Screw knitting!
As always happens, I set some sort of deadline for myself (this weekend, it was finish the back of my Lucky Clover Cardigan) and I do everything in my power to NOT achieve that goal.
Instead of knitting, I have been making wedding invitations with the help of my groom.
But the 50 or so we finished today (well, except for the insides, which will go on leaf-green vellum) didn't take that long. The time not taken up by shopping for invitation supplies has been taken up by sewing (or, at least, thinking and reading about it).
Unlike my mother, who, for example, won a Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award in high school, I am not a good seamstress. Most of it is laziness, which shows up in my knitting as well. I do not like having to redo anything, and I need to get over that. (Ripping out sweaters that just don't work was a big step forward in that vein.)
I don't sew often. I get into moods where I want new skirts and dresses and pajamas, etc., buy fabric, and it sits for a year or two. I also have the fabric for at least two quilts sitting in my (surprisingly small) stash.
This weekend I have been bitten by the bug hard. So hard that I'm thinking of buying a new machine eventually (right now I have a mid-1980s Singer that is less than ideal) and - gasp! - improving my skills. This means I have to remember to buy a seam ripper, and maybe I could consult one of the dozens of sewing technique books sitting around this house, as Matthew's grandma was quite a seamstress in her day. Maybe it's her spirit infecting me; do you think the cats might have knocked over her ashes?
I won't be purchasing a new machine for awhile, since my dream machines cost more than a spinning wheel, and I should probably save up for that. After all, it doesn't do much good to go on a yarn diet to save money for Stitches, only to buy a new sewing machine, right? Plus, I need to get better, and plenty of people have done more with less.
In the meantime, I will try to whip my old Singer into shape, while drooling over blogs such as Dress A Day.
Tipper @ 11:11 PM * link
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