My friend Leif and his new method of commuting. By Unicycle!

I’ve finished or photographed a lot of small portable projects recently, all from knitty.com!

Caliometry perfectly fits over my ears. Need to make more of these, will be great for running in the winter. Yarn is Colinette Candenza in Jay. VERY soft superwash yarn.

Shedir, made fall 2006, photgraphed after a year of wear. Very soft! Made out of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino. The yarn held up better than expected, probably because it doesn’t roughed up on my head. It is a little bit too long, but I love it. I just love cables!

And the infamous Clapotis. Made very narrow for scarf. Needs blocking. Also in Colinette Candenza in Jay.

I’m also on ravelry as akimbo. (registration required)

No time to blog, no time to craft. Busy with purging and cleaning. See why?
(Taken on my rockin’ new T-Mobile Wing PDA/Phone)

Texas, June 2007. My nieces and I.

Look what arrived in the mail today! I ordered these about a month ago. There are custom woven sew-in labels from http://namemaker.com. I’m looking forward to putting these in my creations.

Finally finished something… a skirt! After being sick for practically the whole month, I needed something quick and fast to get me back in the sewing groove. It should be nice and cool for summer.

This is Simplicity 4197, view F, in a yarn-dyed striped linen/rayon blend from Joanns. The regular size version is Simplicity 4189. It is a super easy bias skirt with elastic waistband. There were only two pattern pieces for view F, and looking at it finished, I should have just made them into one. The stripes were never going to line up (not that I tried).

This skirt is great for me as I’m losing weight (down 27 pounds as of today) because the bias will just hang it little lower when it has less stuff to hang off of! Also, the elastic waistband should be easy to replace with something smaller when I need it, but with elastic and bias fabric, it should last me a while. Here’s the whole view (and my new B�rn shoes!). I’m still too squishy to wear a shirt un-tucked :

Here is a bag I also finished…

I copied my Trader Joes canvas grocery bag. Basically it is an unlined bag with straps. I stupidly made it out of stretch twill (thank you, Dayquil) but it made up with out too much trouble. The fabric is a cotton stretch twill remnant. It is a nice lightweight grocery bag. I plan to make more with some canvas like home dec fabric I have lying around. You can never have too many bags!

This is a great article on methodically cleaning out your closet. From Bremer Communications. One more thing I need to do- my clothes are piled all over my house!

If you feel like you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear, you’re not alone. The garments hanging in your closet represent an investment of several thousand dollars. But studies have shown that only twenty-percent of an individual’s wardrobe is purchased wisely; eighty- to ninety-percent of a closet represents a waste of money…

Full Article

Found via elegantcouture.blogspot.com

Today marks the 27th anniversary of Mount St. Helens’s big eruption. The photo is a scan of a slide my dad took in 1980, probably from the Intel Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Burda World of Fashion, May 2007. Coming to me via ebay. I just subscribed through glpnews.com but had to get this month’s issue because I’m obsessing about this blouse. Its a PLUS SIZE TOO!

I’m tired of waking up tired

(Waking up tired)

Yeah, waking up tired!

I’m tired of waking up tired

(Waking up tired)

Yeah, waking up tired!

Too much time to kill, it’s killing me.

The Diodes

I’ve been all kinds of ill for about 4 weeks. Sinus headaches, a migraine, vertigo (still have) and a nasty cold. I’m still coughing up junk and have a drippy nose (I’m on day 11 of this cold). I also have not worked out in 16 days (at least I’m still losing weight!).

This weekend is hopefully more rest and recuperation. I’m so whacked out by the end of the week due to not sleeping well because of coughing.

I’m dying to do some sewing, but have been so worn out just with taking care of everyday needs. I’m also heading to Texas to see the family in early June and have to prepare for that. Fortunately, a new suitcase has been ordered and the old one thrown in the dumpster. It had an unfortunate incident with my Gingher shears as I had to cut the thing open in haste as the zipper broke right as I was doing the last zip up and trying to head out the door to catch a plane to Canada in January.

That’s all the whining for now.

For sewing, I need to finish a Mother’s Day present (Can’t post here, its a secret!).

I have a few NASA t-shirts I’d like to refashion for working out.

On my cutting table I have a Simplicity 4020 wrap version cut out and basted. I have no idea if this will come out or not, as I attempted to alter it up to my bust size. I’m using a solid dark magenta, probably polyester, mystery knit from my stash.