ooh i love a new year so much! it's that feeling of newness, the will to complete unfinished projects and to take on long overdue jobs around the house with gusto. to kick start my resolution to improve my wardrobe by handmade or thrifted items exclusively, i thought it best to have a tidy up.
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| tidy rails |
my rules are always the same during a wardrobe rehash: if it doesn't fit it's out. for beautiful vintage or painstakingly handmade clothing that's a
teeny bit tight, i make an exception and it's stored till next time. if i've stored it more than twice, it has to go. the resulting pile of rejects are donated the same day, before i can change my mind, and so far i've had no regrets!
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| a rainbow of knits |
i've discovered so many lovely clothes that were hidden under the mess, it was like the wardrobe in Narnia (is that a fur coat?!). cardigans in every colour, perfect full skirts, summer maxi dresses and a surprising amount of denim skirts. some things just don't match with anything else, and i've noticed a need for blouses to wear with skirts, so it's off to rummage through the pattern stash and hunt through the rails at the op-shop.
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| blue button cardi |
on the knitting front, i've persevered through the heatwave and finished my blue cardigan that i started over a year ago. when, i say finished, it still needs to be blocked and have the perfect buttons found for it, but all the knitting is finished and the ends darned in. it still looks very shrunken at the moment but i will post a true finished photo when it's been blocked. then its time to whip out the crochet hook to make the final blocks for the BAMCAL afghan i worked on most of last year. who's got time to be bored?
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| bamcal blocks |
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