Carla Fredd

Contemporary Romance Author

knitting

What I’ve been up to…

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Hi There,

I know it’s been a while but I have been knitting and sewing.

On the knitting front…

I finished Jessica’s scarf

Jessica's Scarf
Jessica

I finished fetching

My Fetching
My Fetching

I also finished my first sock.  This is a sample sock so it will not have a mate to it.  Like I said…it’s a sample.  I will cast on using my brown/black/grey Sockotta yarn tonight.

My first sock
My first sock

On the sewing front…

I made a muslin of Kwik Sew 2740 view B.  Sorry, no pictures 🙂  I have to make a few changes.  First, the shoulder length needs to be shortened by 1/2 inch and I added waaaayyy too much length on the sleeves.  They need to be shortened too.  This is a very easy pattern and I think It’s going to be a TNT for me.

Well that’s it for now.  I hope to get a lot of sewing done during the Christmas break.

Nautilus Hat…DONE!

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I’m done! I’m done!

I really like this hat. I should. I’ve knitted it at least three times and produced one wearable hat. The Nautilus hat is a very simple hat to knit but I’m still a relatively new knitter so I made mistakes. The first time I knitted the hat the yarn was the wrong type. Who know cotton doesn’t give? The next time, I used wool blend yarn and it was too big but this one was just right. The only change I made to the pattern (besides my own mistakes) was to knit the band using double seed stitch.

I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

Welcome to 2008

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It’s 18 days into the New Year and it didn’t begin like I wanted it. I’ve got 347 days to get it the way I want it.

 

Sewing

This year, I will learn how to do FBA, match stripe fabric, sew with a plan (SWAP).

1. I’ll start with the FBA first. I have the muslin fabric (striped hey, I can multi-task). It think I’m going to use the McCall’s M5522 view B blouse.

2. Sewing with striped material. See above.

3. Sewing with a plan will be fine. I’ve selected the patterns already. McCall’s M5522 view B blouse; Simplicity 3800 view D twist top; Vogue V8424 view C skirt and Butterick 3134 view B skirt.

Last night, I finally assembled the cutting table I bought from Jo-Ann’s during the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a Sewing Essential brand table. I will put it to use this weekend.

I believe I will acquire a serger this year. I don’t know what kind but I’ll get one.

Knitting

There are a few items that I want to knit this year.

1.  Nautilus hat – I’ve knitted this hat and frogged it because it was too big. I made a large. I’m currently making a size medium. I’ll probably finish this project by the end of January.

 

    2.  Jocelyn top. I’ve knitted the front and back. It needs to be blocked and I need to learn how to crochet the neckline. This will be a spring project.

    That’s the plan for 2008. I also plan to blog more often. It makes me accountable.