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More of the Same

denisemor 1 June 28, 2026

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.

Sew & Spin

denisemor 4 June 21, 2026

Summer seems to bring out my urge to sew. This time it happened as a result of a quick visit to a cool little shop in North Ballard- Wool Friends

Really neat neighborhood studio with lovely fabrics, woolly wool on cones, spinning fiber, looms, etc ,and sewing patterns! I picked up this SewHouse Seven pattern for the Remy raglan top

It’s got a few variations- plain or keyhole split front, short, 3/4 or long gathered sleeve. I decided to make a split front 3/4 version to start and found some suitable fabric in my stash. Here it is hanging out in the appletree!

Seems like it has a lot of potential as a wardrobe basic that will work well with my growing collection of sweater vests 🙂 It’s a nice pattern- works up pretty quickly and has french seams, so nice finished edges throughout.

With that complete, I’m turning my focus back to the “God is a Woman” project. Spinning outside today to take advantage of the beautiful weather-

Also washing up the last of Dottie’s ’26 fleece today- so it’s a Dottie day all around!

Doesn’t get much better than playing with fleece out in the sunshine.

Oh- meant to mention that I finally got to see The Sheep Detectives! Was super cute-and loved the range of breeds represented in the sheep characters. Makes me want to revisit the book that it’s based upon- Three Bags full by Leonie Swann

Here Comes the Sun

denisemor 2 June 14, 2026

88 degrees here today. A little warm for me, but perfect for my new project- solarizing a new garden plot

I got the plastic down this morning, and the blazing sun already has the turf braising in it’s own juices.

The plan for this plot is to seed it with rye this fall. Yep- first foray into growing grain! Been thinking about it for a bit, and glad to finally have the wheels in motion. 🙂

I’m also excited to have hit upon my next sweater project- God Is a Woman by Katja Dyrberg (photo from pattern). Love the saddle shoulders, the overall cables, the mock turtleneck.

And thinking that it will look lovely in Dottie wool!

I’ve gone ahead and started spinning some more, but I think it turned out a bit too fine, so while this is pretty, it’s probably not going to work for the sweater. Good thing I’ve got lots of Dottie wool in the stash to work with!