Archive for the ‘Crochet’ Category

Miser Purses

Here’s a sneak peak at a couple of the designs I’m experimenting with.  Both purses are the largest size I would make…big enough to fit a moderate sized phone. Both will actually be about the same size, despite their appearance in the photos.  The first is worked in two colors of cotton crochet thread.  The [...]

August 22, 2011 · ithilwyn · One Comment
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Changing Gears

So, the event that I was to wear my bustle dress to was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The result was that I sort of lost steam on it, which is sort of ridiculous since I’m so close to having it finished. On the other hand, I really need to get started on a [...]

February 19, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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So Disappointed!

I put the finishing touches on my Red Rock Wrap this evening and tried it on for the first time. It. Looks. Terrible. The back looks pretty nice, but the front is a disaster.  The cross over pieces are way too short, despite all the extra rows I added, so the buttons are pulled all [...]

January 19, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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So Much to Report

First up, I did the first bodice fitting with my cousin for her wedding dress.  No pictures yet…it’s still so early in the process.  Still, we made some good progress.  The second mock up should fit much better and will be closer to the lines that she wants for the final dress. Despite having draped [...]

January 15, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Crooked

So, my friend put a name to my crooked corset issue…she thinks my hips are uneven.  Not real great, but at least I have figured out why the busks of my Victorian corsets slant, no matter how careful I am in their construction.  I don’t think it is anything I need to worry about since [...]

January 9, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Slowing Down to a Snail’s Pace

I was so gung ho on my bustle outfit for a few weeks and now I can barely bring myself to do half an hour’s worth of work. After tracing my pattern pieces last night and making all the modifications to those pieces, all I got done this evening was cutting everything out.  (Granted, I [...]

January 5, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Mastering Tunisian Crochet

Okay, I think I’ve got it figured out.  I was technically doing it right, but I found the way to make sure that I don’t end up with a wide loop on the left side of my work: instead of working the last stitch just through the front of the last loop, I make sure [...]

January 2, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Launching into Tunisian

So I finally took the plunge and started a project in Tunisian crochet.  I guess it was partly because I finally found a patter that I just couldn’t resist, combined with the fact that the yarn at Joann’s was on sale AND I had a gift card that ended up covering about half the cost. [...]

January 1, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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My Kind of Couch Potato

Today was a pajama day.  I didn’t really plan for it to be that way, but since I didn’t plan anything else, that’s sort of just what it became. Of course, spending the day on the couch in my pajamas doesn’t really mean the same thing for me that it means for many other people; [...]

December 30, 2010 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Therapy

In order to get over my disappointment with the Helena jacket, I went yarn shopping and picked up some yarn for a few projects that have been on the back burner for some time. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask the shop workers to wind the ONE skein I purchased that was not pre-wound.  It would [...]

December 29, 2010 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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