M3 - day 9

stripey gauze top indigo cotton jumper handknit sweater

Focusing on my clothing this much is making me a bit bored with my clothes, in a way that never occurs when I simply get up in the morning, get dressed, and go about my busy day... Having so few choices usually feels very good, and easy, rather than limited and monotonous.

I think that making the needed summertime clothing will take care of that feeling, and I am going to modify my original plan for M3 to remove my chosen requirement for me-made socks, to allow time for making summer dresses. So the new modified plan is: for the month of May I will wear all clothing that I make myself, excluding shoes, socks, and raingear.

My longtime goal is to have created my clothing in sets of eight, so as to allow for laundry no more than once a week. So far, only in underthings have I managed to make enough pieces, but undies are smaller and less sewing time is needed. I imagine the luxury of eight jumpers, eight under-dresses (summer dresses that can be worn under jumpers and over long sleeve tops as a extra layer in winter), eight long sleeve tops, and eight pairs of leggings... not to mention at least eight pair of knee socks! Gradual progress towards this goal is ongoing, the challenge is to get there before the current garments are completely worn out.