sweater no.2

knitted another sweater..

not as happy with it as with sweater no.1

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i planed to make it quite oversized 

and light gray, with really long sleeves..

but i made a silly mistake

of not buying enough yarn

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in my defense, i asked them if they have more yarn

 in that shade in stock,

and lady in the store said they have plenty

and plan to order even more during the winter..

two weeks later, i used up all the yarn i had

and when i wanted to buy more

it was out of stock in all of their 7 stores in belgrade..

so i called the shop in my hometown

and they told me they have one skein left

so i had my aunt buy it and send it to me..

and when it arrived, i realized it's wrong shade of gray

and that's how the two toned sweater happened

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since i needed two more skeins for what i originally planned

and had only one

had to abandon the idea of really long sleeves

and the sweater ended up being out of proportion

like some oddly shaped dress with three quarter sleeves

but it's warm and cozy and i wear it a lot

so it's a keeper anyways

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as with the sweater no.1, i freestyled the knitting

it's simple shape, knitted in round

with 2x2 rib for hems

and seed stitch for body and sleeves

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note to self: next time knit sleeves in flat and sew them up

as picking up stitches and knitting sleeve in round

is a pain it the ass

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oh.. and as you can see, i got a pixie cut and i love it

makes my life way easier

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mokosha

year five

year five

was about outerwear

knitwear

printed dresses

swimwear

crazy amount of never blogged clothes

new adventures

and a bit of good old fieldwork

year 6 is going to have a promising start

as i already have a new sweater and a new coat to blog about

and i'm on a quest to sew perfect travel wardrobe

(that is also chic, as we're traveling to france in april

and one have to look good while in france

even during hitchhiking&couchsurfing kind of a trip)

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mokosha

floral

top - burda 03/2016 #103(104)

pants - burda 07/2011 #102

it feels like springtime is in the air

and, although i really enjoy my all gray and all black outfits

springtime calls for colorful floral tops

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got this lovely fabric as a gift

from one very special lady

almost three years ago

and last week i finally got the courage to cut into it

and turn it into something wearable

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this pattern comes in few different lengths

with short or three-quarter sleeves

and even has a dress option, that's on my to-do list

once i'm done with coat i'm sewing at the moment

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it's super easy pattern to make

takes only few hours from tracing pattern to final pressing

and does not use a lot of fabric,

plus i love the final result

so, i'll definitely be making more of these in future

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mokosha