There’s Bound To Be Problems…

…when you don’t make a muslin. First of all, how does one make a muslin for knit fabrics? You can’t use regular muslin since it has no give. Do you go and splurge more money on knit fabric that has identical stretch, or do you just buy a yard or…

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Somewhat Cowl

I got some good shots of my sweater today: Yarn: RYC Cashsoft DK in Black Needles: US 4 and 5 circs/dpns Modifications: I ended up knitting the raglan length to 8″ since I knew that the length given in the pattern was way too long for me. I just measured…

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The King of Fashion

The end of an era: watch it here.

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I need more sunshine

Somewhat Cowl – Detail, originally uploaded by sewwrong. Well, I tried to take some photos of my finished Somewhat Cowl. This was the only somewhat ok photo that I got out of about a dozen (then my battery died). If we didn’t have thunderstorms and big clouds rolling through all…

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Plans for the Great Coat Sew-Along

I’m participating in the sew-along over at The Great Coat Sew-Along, and I’ve chosen to make view B from McCall’s 5525. I’m a little apprehensive since this is the first time I’ve ever tackled a project this complex, so it will be quite the experience! I figured this would be…

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