day whatever of quarantine: have resorted to hand-drawing a cross-stitch pattern for amusement. i have never done a cross-stitch in my life Spoiler: large image and then just for kicks i transferred it into stitch fiddle and fucked around with it. still non-optimally centered, but i've already spent several hours on this so i think i'm Done messing with it for now: Spoiler: larger image
A first attempt! The wire keeps them from fogging up my glasses, but mom didn't think of it until after, so I sewed them onto the outside rather than making a pocket. Also, this is size small and I should have made them medium, because these slip off when I open my mouth too wide. I like this design, but they need a little more space. Also, I think i will modify the disign a little for more nose room. I wore one around yesterday as an experiment and my nose felt a bit squished. I made two, but only bothered with pictures for one.
I made. A mistake. Last summer I bought a pound- yes, 1 lb, 16 oz- of undyed Chevoit combed top. I was thinking that I could use that to get some good practice in on the wheel with a relatively cheaper fiber before trying the more expensive ones. Assumed I would have a lot of duds and fuck ups as I adjusted and that would be okay to do that on the wool I didn't care about. Turns out it's not hard at all to get a good, consistent yarn. Or maybe I'm just a natural at it Idk either way I filled my first bobbin barely dented the massive roll of fluff and have realized I already need more bobbins. Fuck.
Very ambitious idea for my limited handsewing skills: wondering if anyone had ever just covered a vest with pronoun patches/pins/embroidery as an art piece I feel like someone must have. The ultimate gender vest making sure everyone from all angles knows ur pronouns Sketch:
hello all I am grumpy because quarantine is preventing me from sewing, so I'm gonna talk about my project here I'm making a lined fit n flare dress. WITH POCKETS. the lining is all set, I did that part first because the outer fabric is finicky to say the least and I was scared to fuck it up. the outer part of the bodice is all cut out and interfacing got attached now I just need coronavirus to be over so I can go sew it all together it's gonna be so pretty guys the fabric is peachy pink with little red roses all over it.
I'm finally (temporarily) freed from yarn purgatory. A bit over 220 yards after all is done. I actually want to do more but I need more bobbins. Possibly a jumbo flyer because I need to hold ALL THE YARN. I also desperately need to replace my old kitchen scale so I have something to weight my fiber out with and make sure I'm getting everything even. I'm guessing I'm going to get at least 4 full skeins when all is said and done and then I'm going to play with painting them with dyes.
my sibling is making a bunch of plague masks to leave out for the folks in our apartment building using the first pattern here and they’re having trouble with hemming the top and bottom edges. they’re new to using a sewing machine and can’t figure out how to hold the fabric to pull it through the machine at the start so that the fold doesn’t go crooked. does anyone have advice? do they just need to hand sew the first inch or so?
The way we used to do it many years ago was to position the foot of the machine about an inch or so onto the fabric to be seamed, and then use reverse to stitch to the edge before hemming the entire length the right way, if that makes sense. (Use reverse at the other end of the seam too, to secure the stitches better.) This should give better control of the fabric.
I decided that the best way to spend quarantine was by starting a fiddly project that would take a lot of time. So I've been knitting myself a beaded shawl. (The Triptych pattern, from Ravelry.) When this shawl's done, I'm going to start a second one - the Charmaine pattern, which is what I was originally going to do until Knitty went down just as I started. I'm at the point where I'm almost done the last of the increases. And then it's 50 rows of straight knitting, and then I start on the decreases.
I forget every time how much of an exhausting marathon it is to pin out a lace circle shawl to block it, but at least I managed in under an hour this time!
Thank you! It is my prototype for a pattern design I am going to be releasing hopefully, like... Later this week? So I can post a link here once it's available.
Just realized that I might get an answer here, and definitely will not get my head bitten off for asking here. (Whereas I might get my head bitten off for asking it on Ravelry.) Why do some pattern authors prohibit people from selling stuff made using their patterns? I can understand "don't copy and sell my pattern," that's perfectly reasonable. But why "don't sell stuff made with the pattern"?
I am also curious about that, tbh! I know it's a thing, I have very strong feelings about the legality of the thing, but I have only vague theories about WHY people try to stretch copyright law until it breaks. I assume designers with those clauses feel like people are profiting off of their work? But the designer didn't manufacture the end product, they created and then sold a process.
@turtleDove @paladinkit my guess would be that they've been burned before by people who sold products made off their pattern then claimed that the original pattern was theirs? I can't remember if I included a "hey please don't sell work made from this" on one of my designs, but if I did I think it was also partially because it can be Hella frustrating to have someone else getting accolades for work you did and/or designers might feel like they're losing out on a sale if every time someone buys a copy of the item, a copy of their pattern is not bought as well
I am sewing myself face masks out of t shirt fabric based on the CDC pattern, but in lieu of elastic I'm trying to use yarn for the ties (I have so much yarn y'all). How can I sew the yarn against the fabric to secure it so it doesn't side around when I'm trying to don the mask? Or would I be better off cutting strips of fabric into ties, or trying to cannibalize elastic out of something (I thiiink I have an old pair of pj pants I could sacrifice)? I assume if I just sew through the yarn like it's a strip of fabric it'll just split and get messy rather than be secured, but I don't sew so I have no idea lol.
