Limbs and head flopped out to sleep. Looking d-e-d.Filed under: Love it, Thrifted it | Tags: knitting, needles, Salvy, stash, yard sale, yarn
Now that we’re settled into new digs and I have established a one-in, one-out policy, I can pop into the thrifts again. And two of my favorite thrift stores are near my south suburban job. At one in Markham, I scored a big bag of knitting and crochet needles.
I don’t typically spend a whole $4.50 on one item, shopping the sale items even at the thrift store, but the giant size 17 and 19 knitting needles alone made the purchase worthwhile.
Also included were extra long 8s and 9s, shortie 8s and 9s in plastic (better for flying), a slew of smaller crochet hooks, and some giant sewing needles good for weaving in ends.
Original knitting stash came from an amazing yard sale in Haddon Township, N.J., while shopping with my mom and sister-in-law and baby niece. I think that was another $4.50 purchase, which included some giant orange plastic needles and a tapestry case.
My knitting is getting braver. I was only able before to do knit and purl in straight lines. But then this tutorial got me thinking about wavier lines, too. Like most of you, I have stashes of yarn and fabric that wants using – I mean, I acquired this stuff because I wanted to make fabulous things. So let the making continue.
More to come on the fans and feathers pattern results, including a teeny adjustment to make the texture more uniform on both sides (i.e., make my mistakes less noticeable).
I’m dreaming of a very feathery Christmas.
Filed under: Get it, Love it, Scavenged it, Thrifted it | Tags: desira, dress, fabric, hat, purple, stash
Card by Rar Rar Press, Chicago.
My mister has a fantastic auburn stash growing under his nose. And I have a fabric stash growing under a terrarium (it sits atop a bookcase, stuffed with folded fabric).
Totally just added to it. 70 degree weather (!) inspires all kinds of growing. And whenever the Joann has a 50% off the clearance fabrics sale, I totally stock up on basics and stuff for baby gifts. Some sewers advocate a five yard minimum when buying fabric for unknown purposes, but I’m more of a two-yard sewer. I don’t wear big dresses or full skirts, so two yards – esp. 60-inch fabric- is usually enough for pants, A-line skirts and most tops for me.
Too bad they didn’t have any plain denim. I’ve been itching to make a warm weather denim wrap dress using the BurdaStyle Desira pattern I’d lengthen like this one I already made for my favorite little girl.
Jojo did have:
Weird white cotton with red print of pheasants and old-timey looking couples. Will line something. Or turn into a blouse.
Gray lightweight twill for a Desira wrap dress.
Wine colored polished cotton. Some kind of summer dress.
Brown cotton with subtle black stripes and little dots for a spring top – the Ellinor Sew Along with Nikkishell.
Eggplant crepe backed satin. I really have a purple dress problem.
And this black stretch terry for one of these outfits, thrifted in a ratty Chicago spot:
Also bought this McCall’s pattern because of the hats.
I’ve been wanting to use two angora sweaters I managed to shrink to copy my favorite Kangol furgora jeff cap but have had zero luck finding a pattern. This little cap (E) is sweet and close enough for now. Will try it out using a chunk of heavy denim from this Freecycled bag of scraps.
Anyone know where to find great hat patterns?
