brrr its chilly, even though the sun is shining and the sky is blue, there is cold seeping up through the floor and into my woolly socks. on these days i feel a need for wool garments, the English show the way (well, on Poirot they do) by wearing country tweed jackets, hunting skirts and my personal favourite...deerstalkers!
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| tweed hunting skirt |
i noticed that long skirts are back in fashion, and i know they are warm so i found some ancient burgundy tweed check just laying around at the workshop and chopped it up into this skirt from
burda magazine September 2011, model #136. i graded it up at the necessary areas and shortened it a little, and it was super easy to sew because its just one piece! i had serious doubts about this but it fits perfectly and when i wore it with woolly tights and fur-lined boots i felt like an extra in
Downton Abbey!
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| burgundy tweed check |
another tweedy item that hopped off the needles recently is my long cable mitts that i knitted from Cleckheaton "Tartan" a beautiful soft wool that is in lovely retro colours. i used Patons
Winter Warmers book 1310 for the pattern which is just a cabled rectangle, seamed into a tube leaving fingers free to knit or stir marshmallows into hot chocolate. aaahh, that's what chilly weather is for!
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| tweedy caramel mitts |
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