going on my induction. In the few hours before the contractions got too painful and close together to keep knitting, I finished most of the leg of the first sock. </div>
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Then almost all of my knitting time vanished. This winter, I discovered that I can knit in the car on the way to church or other activities in the nearest city (while my husband drives us there) - and I started making progress on my socks again. Then, the baby started sleeping more hours at night than I need to, and so we started to be able to watch a little bit of TV in the evenings after baby bedtime, and I started making more knitting progress. I finally finished these socks a few weeks ago, almost a year after I started them. </div>
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Here's my "pattern." The yarn is Regia Design Line by Arne & Carlos 4-ply in color 3657 Summer Night, which was a birthday gift from my mom last year. I have about 27 g left (of the 100 g skein) so I should be able to do something with the remaining yarn.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-66866881452858344372019-05-10T21:16:00.000-05:002019-05-10T21:16:57.748-05:00Swoon Baby Quilt<br />
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Another in the 2018-2019 <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2018/10/dinosaur-baby-quilt-with-scientific.html">baby</a> <a href="https://willknitformath.blogspot.com/2019/03/another-baby-quilt.html">quilt </a>series. This is a 24" square swoon block with some borders added. It's backed with a nice cozy cloud-print flannel that I bought at my local quilt shop. </div>
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This is for a baby girl born to some of our friends at the beginning of February. Her mom is an ecologist, which is why I picked the trees as the main focus print. It's actually supposed to be a Christmas print, but it works for any time of year! The background has a shimmery metallic print, and the binding is a text print with a berry recipe on it - the parents are into canning, so I thought they would enjoy that.<br />
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I was careful to arrange all of the pieces so that the trees pointed upwards. I quilted the swoon block in the ditch, and then did a square spiral in the borders. The quilting was easy, and I think pretty effective.<br />
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We delivered this quilt in person during spring break in March. The recipient is so sweet and adorable!<br />
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There are 3 more baby quilts to come this summer, not including my baby's toddler bed quilt (we were gifted several beautiful hand-made quilts and blankets, so I decided to enlarge the baby quilt I had planned to make. The top is finished but I still need to piece the backing before I can baste and quilt it). I'm a little burned out on baby quilts right now, so I'm taking a break during Me-Made-May to sew some apparel.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-78939174234595251842019-04-30T21:04:00.000-05:002019-04-30T21:04:05.879-05:00Me-Made-May 2019I'm participating in <a href="https://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/2019/04/me-made-may-2019-sign-up-here.html">Me-Made-May</a> again. Here's my pledge:<br />
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I, Katherine of WillKnitForMath, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May 2019. I endeavour to wear me-mades as much as I can, finish my long-term UFO Liberty pintuck blouse, and make several pairs of underwear during May 2019.<br />
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My goal with this is to get back into wearing me-made clothing - at almost a year post-partum, I'm still nursing my son and my weight is lower than it's been since junior high. Because of that, a lot of my self-made clothing doesn't work for me right now, and hasn't since the early part of my pregnancy - a year and a half ago! I also haven't sewn much in that time, because I haven't had the energy or the time to spare for it. I plan to track which and how often I wear my me-mades, and fill a few gaps in my wardrobe (namely a work-appropriate blouse and some underwear, since the pairs I made 3 years ago are now very worn).<br />
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In general, I'd like to re-connect with my fiber hobbies. I feel better and less stressed when I take time to work on sewing, knitting, and spinning. I'd like to work through some of my stash, and actually finish some of the projects I've had planned or in progress for over a year. My intention is to take some time (even just 5-10 minutes) to work on making things every day.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-24240848233547650972019-04-29T21:19:00.000-05:002019-04-29T21:19:53.283-05:00Stripey Nursing Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the <a href="http://diymaternity.com/dresses/the-turn-about-the-room-dress-with-miriam-of-mad-mim/">Turn About the Room Dress</a>, a free pattern from the DIY Maternity blog. I cut out the small/medium size (with a few modifications to the skirt) as part of my Me-Made-May challenge last year, right before my baby was born. I sewed it up in little snatches of time last summer, and have worn it a bunch since then. It works well for nursing (with a nursing camisole under it), and I get lots of compliments on it - people tend to be amazed that I made it. It's very comfortable. <br />
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I changed the sizes of the skirt panels because I wanted to wear the dress as a nursing dress instead of a maternity dress, so I wanted less fullness in front (and more fullness in back, because I have wide hips). I also lengthened the skirt, because I am tall. In the end, I decided to cut the front and back panels exactly the same: 13" wide on the fold (for 26" total width) by 33" long. I also added pockets, using the Washi Dress extra pocket pattern piece. <br />
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The dress went together pretty easily, and I liked the hem technique the tutorial suggests - using a narrow strip of knit interfacing to stabilize the hem. I hemmed the sleeves and skirt with a wide twin needle, using wooly nylon in the bobbin. I ended up needing to take several inches of width out of the bodice and shorten the twist bands significantly, as the whole thing was too wide. On the other hand, the sleeves are a bit too narrow for me. They're fine, but if I were to make it again I would do a wide-bicep adjustment to make them more comfortable. Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-1870406449851124502019-03-22T21:02:00.001-05:002019-03-22T21:03:53.830-05:00Another baby quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a baby quilt I made for some college friends of my husband's last summer. Their baby was born the same week as mine, and I worked on the quilt off and on through the summer (often with my baby asleep in the bouncer chair next to my sewing desk).<br />
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I got the idea for the pattern from a quilt in <a href="http://www.piecedbrain.com/2018/03/quilts-in-one-day.html">a blog post I read last spring</a>, but I didn't love the way the pinwheels were arranged in that quilt. Instead, I chose 5 blocks from <a href="http://knitnlit.blogspot.com/2012/09/announcing-modern-half-square-triangle.html">an old modern half-square triangle quiltalong</a>, and made them 8" square. I found this awesome paper airplane print for the back, and some typewriter keys for the binding (the mother is an archivist, so I thought she would get a kick out of those prints).<br />
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Then I quilted the HST blocks in the ditch and filled in each of the large bars with a different FMQ design.<br />
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I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-80955821582075969782019-01-10T11:29:00.000-06:002019-01-10T11:29:36.975-06:00Sheepie Sweater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I knit this sweater for my baby last Spring - I had it all finished except the button plackets before he was born, and I finished the plackets and sewed the buttons on sometime in June. (It was pretty much the only knitting I did between when the baby was born and the end of the Fall semester.)<br />
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I used Melissa Kemmerer's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheepish-little-sweater-light">Sheepish Little Sweater Light</a> pattern and Cascade Heritage sock yarn that my mom had leftover after knitting me a pair of sheepie socks for my birthday. The only major change I made to the pattern was to add a button placket along one of the raglan lines - I got the idea from some sweaters that the Yarn Harlot had knitted for her nephew many years ago, and I'm really glad I did because otherwise the neckhole would have been way too small to get over the baby's head. I think I did make some modifications to the pattern having to do with gauge and size, but I can't remember what they were at this point. I think I tried to aim for finished measurements in the 12 month size, and that worked out pretty well. The sweater has fitted him this fall and winter, although the sleeves are still too long.<br />
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I'm really proud of this sweater, and I had planned to enter it in the state fair at the end of the summer, but in my sleep-deprived haze I missed the drop-off day for fair entries. I was really disappointed, but I'll have to knit something else equally awesome to enter next year instead.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-34774654137162681062019-01-07T09:01:00.000-06:002019-01-07T09:01:12.701-06:00Changing pad liners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When my husband and I were putting together our baby registry, one thing we added (and then received) was a set of changing pad liners, with the idea that when the baby pees during a diaper change, you only have to wash the liner and not the whole changing pad cover. It's a great idea, but we found that the commercial liners didn't wash well at all.<br />
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I replaced them with a set of 5 homemade liners. They have PUL backing (the same material that cloth diaper covers/exteriors are made from) and a cotton flannel face. I cut the two layers into 12.5"x26" rectangles (this makes them a little bigger than the commercial ones, which is nice), and then traced around a small plate to round the corners. I used wonder clips to clip the two layers together, right sides out, and serged around the edge. <br />
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I made two sets of 5 liners: one set for us, and another set for some friends who have a baby the same age. The white PUL that JoAnn sells is 64" wide, so a yard and a half of it was enough for both sets. The ones pictured here are made with flannel I had in my stash, and I bought some more flannel to complete our set. <br />
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These were quick and easy, and we use them a ton! I'm getting ready to make two more sets for two families in our friend-circles who are expecting babies this month. I think 1.5 yards of extra-wide PUL and 2.75 yards of 44" wide flannel is the right amount to buy to make two sets of 5 changing pad liners.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862178738020861150.post-89867315484166498442018-10-20T16:57:00.000-05:002018-10-20T16:57:17.431-05:00Dinosaur baby quilt with scientific integrity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my best friends from college has a baby exactly 12 weeks older than mine. While we were pregnant, I offered to make a quilt for her baby, and asked if she and her husband had any theme or color requests. They asked for a dinosaur quilt with blues, greens, and yellows, but no purple. <br />
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I immediately started searching the internet, and found these amazing <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/patterns/paper-pieced-dinosaur-quilt-bundle/245145">paper-pieced dinosaur blocks</a>. Robert helped me choose three of the blocks, and I just bought those three patterns individually rather than the whole bundle. All three of these dinosaurs - the pteranodon, velociraptor, and triceratops - are from the cretaceous era. Since my friend is a scientist, we didn't want to send her baby a quilt that mixed dinosaurs from different eras (hence the scientific integrity).<br />
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I used some scraps from my stash and supplemented with some fabric from my local quilt shop. It turns out the owner of the shop really likes dinosaur novelty fabric, so she had a great selection for me to choose from, and was very excited to hear about the dinosaur baby quilt!<br />
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The quilt is large for a baby quilt - if I'm remembering right, it finished at about 42" x 52". The patchwork squares are 3" finished, and I had half a yard of the dino fossil fabric in the horizontal stripes. I quilted a diagonal grid in the patchwork and dinosaur sections and parallel horizontal lines in the fossil stripes. By the time I was done with the piecing, I wanted to quilt in a way that would be relatively easy and not detract from the dinos. <br />
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I'm thrilled with how this quilt turned out, and my friend and her husband were, too! Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07712312235377649216noreply@blogger.com0