Tuesday tidbits

in which our plucky heroine has been busy...

set up the tabletweaving loom with the Laurel pattern, to make an elevation gift for Marya... This is the project that needed the dyed orange wool yarn. Width is about 1".

The turning pattern for this is only slightly irregular: the border cards keep turning one way, which helps keep the band smooth, and helps ensure nice neat selvages; most of the cards turn four forward, four backward, but there are two that never reverse, and also just keep turning one way.

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stitched the pocket on the bodice of my new pinafore, the last step...

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This is the upper bodice pocket. I have added these to some of my pinafores, and while they never get loaded with things (like my skirt pockets do) every once in a while it is handy to have a place to hold a needful note and not lose it, like those little medical appointment cards, or a snipped-from-fabric bit to match thread at the store... A pressing template, measured out and cut from a manila file folder, helps get neatly turned curves along the lower edge before the pocket is stitched in place.

Here is a closer view of the center back, showing how close the shoulder straps are to the center back. This helps keep the straps actually on my shoulders, which are both narrow and sloping. It also shows where the straps are flat fell seamed to the body of the pinafore.

The new pinafore quite resembles my original sketch, aside from my decided to use the precious multicolor ikat (instead of the blue/tan ikat) for binding. As well, the style is just slightly different than my usual pinafore pattern, which is a treat...

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September SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	charter # 10	bathrobe hang-loop	bag to Goodwill
2	fig sauce	many pokey wires	butterfly chair
3	seraph	dye yarn orange	first leaf raking
4	charter # 11	x	-
5	hat for Thora	x	-
6	applesauce	x	-
7	plum sauce	x	x
8	Awesome Sauce	x	x
9	jacquard denim pinafore	x	x
10	x	x	x
11	x	x	x
12	x	x	x
13	x	x	x
14	x	x	x
15	x	x	x