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No Idle Hands: October 2014
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Saturday, October 18, 2014. Tutorial: Reversible Bukhari Kid's Kippah. My son started Hebrew school this fall and I am trying to get him comfortable with the idea of wearing a kippah (yarmulke) in synagogue. On Yom Kippur, he was pretty excited about wearing my Bukhari-style kippah. So I thought I'd amplify that interest by bringing in some fabrics that shout YES to 6-year old boys. As you can tell from the rest of the blog, they are not exactly my style. Which is the whole point, I suppose. Pre-wash you...
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No Idle Hands: Painted desert lace shawl
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Monday, August 18, 2014. Painted desert lace shawl. And so, here is the Painted Desert Lace Shawl. I saw this on display at Webs. And decided to have a go at it in a different colorway. It was easy to knit (although I thought I was knitting up and not down for most of the project! Ready for winter now but happy to wait several months for its arrival! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visual record of my various crafting feats (and, perhaps, defeats). Shop Liloup (say "lee-lou"). View my complete profile.
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No Idle Hands: Summer lawn flowers
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Sunday, July 20, 2014. I received a beautiful piece of Alexander Henry cotton lawn for my big birthday, but just one yard. This proved a bit of a challenge when choosing a pattern that would cover either my upper or lower body. I ended up going with the first thing I found in the house, Simplicity 4583. The pattern was favorably reviewed on Pattern Review. Usually I find that commercial patterns are way too big on me, so I was a bit dismayed when I tried on the top before inserting the zipper. Yikes!
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No Idle Hands: Faux cable cap
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Saturday, October 27, 2012. What a treat to knit something quick and lovely for a friend. This chemo cap comes from this pattern. Which I found on Ravelry. Do you know Ravelry? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visual record of my various crafting feats (and, perhaps, defeats). Shop Liloup (say "lee-lou"). View my complete profile.
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No Idle Hands: From my other life
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Sunday, September 14, 2014. From my other life. My real job is teaching middle school French. So when I saw this fabric at the end of last school year, I just allowed myself to give into temptation. I still maintain that I will never wear holiday pins (you know, the pumpkin in October, the turkey in November.), but obviously my credibility is drying up with this fabulous new garment:. Behold the Lisette market tunic. Simplicity 2211) with a more basic sleeve (I copied from my Schoolhouse Tunic.
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No Idle Hands: Not a garment
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Sunday, September 14, 2014. And not even trying to be. I just revamped our appliance cozies (what? You don't HAVE appliance cozies! And wanted to record the event. One curtain became the runner you see here (still lined) and the other curtain lost its lining, went through the washer and dryer (with no ill effects despite its dry clean only label), and became four cozies. One of which is lined up the wrong way. Yes, I see that too. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shop Liloup (say "lee-lou").
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No Idle Hands: Spring Kerchief
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013. I've used up my leftovers from the hedgehog sweater. This time, I went for something simpler and got a great start on it during a family vacation to Florida. Have you noticed that I love knitting wool on warm beaches, preferably with a little sand and sunscreen mixed in? Then you need to know that I was raised by a mother who carded her own wool and picked her own fleeces on the beaches of Martha's Vineyard throughout the 70s and 80s. Which I found on Ravelry.
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No Idle Hands: The dress that wasn't
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. The dress that wasn't. I've been sewing lots over the past year but only for Liloup. My Etsy shop). Alas, the shoemaker's children have suffered as a consequence. Fast forward three years. The kid's about to turn four and that fabric is still sitting around. Happily, a small post-it note stuck to the pattern at least told me what I was supposed to do with it. And there were was still enough fabric to make a blouse before her birthday:. I love this kid! Shop Liloup (say "lee-lou").
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No Idle Hands: My Turn: Schoolhouse Tunic
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Monday, August 18, 2014. My Turn: Schoolhouse Tunic. Everyone and her auntie has made the Schoolhouse Tunic. And now it's my turn. My sis got me the pattern a few years ago when I started to make tunics, leggings and boots my teaching uniform. While I've found a few good narrow-wale corduory tunics on sale at Boden, I really want to make. My own great ones. How hard can it be, right? My standard favorite has been the Lisette Portfolio tunic. I chose some koi voile. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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No Idle Hands: Pintucks, voile, et a whole lotta flowers
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Monday, August 18, 2014. Pintucks, voile, et a whole lotta flowers. There was a time in the late 80s when I owned a LOT of floral clothing. I had a navy floral mini-skirt, a beige floral jumper (remember those? And a Liberty-type button-down floral shirt that I bought in France with my bourgeois host mother's approval. Now it's been awhile and I found myself gazing longingly at the floral-patterned view of Simplicity 2365. The sewists of Pattern Review rather liked this one. Yet something new to sew!
