Booties!

I successfully made two booties.  And they’re the same size!Add 1334 more stitches to my monthly goal of 800.  I think I may need to reevaluate my goal.

April Showers and Stitch Update

With one week to go in the month of April, I figured an update was in order.  It’s raining today, so I’m hoping to get a great deal of stitching done before braving the elements to deposit a check and grab a few materials for next month’s...

Mid-March Stitchin’

Here’s how the goals are going:Etsy:  1 made / 1 projectedKnitting: 668 / 800 knit stitches.  I’ve done 3 rows of tiny sweater (192), and 8 rows of dishtowel (392) since my last post (84).Sewing:  3 / 4 items complete.  The...

Goals, making up for the incendiary dress fiasco…

So, I replaced the dress with 2 dresses!My goals are:1 completed item for Etsy each month (single pieces or outfits)800 knit stitches per month.  My current project is an itsy-bitsy sweater, and that equates to 3-4 rows per week.4 completed items for...

Negative completions…

I was going to make Olivia an easter dress.  I put it together in a couple of hours, and somehow, along the way, it got stained.  It was a sort of orangy rust -type stain.  And, I’m one of those ridiculous people who iron as I go, so before I knew...

A long-awaited finish, and a new start

Sunday and today were very productive.  On Sunday, the Barony hosted a sewing day, at which I managed to cut and piece together the first of many new late-15th C. Spanish gowns and cut out the DH’s new doublet for rapier fighting.I also managed today...