Agnes Top #1

Finally I made an Agnes Top by Tilly and the Buttons. The fit of size 3 is perfect for me and I plan  for making more of these wardrobe staple. I'm especially fond of the deep neckline - it's totaly my style.

Only modification: I placed the seam of the neckband at the rear back instead at the shoulder seam.

Endlich habe ich ein Agnes Top von Tilly and the Buttons genäht. Grösse 3 passt mir perfekt und ich möchte gerne noch weitere nähen. Vor allen Dingen gefällt mir der tiefe Ausschnitt sehr gut. 

Einzige Änderung: Ich habe die Naht des Halsausschnitt-Einfassbandes an der hinteren Mitte platziert und nicht an einer Schulternaht. 

Agnes Top

Pattern by Tilly and the Buttons

Fabric: 95% cotton 5% elastane

Fabric weight: ca. 200g/m²

Used: ca. 150cm length x 150cm width

 Size 3

Madeleine Skirt #2

My favorite skirt to wear this year in January and February had been my new Madeleine Skirt made in Harris Tweed. I absolutely love this skirt... It fits me very well and is comfortable and  warm.

The Harris Tweed is such a beautiful fabric and the colors are amazing. Although it's quite a heavy weight fabric it was easy to work with. I only used the basic pattern pieces without extras, as I like the shape of this skirt a lot.   

Modifications:
I fully lined the skirt with a viscose lining fabric.
Made a rolled hem with my serger at the lining.
Used green linen for the inner waistband.
Inserted an invisible zipper.
Omitted the pockets. No suspenders. No topstitching.

Madeleine Skirt

Victory Patterns

Fabric: 100% wool Harris Tweed 

Color: Green Moss Blend 329
Fabric weight: ca. 450g/m²

Used: ca. 160cm length x 150cm width

 Size 6

Dreyma Sweater

The last couple of weeks I did wear often this sweater: Dreyma by Jennifer Steingass. As I liked the color combination and wanted to knit with Istex Lettlopi for quite a while, I went with the given yarn and colors.

The only modifications I made had been at the collar:
Provisional cast on 108 stitches. Knit 2 rounds in black. Knit round 2 of chart in black heather. Started yoke pattern + colors on round 4 of chart.
For the rolled collar I picked up 108 sts and turned sweater inside out. Knitted 4 rows on WS. Bound off. Now the rolled collar doesn't roll to the outside, but neatly to the inside. Used Drops Karisma color 53 anthrazit for this to avoid too much scratchiness around the neck.

Istex Lettlop

100% iclandic wool

colors as in the pattern

LL 100m/50g

Total weight: 440g

Nd. 4.0 mm

Woodland Walk Socks

It's quite a while now since I knitted patterned socks. So it was time for the Woodland Walk Socks by This Handmade Life. I used sock yarn which I dyed myself with walnut hulls from our big walnut tree. One has to be aware that these socks have a different pattern instruction for a right sock and a left sock.

 Sock Yarn 75% wool 25% nylon

Color: Dyed with walnut hulls

  Yardage: 420m/100g

  Size 38  /  Nd  2.5 mm

Shift Dress #1

I still had some green linen fabric which I used for my Sureau Dress. So I set out for another sewing adventure and made a fully lined Shift Dress with an underlapped vent. As a basic I used the Shift Dress #1 pattern form the book Dressmaking by Alison Smith.

Making and Modifications:
First I made a muslin (yes!) with the given pattern size 10-12.
Then I was ready to make some modifications on the paper pattern:
- Made a SBA of 6 mm
- Adjusted neckline front + back to avoid gaping
- Shortened bodice length by 1.5 cm
- Shortened skirt length by 11 cm
- Adjusted bodice side seam width to my measures
- Adjusted skirt shape to a straight line = added a total of 10 cm at hemline width
- Made an overlapped vent
- Fully lined the dress

Fabric: 100% Linen

Fabric weight: 320g/m

Used: 160cm length / 140cm width

Size 10-12

Stockbridge Cardigan #1

I made this basic wardrobe staple: Stockbridge Cardigan by Ysolda Teague. It's a very well written pattern and the fit is amazing. The sleeve caps are shaped asymmetrically with short rows - which needed some attention. Haven't made any bust / waist shaping. The yarn is Ullcentrum 2ply.

I added a little bit of a pattern at the bottom - just for pleasure... It's from the book Hitomi Shida 250 knitting pattern, number 033.

Ullcentrum 2ply 

100% swedish wool

Color: 105 anthracite

LL 300m/100g

Total weight: 310g

Nd. 3.5 mm 

Madeleine Skirt #1

This is my first version of the Madeleine Skirt by Victory Patterns. I made it already in February 2018 from a remnant wool fabric with some polyester content. I like the fine herringbone weave and how the fabric feels. It's quite smooth and does not cling to tights or leggings, so no lining was necessarily needed, especially because of the width of the skirt.

I made size 8 but it turned out too wide at the waist. I tried to get away with belt loops and wearing a belt - but it puckered and with the rather heavy fabric didn't look good.

Last November I came back to it again with fresh ideas: I unpicked the waistband, belt loops, zipper and back seam. I did cut away about 2 cm at each back seam line, then inserted an invisible zipper - the look of it I like much better than the original lapped zipper. I did cut out a new waistband length according to size 6 and attached it. I didn't make a folded waistband but used the same cotton lining fabric on the inside of the waistband as I used for the pockets.

Now it fits perfect! Since it's finished I did wear it quite often this winter with leggings, at the weekends when we go for walks. The big pockets are useful at this occasions - although I might would make them smaller for "office outfits". I'm of a small body size and I have to dig quite deep into the pockets when "fishing" for small stuff... :-)

Madeleine Skirt

Victory Patterns

Fabric: 80% wool 20% polyester

Used: ca. 200cm length x 140cm width

 Size 6