I am however worried about it being too tight - I have tried on myself, and it is tight over the bust, and too short for me, although Linda (it's recipient) is very petite. I think I will knit the sleeves and then lengthen it with any left over yarn I have. It is a soothing, idiot-knit, knitting around and around. I also need to search my stash for some lightweight matching yarn for the cowl.
I would really like to get out into the garden on this relaxing Sunday at home, but the British summer is at its worst at the moment, and I have to keep dodging very heavy showers. So while the showers are coming down I have been working on McCalls 2255, one of my "vintage" 1990s patterns from Julia:
It is designed for lightweight fabric, but I am sewing it in a heavyweight cream fabric (possibly a mistake - I will soon find out!). I cut and pinned it last weekend, and today sewed the side seams and pinned the waist:
I do all my sewing on the old Jones Family CS (Cylinder Shuttle) treadle machine in this picture - and although it only does one stitch (straight) it works beautifully, there are never issues with tension or tangles, and I can control the speed and keep things nice and slow. I use pinking shears to clip my seams instead of zig-zag, and also do a lot of hand finishing. I am planning to sew black embroidery wool detailing onto the skirt, and add a black knitted corsage - based on a skirt I saw some time ago in the Guardian weekend magazine.
I also finished the Amy Butler "In Town" bag and pouch I worked on last weekend - although they shouldn't have been I found them rather fiddly and wonder if that is something to do with Amy Butler patterns perhaps. But they have turned out nicely:
These were a good way to use up scraps, and although I am not super-happy with my finish they are pretty and servicable. So I have made some progress on my year's sewing goal over these past two weekends!
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