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Love at Second Sight

By on March 26, 2013 in Inspiration and Everything Else

When I first finished my Lauriel Cardigan, I wasn’t 100% in love with it. I thought it was a little too big, a little too long in the sleeves and even a little too bright! (I sure am critical of the things I make! It’s so easy to point out all the things that are [...]

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A Successful Skirt from a Failed Dress

By on March 25, 2013 in Finished Sewing Projects, Projects

Happy Monday, everyone! Check it out, I made a new skirt. The fabric is simple cotton but the print is gorgeous, all floral and spring-like and painterly. It may not be the most interesting sewing project ever, but it almost didn’t happen! In its previous life, this fabric was a failed dress project, doomed to [...]

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Gilded Lauriel

By on December 10, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

This is quite possibly the most beautiful and complicated thing I’ve knit so far! Lauriel is the pattern, the yarn is Madelinetosh DK in ‘Gilded.’ (Ravelry notes here.) It’s a gorgeously bright and sunny yellow! I am drawn to happy colours, and this is definitely a happy colour in my book. (Totally my colour, I [...]

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