Well, I had to have stitches in my right ring finger. Finally got those out this week. I think God was telling me to take a break from sewing for a couple of weeks.
Sewing wise, I made a couple of things.
I started on my "winter" coat. I took a tailoring class at my LSS (local Sewing Shop), and began tailoring for this jacket (the double breasted version):
I also decided to try my hand at knitting again. I wanted something that I could easily take with me when I travel (We did a road trip to Nebraska over the break).
I had some Pattons Classic Wool so I decided to make this hat and this scarf. This is a snapshot of the hat in progress, it has now been completed:
The hat is a pattern from ravelry.com: Big Slouchy Hat. The scarf I knitted is the Infinity Trinity Cowl by Debbie Stoller. I've only got about 10 more inches to go and it'll be finished.
I also decided to try some of the classes on the craftsy.com website. I'm doing the Knit Lab class taught by Stefanie Japel class. I didn't think I would be too interested in online classes but these are pretty interesting and definitely convenient. I've even been able to watch them on my iPhone.
Oh yea, I got an iPhone also. I decided to replace my blackberry. I'm not using my phone for so many other things now. I found an application called JKNIT for knitting. I put the instructions for the scarf into this app, and it makes it very easy to keep track of where I'm at in the knitting and its portable. It took a while to figure out how to code the knitting pattern in the application; but it has been worth it.
Also, I've already finished my 1st project for 2012. I did the top and skirt from the 4/2011 Burda.
I'll post the pictures tomorrow.
Here's hoping everyone had a Joyous New Year! Happy sewing!
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