quick garment showcase!

top: made from the other half of a cardigan after i used the first half for another project, its very fun and backless and the front cowl bit can be styled a few different ways which is fun. It makes me feel like some sorta seer or diety which is always nice

bottom: latest knit convertible garment, very comfortable, very fun, Ive been calling it "day dream", and its the best thing Ive ever made* the lace patterns are from string geekery

*acknowledgment to the fact that I say this every time I come up with another 2nd attempt at a convertible garment

because of the large hook size and what not it went super fast which i nice for all that good good instant gratification

the othe big reason I wanted to make this dress is that its filling a couple of "holes" in my wardrobe

for instance I don't have much thats bodycon

I also don't have a lot of stuff with a deep v neckline

the first pic was taken before i wove in all the ends

my first pi shawl! Two of the 4 yarns are hand spun.

I thrifted this peach dress forever ago, and it was a go to in my closet for many years. Toward the end of 2020 I realized that I hadn't worn it in years despite likeing basically everything about it, so I decided to figure out what I could do to wear it more.

The first big thing I did was make it into separate top and skirt, to greatly increase my styling options, especially since the skirt was difficult to wear under other skirts.

The other big change was removing the zipper all together. Luckily this dress is nice and stretchy and it already was easy to put on just by pulling it over my head, and the other bonus is now these pieces are better lounge wear. I rarely wear pants, so goodlookin comfy lounge skirts/dresses are a highly sought after garment for me, and zippers ruin that vibe.

its the largest ammount of yarn I've spun in one go by far, and its name is Sweet Tortellini

My big bleach painting patchwork project! We had a whole tone of old black teeshirts laying around the house, so I bleach painting them all with different things i cared about and hand sewed the entire sh'bang together into a nice convertible garment. Since its all just old tee shirts its also incredibly comfortable/doesn't take up too much space/not wrinkle prone, making it a great travel garment. It can be worn in a ton of ways but my favories are the dress (as seen above) a maxi skirt, and as a cardigan type garment. I was originally going to add snaps for wearing it as a dress but instead opted for just using safety pins sibce theyre more adaptable and also add to the punk look. There are some sleeves not shown here that can give it a cold shoulder look when i wear it as a dress. For that pic I wore my hand knit cashmere fishnet top underneath because its the funniest garment I own now.

I followed a pattern from the lady's knitting book, written by Elvina M Corbould in 1874. I had to make a couple of pattern changes so stitch counts would work out and I decided to make the jug spout ribbed as well. The biggest change of course is upping the needle and yarn sizes, I used some 10s and worsted weight and my bag ended up being about 22 inches in circumference at the widest. The other change is that I crocheted the strap and added some structural and aesthetic slip stitches to help keep the strap from stretching over time.

I used some leftover deconstructed flannel for the lining, I even incorporated the bit of the sleeve with a slit so your hand can fit through as a pocket.

I sewed the strap to the lining on the bottom part, and reinforced the top band with more slip stitches, so I could sew the strap to it without it distorting the knit fabric too much.

The two things I learned are that needlebinding video tutorials are all nonsense and anybody who can actually learn from them is a wizard, and that having an actual needlebinding needle makes things so much easier.

Mine is allegedly aluminum and made by my friend/polished by my partner. In addition to it being the proper tool for the job (I was using a basic yarn needle before) its also got the power of friendship, which definitely makes my stitches look nicer.

I made a little felted basket and embroidered leafy vines on it, because I default to generic fantasy aesthetics (blame tolkien)

I had just finished soaking the mustard colored bit of yarn when I decided to learn how you go from raw fiber to roving, and I decided to use scraps of a too small silk skirt that i got second hand years ago and have been holding on to for fabric. My goal was to test it out and see if I should uses the rest of the silk scraps for yarn.

I started by pulling apart the woven fibers into a bundle

then using my hands and a doll comb that happens to look just like a wool comb (I got the doll that came with this comb for my birthday as well) I aligned the fibers so they were mostly facing the same way and then I started spinning

now heres the twist in my project (pun intended) the whole time Ive been working,on this I have been watching videos about spinning, and in particular videos about distaves which are tools you put your roving on so it dosent get in your way. Turns out theres a holiday called distaff day that is on my birthday! so many coincidences and I'm reeluling from it all. I now know what it feels like to take psychic damage holy shit, i mean the bio of this blog is outlining my quest to learn every fiber art right?