Bit sad…

Well, the sewalong is over and I wasn’t able to get all 5 tops done. Why not? I managed to get a concussion right after finishing top 4. Yeah, don’t say it. That’s me. I was crouching under the kitchen counter to pull my iron’s plug and when I came up – bang! At first, I didn’t even notice it was such a hard hit. Only about 4 hours later I suddenly saw light spots, got a headache and began to feel sick. The doctor told me to do nothing but “drink, sleep and breathe” for a few days. Yesterday was the first day I felt rather well again. So, no fifth top and I am very disappointed about that, because I had “saved the best for last”. The most spring-like fabric and the cutest pattern (see below). Of course, I will sew it anyway, but for now there are a million things I have to catch up on *groans*

However, thank you SO MUCH for your lovely comments here, at Flickr, via email, messenger and phone!!! I am truly happy you appreciate my sewing efforts =)

@Kate Martinez: If you cannot get hold of that Burda issue 07/2008 anymore, you could always get the current one. Pattern number 115 is an almost exact replica of the one I used. Also, I think, I saw something similar from another pattern company, but I wasn’t able to find it anymore. I’ll keep my eyes open, it seems to be a popular style lately.

Here is a taste of what I meant to enter as top 5. Pattern # 2023 by Onion again, fabric “Maria Fleur” by Hilco. It’s a fine batiste with transparent woven stripes.

Last not least, there is a voting (still going on, I believe, but all those different time zones confuse me) for the best entries in the sewalong. Loser that I am, I didn’t even vote for a single of my own tops. I cannot help being far too honest and vote for what I truly think is best – that’s why I’ll never have a career *lol* On the other side, I cannot understand people who tell all their friends and family members to vote for their tops no matter what. That way, even when winning, you’ll never know if you really are good, if people really like what you do, you cannot be justly proud of your work. I don’t wanna be moralising, I just know the doubts would kill me if I did that myself.

But enough blahblah for one day. Hopefully, the next post won’t be too far away and I’ll be able to show you more crafty stuff. I certainly feel like being creative and updating here, there’s just so many necessary things that wanna be done, too – but, whom am I telling that.

 

WIP and Easter Decoration

There is so much I wanna talk about. About the internship, about some books, about Ebay… But now I only have the energy for another far-too-quick and far-too-short update. Gah! I am thinking about a new (better!) layout here, though.

First of all, I wanted to share a photo of that jumper I’m knitting. You know, my first-ever-jumper. I chose a dark grey-blue yarn for this project, because grey-blues have my name written all over them. It’s a soft merino/cotton mix. The pattern is a rather easy one (of course, or I wouldn’t attempt it), just knit and purl

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I took this shot two days ago, so I’ve even made more progress by now. Tomorrow, I’m meeting with my knitting group again, so I will take another photo afterwards. So far, I am rather happy with this, but the tricky parts still lie ahead.

Secondly, I was thinking about some decoration for Easter. I dont have any at all. My mum used to crochet around eggs and made loads of other stuff, too. Might talk more about this later. I would have liked to get some small wooden eggs and paint them with traditional patterns from South America, but I didn’t get any and probably wouldn’t get around to it anyway. Then, I was walking into this delightful little store in my street to buy a postcard for a friend’s birthday. And they had these most beautiful painted eggs for a reasonable price. I permitted myself to buy 5. I want to emphasise that these are real eggs. My favourite is the one on the far left. Now I only need some flowers and sunshine and I will be prepared for Easter! =)

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