Wardrobe Refashion - Part 2

I'm feeling a bit under the weather this week with the bad cold/flu that is going around. I haven't felt like doing much of anything except sleeping, but I will share some things that I finished up last week. I've been having fun with refashioning existing pieces in my wardrobe, or just adding embellishment to a t-shirt.

This yellow sweater is a cashmere/cotton blend (oh, okay, only 5% cashmere). It was only $8.57 after all the discounts, so I couldn't resist. The square neck is not a good look on me, so I added some yo-yo's to the neck line to round it off. I like the way it came out and have already worn it. My inspiration came from this book, by Katye Terry, I received as a Christmas gift.

This t-shirt was started back in November, and then was put aside during the holidays. It is inspired by the Alabama Stitch Book. They have a wonderful web-site too.

I added some lace and buttons to make a faux collar on this plain black top. It was inspired by this post from Emily Martin. I had bought the lace back in the fall when a local sewing store was going out of business. It was one of those impulse buys where I had no idea what I would use it for but I couldn't say no.

I'd really like to try using a men's dress shirt to make a women's top like this next. My husband just cleaned out his closet :)

Well, I'm going to go back to bed now. Hope you have a great weekend!

Clapotis

Clapotis
by Kate Gilbert
Free Pattern from Knitty, Fall 2004
String Theory Hand Dyed Merino DK (560 yards)
Color - Fusion
US size 6 straight needles

I love everything about Clapotis, and I'm not the only one. There are over 10,000 projects on Ravelry. Clearly this is a favorite of many knitters. I used a DK weight yarn, so I adjusted the needle size from an 8 down to a 6. The yarn I used is so pretty. I had so much trouble getting a photo that did it justice.
It gets a lot of wear.

Happy Valentine's Day

Pattern: Christmas Tree Bears
By: Julie Williams
Free pattern from Little Cotton Rabbits

Happy Valentine's Day to all of my blog friends and followers!
Sorry I haven't been around here for a while. Writer's block. I've had these little bears done for some time. I made them using leftover yarn, and then gave them the appropriate Valentine's outfits.
Clapotis is also done. I will post about it this week. There, I said it, now I'm committed.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Have a Heart

Pattern: Heartfelt
By: Norah Gaughan
Free pattern from: Berroco.com
Yarn: Cascade 220 Quatro
Needle: Size 9 straight

Notes: I did try to felt the heart, but I realized after that Cascade Quatro doesn't felt. My mistake. I printed the words on muslin by first printing them on computer paper and then taping down some ironed muslin over the printed area of the paper and running the paper through the printer again. I then cut the words out and frayed the edges and sewed it onto the heart. It's a quick knit!

Got Latte?

Michael Scott: Carol used to drink lattes. She would get this little foam mustache. And I used to say, “Hey, got latte?” and she’d say, “That’s not funny.”

The Office, Season 3, Episode 10

We've been doing a lot of traveling on the weekends due to my husband's job. In September he started a new job which is out of state. We are happy that he has a job, because we know so many people are faced with unemployment right now. We really want to let our son finish High School in the town he has grown up in, so we are commuting back and forth on weekends. Some weekends my son and I travel to Maine and then sometimes my husband travels to Massachusetts. Not the most ideal situation, but we are making the best of it.

I made myself this coffee cozy for traveling. It is a free pattern from Erin of House on Hill Road.

I made a couple of them. They are machine washable too.

The white cup is one of those I'm Not a Paper Cup ceramic coffee mugs with a silicone lid. Great for making you own coffee before you hit the road.

Embroidered Onesies

My brother and sister-in-law are expecting a baby in March. Their second child. At the baby shower for my nephew, their first child, my sister came up with this great idea of having everyone decorate a onesie with fabric paint for a little party activity. It was so much fun. A lot of their friends are very artistic, so the onesies were little works of art. The new baby will have a lot of wonderful hand me downs, but I wanted to make something new for the baby, so I embroidered some onesies.

The dog and bird pattern came from Meet Me at Mike's.

This pattern is Love Bear from Badbird's.

The hedgehog pattern came from Pimp Stitch.

I babysat my two year old nephew, Rowan, on Friday and Monday. He is so much fun. He told me he is going to have a brother. We'll see. My parents have 5 grandsons and zero granddaughters, so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

On the knitting front: I'm all over the place with knitting. I'm ready to work the sleeves of the Tangled Yoke Cardigan, but I got distracted by the Cabled Bolero which I'm almost done with, and I really want to make a Clapotis. Oh well.

Huswife

This weekend was a perfect weekend to work on this project. It was very cold outside and snowed almost the entire weekend, so we stayed by the fire, watched movies and tried to keep warm. This little piece of the past is called the huswife and the pattern is from Theresa of T Does Wool.


I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this project, from picking out the fabric, to hand stitching the pieces, to adding the scissors and the needle I used while sewing. It was such a peaceful project. It is hard for me to put it into words.


I love recreating these primitive type pieces from the past. Although you can use more modern fabric, I chose the primitive look.



I thought about the women and girls who had made them in the past and I thought about Theresa. Thanks for sharing the pattern with me, Theresa.


You have probably already been to her blog, but if you haven't you should check it out. You'll see what I mean about peaceful.