Technically the longest day of the year is the first day of summer, but to me it’s evenings in August when the air is hot and sticky and summer has been here long enough everyone feels laid back and the main sound in the evening is the buzz of the cicadas that feel like long summer evenings. Soon it will be fall, but it still feels like the middle of summer. This may be because of the nice hot humid weather we get here though….
I’m happy to say some craft projects have made pretty good progress this month. Not fast progress, but I figure any progress counts since there’s a tiny person who gets most of the time right now.
My hat is actually getting close to done. I have a little more than one repeat of the pattern to do and then I just need to do the decreases, which generally goes pretty fast. So that’s a happy thing. I’m looking forward to having my hat back! And this time I’m going to try really hard not to lose it! I haven’t lost many hats/scarves/mittens and I always feel bad when it happens. I think before I lost this hat, the last thing I lost was my favorite scarf in college. I worked evenings at one of the libraries, and I set my scarf down in the restroom when I was getting ready to go home. I realized it a few minutes later and went back to get it, but it was already gone… I guess I just hope someone ended up using my scarf and my hat and enjoying them.
I also made progress on my skirts for work. These are the knit skirts using Butterick B3134 (assorted gored skirts in woven fabric). My theory was that I could make it in knit fabric which would be easier (no zipper, no finishing, no lining, no ironing!) and would be more forgiving since my body is still changing size/shape. It turns out I was right. The only issue was that I forgot I should take it in more to account for the zipper, but that was easy to fix before I put the waistband on. I also added elastic to the waistband to make it more stable (I didn’t bother with interfacing). I started with the black fabric since I had enough for two skirts in case my first attempt needed a lot of rethinking, but it turned out great. All I have left to do is hem it! I just need to decide if I’m doing a twin needle hem or a zigzag blind hem.
If I finish these, maybe I can make some of my dresses, or the little winter hood or the fabric wreath… there are always more projects, but that’s part of the fun.
