More of the Same

Spinning and sewing, that is.

Now that I’ve got a sweater project to focus on, the spinning is all about Dottie singles. More picking, more carding

and more spinning. My goal for the singles is an average of 100 yds/oz. Holding them double should get me to the desired gauge and grist. Going to hold off on casting on until I’ve got at least half of the spinning done. Or at least that’s the plan. Will see how long I can hold out 🙂

And I’ve been puzzling a bit over the Remy Raglan sewing pattern. My first run at the pattern was pretty successful, but I felt like I could use a little more room through the shoulders. I toyed with the idea of modifying the pattern according to a tutorial I found online, but in the end I decided to just make the second top the next size up.

I’ve had this fabric in my stash for so long that I can’t remember where it came from! But I’m pretty sure that it’s silk. Kind of heavy, drapey silk. I haven’t had much success with capturing the iridescence of it in the photo, so you’ll just have to take my word for it. It remind me a bit of dragonflies.

What I hadn’t really thought about before starting was how the stripes would complicate the split front assembly. It’s not perfect, but I think I did ok with matching up the stripes so that it’s not distracting.

Jury is still out on the fit. More room in the shoulders is appreciated, but the body feels a bit too wide in the larger size. So perhaps I will need to do a custom pattern mod to get to “just right”.

Heard from my hay guy earlier this week, so perhaps we’ll have a new crop soon! I do love fresh hay. Smells like summer.