Month: July 2018

• knit | scrappy sweaters.

  I always have a ton of odds and ends from various projects–little bits of really nice yarns that I can’t bear to throw out and don’t know what to do with because the leftovers aren’t quite enough for a hat or other small accessory. I decided to use all my fancy bits of Madelinetosh Tosh…

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  July 2, 2018

  fiber, knitting, KNITTING JOURNAL, Print, Stash Buster, yarn

  flax sweater, handmade, handmade wardrobe, knitting, KNITTING JOURNAL, Stash Buster, stash busting, sweater knitting

• knit | notch hem tank.

  Another tank top? In linen yarn? Why, yes! It’s summer, after all. This is Purl Soho’s Notched Hem Tank and I love it. I knit this using Quince and Co. sparrow in the new salt and pepper marle color way called rille. And it’s a dream. I love the details on the side of the…

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  July 2, 2018

  fiber, knitting

  handmade, handmade wardrobe, knitting, linen, linen yarn, notched hem tank, purl soho, quince and co sparrow, Quince and Co., summer knitting, sweater knitting, tank top

• knit | kai tank.

  I’m on a linen yarn kick and I love making tank tops. This summer seemed to take forever to get here; and so while I begged for warmer skies this spring, I knit up a Kai Tank top using Quince and Co. kestrel linen yarn in the graphite color way. The only modifications I made…

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  July 2, 2018

  Dress, fiber, knitting

  handmade, handmade wardrobe, kai tank top, knitting, linen, linen yarn, quince and co kestrel, Quince and Co., summer knits

• sew | willow tank.

  I’m a terrible sewer. I don’t know why it doesn’t come easy for me, at all. But, it doesn’t. It’s still important to work on things that don’t come easy; to hone a new skill, to keep trying. And so, I recently finished this Willow Tank from Grainline Studio. It’s a beginner pattern–a very basic…

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  July 2, 2018

  Dress, Sew

  grainline studio, handmade, handmade wardrobe, sew, sewing, tanktop, willow tank