I'm working on a whole pile of different stuff, all at the same time. I'm working on four more 'Outlander' style sets (all spoken for) and even though I'm close to finishing the clothes....
...all the handwork items will still take some time. It takes at least a week (between other stuff) to knit a shawl, and then there's still the arm warmers, the hand-hemmed fichu, and the leather bags. I'm more than halfway with the 'first' shawl.
I decided to try and salvage the first shawl I knit on our trip. I didn't realize it was a thinner yarn, so it knit up too small. It seemed a waste to not be able to use it, so I'd been trying to figure out how to make it bigger, and decided to just crochet some extra stripes along the bottom, before outlining everything in black. So, now there's two almost done!
I decided to try and salvage the first shawl I knit on our trip. I didn't realize it was a thinner yarn, so it knit up too small. It seemed a waste to not be able to use it, so I'd been trying to figure out how to make it bigger, and decided to just crochet some extra stripes along the bottom, before outlining everything in black. So, now there's two almost done!
At some point I may tackle the 'Outlander' wedding outfits, so I've been on the search for just the right tartan. The one they use in the TV series is not an authentic 'Fraser' tartan, but something else, which they've modified and copyrighted. I've seen several attempts at Jamie's wedding outfit in doll size, and usually it has a blue tartan, but the one in the series isn't blue. It's brown and gray. It just looks blue under certain lighting conditions.
I've even tried dying some...using blue dye to kill the bright orange in the tartan below. It's uneven, but might be usable. But the search goes on.
I've even tried dying some...using blue dye to kill the bright orange in the tartan below. It's uneven, but might be usable. But the search goes on.
In the meantime, my little Kaye Wiggs girls are standing around waiting for swimsuits....
They will be going to either the beach, or a pool party soon, so Tillie and Missy tried on the BID and KID ones, but they are too baggy....with way too wide leg holes...
Cinnamon and Talyssa think I should be focussing on making Missy a Fairy costume instead. It's almost the end of August and fall is coming soon, and they still want to have a Flower Fairy party..
And if all that isn't enough, I need to make some bedding for a Victorian cradle.....
So, what am I doing here, wasting my time at the computer!?!?
Better get back to it!!
Better get back to it!!
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