Knitting and Sewing, Sewing and Knitting

A girl can’t have too many skirts

I’ve worn this skirt several time since finishing it in May. It was one of several pieces I cut from stash fabric to coordinate and it is the same fabric as the tank I made earlier in the month. It’s from the same New Look 6470 pattern. I love it!

I started this second Elderflower skirt (Ruth Sørensen design) in March in stashed Crystal Palace Maizy yarn. I didn’t actually look at how much of this sock weight yarn I had and started knitting away. This pattern is designed to be knit with any weight yarn and doesn’t specify amounts. I didn’t have enough. Fortunately it’s not an old stash yarn and is still being sold. Two orders and two months later, I finally finished it.

Working through the stash, I chose some Fiesta Yarns Meteor, a rayon/cotton ribbon yarn. It was a risk since the pattern called for 720 yards and I had 700. My stash made the body of the skirt and off to the internet to find one more hank. As luck would have it, not only did Webs have the yarn in Jamaican Spice, it was on sale. The pattern is Kira K Designs Sawtooth Skirt. The skirt is stockinette knit in the round (fast!fast!fast!); the lace border is knit separately and sewn on.

Gifts

In May, we headed to Black Butte Ranch to spend the weekend with Dianne and John. We went in to nearby Sisters and the Stitchin Post the local fabric and yarn shop. Dianne, an avid cook, liked the aprons featured. She picked out the fabric and pattern and I offered to make it for her.

In March we celebrate Dianne and Tom’s birthdays. In June/July, it’s John’s and my turn. In anticipation of our trip to Hawai’i later this year, I found a nice tropical fabric that wasn’t too garish and made John a shirt for his birthday.