Done...

I am so done...totally wiped out. I finished my paper and managed to send it to the TA in time. Now I just need to send it via snail mail too. I planned on doing that today also, but after going to the dentist and coming home sans one tooth and feeling totally woozy from the painkiller, I called the TA and asked her if I could send it tomorrow, because the dentist had told me not to drive for a couple of hours (I couldn´t have to save my life anyway, I could hardly talk straight ;-)). She said it was fine, so tomorrow it is.
After some minor crises at work, that we managed to solve in time, I called it a day. I am so wiped out. oops, already said that.
My weight loss is going well, considering I ate breakfast, had a tooth pulled and had a cup of soup and a joghurt after that!
I guess the missing tooth is not the problem, the problem is, that on the other side of my jaws I´ve got a toothache as well (this is just going to need a new filling, but it hurts like hell), so I can´t chew on either side and my head is killing me...

OK, end of rant!
No new knitting, some sewing. I hope the zipper I had to order for my dress gets here tomorrow, so that I can finish it in time for the party tomorrow night. It just needs the zipper, the underlay for the pleats and seaming on the skirt. Pictures tomorrow! Have I mentioned, I´m tired? No? Well I am.

Need sleep!

No knitting

Been working, doing a little sewing and a little too little on my paper. I need to email it to the teaching assistant on friday. I know I can finish it. I just need to get crackin´... and concentrate.
That´s hard, because I would much rather be sewing or finishing some smaller projects for my patio and the garden.

Another thing I´m really going to concentrate on is losing those 30lbs. I really need and want to lose. I signed up for Weight Watchers online. I lost 20lbs. about 4 years ago with them, though I never joined anything back then. I just counted the points on my own. It works for me and starting next week, I´ll be adding exercise to the equation. I´m going to begin with swimming 3 times a week because the community pool is just a 2 minute walk from my house.

Sewingwise I´m working on the dress for the party on saturday, a little bit everyday to take the edge off of work and the stupid paper. It´s made of the navy gab with white dots and the white lining with red dots.



OK, gotta get back to work on the paper!

New FO no old ones

I´m on the run, just wanted to present a new sewing FO. Haven´t gotten around to photographing my knitting FO´s of the recent past, because I´ve been busy writing a paper (due on May 29th). Still not done yet, but here´s hoping...



So anyway, this is my most recent FO:


I´ve already worn it yesterday out with the girls. Now I just need some cute shoes to go with, like red or purple heels. The problem is, that I can´t seem to find any that are even acceptable looking in my eyes. ;-)
The specs:
pattern: skirt from Burda magazine february 2007 model 110
fabric: 1,5 m cotton print from Buttinette




These are two lining fabrics. The white one is for a navy trench I´m planning to make real soon and the royal blue is to match a grey pinstripe wool fabric I have in my stash.



These two fabrics are a red chiffon for a dress and a navy stretch-gabardine for another dress and some capri pants or shorts.
For the navy dress I already have a pattern planned, because I want to wear it next Saturday for a 40th birthday party.

Ok that´s it, gotta go write my stupid paper!

Knitting FOs

Here are some more FO pictures, details on my Ravelry project page:
Indigo Spring



Interlocking Cables



Tweedy raglan



Tudora



wristwarmers



Crusoe socks



Fetching (these were my oldest WIP, they just needed a thumb...)



Right now I have a couple of WIPs lying around but nothing is calling to me. The sewing machine´s call is louder! I have my three next projects all ready to go:

Blouse 108, Burda January 2008; black embroidered cotton similar to the blue cotton from the last blouse.
Skirt 110, Burda February 2007; flowered cotton print in reds, oranges and black
Coat 115, Burda November 2007; navy blue suit fabric

All I need is more plastic sheets to copy the patterns.

Latest sewing FOs

Here they are, the blouse (Burda April 2007 Pattern 125) out of a light blue cotton fabric:



and a wrap dress (Burda easy fashion summer 2006 Pattern 6) out of a leaf print in green on creme:



I am pretty happy with both, although there are some things I´d like to do better and I need practice in. One things is that both collars are a bit fudged, meaning that the execution isn´t that good. The necklines on both are too revealing but I can wear a cami under the blouse and I´ve already ordered some green jersey to sew an insert in the dress. It´s a real wrap dress, but I´m going to sew the two fronts together and attach a wider belt also in green, because the fabric is pretty busy.

Can´t wait to get sewing again, I´m perusing my patterns to see what´s next. Probably a skirt, pleated possibly.

Long time no see!

It´s been a while. I got discouraged by the fact that Blogger wouldn´t let me post pics, so I started slacking off on the whole blogging biz. I´ve finished lots and lots of knitting since my last post and I´ll have to try and show you everything.

First try for pics:


This is my Cashmmmmere Sweater (Ravelry link) made out of a cashmere, viscose and wool blend, really heavy and warm sweater perfect for the winter that has passed... ;-)) I still like it a bunch, though. More FO´s tomorrow since the pics are obviously working again!!! Yeah

For the last couple of weeks, I´ve been thinking a whole lot about sewing again and last week I got out all my old issues of Burda Fashion, ordered some fabric (which I needed like a whole in the wall, I already have a huge stash) and started mulling over what to sew. I finally picked out a cotton blouse, sleeveless, tied over the bust and buttoned beneath that. I copied the pattern, cut it out and started sewing on my cheapo, old sewing machine, when all of a sudden the damn thing started sending smoke signals from where the motor sits... totally shot.
Not that I was really sad about that: I´ve been waiting for that to happen so I could justify buying a new one. ;-) The timing was less than perfect though, because it wasn´t in the budget right now. I ignored that and ordered a new Brother Innov-ís 200. It arrived yesterday and I practically haven´t stopped sewing since. Finished the blouse this morning and started a wrap dress from an old Burda easy fashion (summer 2006). I am using a creme and dark green jersey for it that has a really nice drape. It has an allover leaf pattern in dark green on the creme background. The only thing left to do on it is seaming the skirt. I want to wear it at my uncle´s 70th birhtday party on friday.

Pictures will follow tomorrow, once I put the blouse and the dress on my dressmakers doll.