The AJ Project

I have a Friend...

and My Friend has a Jacket...

the jacket looks to be in fabulous condition - but it's really not...

Let's call My Friend Andrew...

because that's his name.

And let's call the jacket Andrew's Jacket...

because it is.

So I'm going to refer to this as the AJ Project...

The jacket is lined.... which you would think would help it to keep it's shape over time... but NO!

What has happened, is that the lining itself has kept it's shape, but the knitted section has stretched out of shape... so the jacket is larger than the lining, and it just looks all wrong.

Now, you could replace the lining.. so that it fits the jacket better - but then it wouldn't fit Andrew any more...

So I'm going to take it apart, and recycle it into a New Top...

as long as those seams aren't overlocked/serged!!!!

They look okay from the outside, but I won't know for sure until I remove the lining...

Finished.

Looky at what's sitting on my armchair...

Yep - That's right... I finally FINISHED the Freeform Cushion.

Remember I was aiming to have it finished by Wednesday? 

Well guess what?

Today IS Wednesday!

Here's the cushion front:

and the back:

Although it probably doesn't matter too much which was around it sits...

Slippers...

Yes CASSIDY!

You guessed correctly - I was working on a pair of slippers...

The 'vintage' pattern was one that Mum used to use to make our slippers with, when my Sister and I were kids... So it was time to make a pair for my own Daughter.

 

The slippers are worked flat, and before seaming they look like this:

The straps join at the top, then you seam the heel and the toe to finish off

Simple and Cute.

Guess Again

Since you had so much fun guessing what I was working on last week, I wonder if any of you can figure this one out?



 What am I knitting now???

It's something from this Pattern Booklet - which is a lift-out from the Australian Women's Weekly, December 1, 1971...

And that's your only clue...

Out of Hibernation

So I pulled this Freeform Cushion out of hibernation about two weeks ago... and was working on it at the last Crochet Meet at my place.

My plan was to have it finished and sitting casually on the armchair when The Gang rocked up for our Next Meet...



That gave me a fortnight to work at it - which seemed like PLENTY of time...

Only I got distracted by other projects, and I haven't done a thing with it at all!

You can still see the original cushion cover peeking through in places - plus there needs to be some more embellishing to soften some of the edges between pieces.

So I'm giving myself a deadline.

I want it finished by Wednesday.

When The Gang arrive - there will be a new cushion on my armchair!

I started it when I was pregnant with Charlotte, and I'm sick of it lingering around unfinished...

(oh, and next time I start a Freeform Cushion, please remind me to only Freeform ONE SIDE of the cover, and add a plain back)

My Flower Child...

Remember I did the sketch for the FLIPPIE... a head band which would be a cross between Flapper Style and Hippie Style...

Well, here it is in the flesh, as modelled by Little Miss Katie:



And I couldn't help but use the 60s photo effect tool... it's perfect for a project like this...

What's a Flippie???

The theme for this challenge is HEAD ACCESSORIES... and the criteria are to include both CHEVRONS and BEADS... if you want to find out more about it, you can look into the Designers Challenge Group at Ravelry

I thought it would be especially hard to combine chevrons and beads - and still come up with something I like! So I've kind of separated them a bit, by having the chevrons on the headband, and the beads sitting off to the side...

As for FLIPPIE - well, it's a made up word...

it's a cross between Flapper Style and Hippie Style... since this sketch reminds me of both!

(and as for that mermaid - she still doesn't have a name - so keep the suggestions coming)