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chic veronique wry punster martinimade blog archive 2014 8 april 1 new pattern lucia hat march 1 february 1 january 5 2013 8 december 4 november 2 september 1 august 1 2012 3 august 1 july 1 february 1 2011 12 december 1 october 2 september 2 august 1 may 2 april 1 march 1 february 1 january 1 2010 26 december 3 november 1 october 2 september 2 august 1 july 1 june 4 may 2 march 2 february 4 january 4 2009 66 december 7 november 3 october 4 september 5 august 8 july 5 june 8 may 6 april 5 march 5 february 3 january 7 2008 83 december 3 november 7 october 2 september 5 august 7 july 8 june 8 may 5 april 9 march 10 february 7 january 12 2007 89 december 7 november 6 october 7 september 8 august 8 july 9 june 9 may 10 april 8 march 7 february 10 tuesday april 1 2014 new pattern lucia hat here s something nobody told me in college your twenties suck they can be fabulous and exciting as well and you can grow from your experiences in surprising ways but if you re doing it right your twenties suck most people i know learned some hard lessons about loneliness and responsibility i sure did a friend and colleague of mine in her twenties is now learning about mortality she is fighting breast cancer there s a plan in place for her to win but no part of that plan is enjoyable she s rising to the challenge with incredible aplomb there have been some sucky things in my life in the last few years i am grateful that cancer hasn t been one of them now that i m in a different place i need to look for ways to show kindness to others also i m a knitter making chemo caps is what we do when someone we know goes bald i was able to whip up a cap in a week it would take only a day or two without a little human to care for i think i named it the lucia hat after my friend s sweet kitty because it is simple and because it s something that i hope other knitters will make for those who need it i m making the lucia hat a free ravelry download enjoy posted by elizabeth at 12 54 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday march 28 2014 dream sweaters i had this notion that when i return to work in a handful of weeks i d need some cardigans to go with the nursing tops i ve acquired to make them more workplace ish and less obviously what they are oh time oh having two hands available how i miss thee instead i would like to put down for the record the top five sweaters i would make if it were possible to care for a wee little one and finish a sweater by the way i have finished a hat but that s for later lyssia by marnie maclean butterflies make it perfect for spring and summer it s feminine without being too frilly and by the way butterflies dahlia cardigan by heather zoppetti the lace covering the back is gorgeous and the loose opening is perfect for avoiding wet spots on the fronts or bleakage as mr mgy calls it boob leakage bleakage sportster by melissa wehrle i ve been wanting an asymmetrical zipper cardigan for a year or two i wish now were the time to make one adam s rib cap sleeve top by carol sunday i love short sleeve cardigans for the office in the summer the front looks like it could have a flexible closure more than one button to choose from perhaps to accommodate a shape that is a bit in flux vogue s ruffled cardigan by faith hale i love ruffles and the cap sleeves would be ideal note the presence of errata what cardigans would you suggest posted by elizabeth at 3 40 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday february 25 2014 except for several very satisfying work related things this title comes from tina fey s bossypants in which she calls breastfeeding the most gratifying thing i ve ever done with the footnote except for several very satisfying work related things baby arrived she is pretty neat she was 10 days late in lieu of a birth story let me instead tell you that after the baby was out and we were attempting to do that coo and cuddle routine with her the obstetrician pronounced with pleasure that this was a very straightforward delivery a few moments later i asked the nurses who in the hell are these women who keep coming back to do this over and over in other words it appears that i had it relatively easy relatively easy says damn you do not want it hard one and done baby fortunately i now say with quotes for ironic emphasis you can read other posts on this blog to see that the point is moot score perhaps the worst ordeal of my pregnancy was how challenging it was to decorate the nursery listen i get that the nursery is just a room and now that the baby s about a month old she still can t see much and really doesn t care as long as somebody feeds her within 12 seconds of when she first moves her fist within a mile of her mouth and i get that it s all kinds of superficial the nursery however was the thing at which i threw all my insecurities and guilt and residual aggravations over how difficult it was to bring squirt no not her real name and yes i think i did have to say that explicitly into existence the nursery was the forge in which we used our marriage to pound out a new identity for our family it was the garden in which we paused to heal our remaining hurts before squirt arrived it was the metaphor to end all metaphors it also didn t work totally still working through those issues step at a time people but we got a killer nursery when it was finished we said to each other it s almost a shame to put a baby in here for instance one morning i was changing squirt s diaper there was a lot of poo okay sure then as i was wiping her off she peed everywhere alrighty then she sneezed and poo flew out her butt across the changing table and onto the side of the really nice dresser that we negotiated over ick aside that s kind of awesome here are some pictures i grabbed not long before squirt arrived plus a few from our photographer friend who dropped by to take some newborn shots a couple weeks later in exchange for a bottle of whiskey you ll know the difference because the good pictures are hers a closer shot of the pinwheels and fabric circles check out the tutorial from martha stewart for the pinwheels very easy we tacked them into the wall rather than onto a stick print from mint peony designs a faribault blanket that mr mgy discovered on a recent work trip to minneapolis mr mgy also painted the walls he is remarkably meticulous as a painter i ll try to look up the color and post it in the comments at some point but i m running out of time before baby bomb goes off oh and the baby okay one picture but just one nom nom nom he got the dresser and i got the curtains with the red pom pom fringe instead of the pink fringe he later cleaned some pee off the dresser and insisted that this was worse than poo because you can t see where all the pee has gone posted by elizabeth at 12 27 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday january 26 2014 stashdash part 9 baby moccasins also known as things that will fall off and possibly get lost within five minutes courtesy of the purl bee but 40 yards of stash gone a chance to use some of that scrumptious fibre company road to china light i have left over from my rockabilly soft design and they re cute i have some me sized slipper soles i picked up a few years back at hobby lobby and i want to make a coordinating pair of mama moccasins only problem in the rush of last minute cleaning we ve been doing i can t find the damned things anywhere this is why i never clean dude so strike that adorable photo op right at present it s moot because still no feet to fill the baby pair i ll say something on this blog at some point after the next generation decides to show up but mr mgy and i are gun shy about putting too much out there on the internet about a kiddo who isn t yet able to say whether or not she d want that only mentioning this because there are a handful of people i know irl who are following along here to see when kiddo makes her arrival so not here yet i ll say something eventually but i don t think i ll be putting the whole gooey story on this blog if that s disappointing then i encourage you to go over to the website that rhymes with snaby snenter com and look at the videos some of which feature women who unlike me have no qualms about putting childbirth shots of their private parts on the internet to each her own posted by elizabeth at 9 38 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday january 16 2014 diy tutorial baby washcloths and burp cloths it s pretty nervy of me to post of all things a sewing tutorial knitting fine crochet sure okay but sewing i could dedicate a whole other blog to my sewing mishaps and poor encounters with sewing books teachers stores and patterns then again maybe that s the best qualification of all i persevered and i figured out that yes even i can sew something and it turned out well it turned out so well i couldn t stop this week i ve made a whole stack of washcloths and burp cloths there s even more than what s shown here and all for not much money if you re smart with your joann coupons you can get some excellent deals all the material used for the above cost me less than 10 considering that these washcloths and burp cloths are higher quality than what you ll typically find pre made in the stores it strikes me as a great deal materials to make three washcloths or two washcloths and a burp cloth sewing machine 1 3 yard of cotton flannel 1 3 yard of terry cloth coordinating thread sewing machine your preferred method for cutting trimming measuring etc rotary cutter and mat scissors your teeth whatever let s start with the washcloths step one you need a square i recommend 10 x 10 which will turn out as a 9 x 9 finished washcloth i would really like a rotary cutter and one of those self healing mats but i don t have those yet instead i make my own paper patterns with wrapping paper i used some scrapbooking supplies to make sure it was perfectly square try a t square or just trace an existing piece of paper if you need help getting it square cut out the paper pattern using paper scissors and pin it to your fabric cut the fabric around the edges do this once for your terry cloth and once for your cotton flannel step two pin the two pieces of fabric wrong sides together terry cloth doesn t really have a wrong side but you get my drift on one side use two pins to mark what will be a gap when you start to sew for a washcloth this size make it two or three inches step three sew around the edges remembering to leave that gap open i used a 1 2 seam allowance step four trim the corners step five turn the washcloth inside out use a pencil chopstick or other suitable pointy thing to make sure those corners are really corners and not bunchy messes at this point some people might choose to press the edges i chose not to because it s a washcloth either way look at the gap that you left when sewing together the two sides either press or pin the fabric into place so that the rough edges are tucked inside at the same seam allowance step six sew around the edges i used a 3 8 seam allowance remember to backstitch at the end to secure your thread and you are done in one sewing blog post i read the author said and walla which bless her heart made my insides curdle jerk snob that i am please know that the spelling is voila and you do pronounce the v i made five of these before i started thinking hmm hmm i thought we might need some burp cloths and i had enough length in my fabric left to do one of those to make a burp cloth adjust your dimensions i cut a paper pattern that was 8 5 x 18 why 8 5 because that s a piece of standard printer paper which made squaring off the paper easier and the 18 seemed right for my shoulder from there on it s pretty much the same i decided to teach myself a slightly new skill and go for some rounded corners on the burp cloth to do so i used a drinking glass highball to be exact and traced around the base at each corner to get a nice curve i think some people do that directly on the fabric with a rotary cutter if you choose to have rounded corners remember that instead of trimming the corners before turning it inside out you ll cut notches into the curve like this have fun mixing and matching fabric patterns i ve already gone back to the fabric store and spent another whopping 10 to buy enough fabric for several more burp cloths washcloths and even a bib or two no go forth and make terrifically awesome baby shower gifts or charity gift bags or supplies for your own offspring or heck pamper thyself happy crafting these really are a blast me and seam allowances i m not good with the narrow seam allowances 3 8 was kind of an achievement for me go narrower if that s what you d like to do posted by elizabeth at 7 21 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday january 15 2014 stashdash part 8 gone home hat i intended to make a hat to match the milk infant top i made a few weeks ago to be part of the baby s going home outfit but because i chose not to swatch eh eh i wound up with a hat that is about 13 inches in circumference good heavens i hope it s too large or i m in for an interesting time it used about 70 yards and instead of a going home hat i m calling it a gone home hat in the hopes that the hat will not fit for at least a few weeks every girl ought to be stylin when she heads to the pediatrician right plain and simple picot edging on the turning row of the brim and then stockinette the rest of the way ought to have added another row before knitting the hat to the co edge but heck i think it s already not going to fit what s a slightly turned up picot edging going to matter no worries if she never wears it somebody s bound to have a baby girl born in the fall 70 yards gone posted by elizabeth at 10 53 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday january 12 2014 stashdash part 7 early fans you should make them hmm i finished this potentially useless but cute and enjoyable project recently it is a yoda baby bottle cover which is a free pattern it used around 55 yards it also brought up a rather serious parenting question in our household should we acknowledge from the beginning the existence of episodes i ii and iii and be open and honest with her about that difficult time or should we wait for her to discover them on her own and run the risk of losing her trust but at least we will have had those few years of innocence when all she knew were episodes iv v and vi my position is that you should tell her that the first three episodes were made but explain our reasons why we don t watch them and why we don t think she should watch them when she s old enough to handle the disappointment we ll let her decide for herself if she wants to expose herself to these kinds of 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