mocha

dress - burda magazine (12/2015, #109b)

mocha colored version in quilted jersey 

is actually version #2

as i messed up my version #1 dress in yellow wool (see pics bellow)

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but #2 i like..

i only had 1.2 m of fabric

and pattern calls for 2.1 m

so i had to piece my sleeves from scraps

and i really like how they look now

with those horizontal seams

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#1 has a lot of issues in shoulder area

as it's way too tight on me

and sleeves are oddly shaped and too wide,

but most of the issues are my fault

as i was lazy, and decided to sew sleeves in flat

rather than sewing them in the round

(and then i even overlocked the seams

before trying the dress on

so i can't fix it now)

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so, lesson learned.. from now on

no more muslin playing with fancy wool fabrics

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for the #2 i sewed the sleeves 

the way they are intended to be sewn

so that, and the fact that i used slightly stretchy fabric,

helped with most of the issues

and the dress fits way better

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here is #1

in all it's oddness..

i tried to make up for the mistakes

by hamming everything by hand

but it's still a mess

i've also finished knitting my barndom shawl, by westknits

it's huge and super soft and drapey

(and it's also version #2

but this time not because i messed up #1

but because i made #1 for a friend

and then i had to have one myself)

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mokosha

cowls

made bunch of colorful cowls in chunky yarn..

all are knitted in round, to avoid seaming,

so i had to modify stitching a bit

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blue one is in trinity stitch

red is a stitch from book '400 knitting stitches'

called mock english rib 2, or something like that

bubblegum pink, in linen stitch

green in flat knot stitch

orange, another one from 400 stitches book

not sure witch one

this one is not in chunky yarn

it's fingering weight variegated yarn

but i used 7mm needles

(it's linen stitch again, i'm crazy about it)

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i've also made dress with big blue dots
and the top from last photo
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mokosha