I made myself this dress to wear to a wedding. In two days.
LOVE IT!
Pattern
Fabric
My modifications to this pattern included added three inches to the top of the bustline for modesty (and it still wasnt particularly modest), and adding a two color plain hem detail to the bottom, which I think really added a lot to the dress. Since its fall, and the dress is sleeveless, I wore it with a little sweater over the top.
My main knitting update is that I finally finished and delivered ALL 6 of my mini CPH sweaters for the newphews and nieces this fall:
I finished another shawl that had been languishing in my WIPS pile for a while. This one is Trevi, by Ann Hansen. I started in September 2010, and just let it hang around in a project bag for a long time. Overall, it took me about 3 weeks of some evening to knit. The yarn is a lovely pale silvery green silk wool blend. It will be a great christmas present.
Now I am working on the other UFO shawl that has been in a project bag since May 2010. It is Brandywine by Rosemary Hill. I love this yarn - weatherfield sock yarn handdyed by my friend Judy at Ball and Skein. This is going to be my favorite red shawl (FOR ME) when I finish knitting it. Again, this pattern is fairly easy for lace, I have just put it aside while i work on stuff for other people.
This is a closeup of the lace pre-blocking.
I'm also working on more sewing and more yardwork/actual construction around here. I will try and put up an update of each soon.
