I am my friend
Sometimes we martyrs mothers forget to take care of our own needs. I did something about that for myself yesterday.
The bracelet tutorial was on Whip Up a couple of days ago (by way of Cornflower Blue Studio), and I had a little unscheduled time yesterday during Maeve’s nap. It only took about 45 minutes to make, and I’m wearing it to work today. Love it!
As soon as the rain and thunderstorms get out of the forecast, and we have some warm afternoons, I’ll show you Maeve’s new Oliver + S playsuit too. It is adorable and like the Amy Butler skirts I’m going to make several more.
If you’re thinking about buying the pattern, here’s a bit of my insight. Maeve is currently 33 1/2 inches (85cm) tall and weighs about 26 pounds (11.8kg), at exactly two years old. She is not “chunky” and in fact seems to be moving into the “skinny” territory lately. I made the 3T size and it fits fine, not too loose in the torso, and not falling off at the shoulders. I’m sure the 2T size would have been OK, but the 3T gives us room to grow, and maybe it will fit next year too! I think the key difference is in the length. Since she’s still in bulky cloth diapers this year, the extra crotch space is useful; next year when she’s in underpants the length will likely be right again.
I also made the whole entire thing without using the iron, which I know is bad (especially when sewing curves!) but I had no problems–in fact I was surprised how nicely it turned out. The only thing I don’t totally love is the snap tape on the crotch. I bought a yard of it, and it probably would have been better to sew on twill tape at the crotch seams and then add your own snaps. The position of the snaps on the pre-made tape allowed for three snaps across the opening, but there really should be four. That fourth snap fell right where the tape had to be cut and folded, and there was no getting around it.
Pictures soon!
1 commentCuts
Yesterday, another glorious day both because of weather and because Wednesday is my day off, Maeve and I went with some friends to the zoo, and then after naptime she got her first haircut.
Before on top, with mullet in the back and fountain in the front. Bottom, the finished look, an attempt at a bob. A better view of the cut is here, but those Flickr mosaics are lots of fun to make.
In case you are not following my Flickr photos, here’s the second Amy Butler skirt. It turned out just as nicely as the first.
The winner of my little music quiz, by the way, was Molly. If you’re out there, send me your mailing address!
8 commentsA little wish
I wish that all the owners of the blogs I subscribe to would go into their administrative settings and choose to RSS full posts rather than excerpts, and also to include images if that’s an option.
I bet some of you didn’t even know that was possible! Go check it out and make your blog more friendly for RSS readers RIGHT NOW!!!
Thanks.
More later: And thanks to Marie for pointing out that she gets excerpts from my site.
I looked in my Wordpress settings (Settings/Reading) and found that I had already selected full posts:
A while ago I used Feedburner so maybe that old feed is sticking around, I don’t know. Or maybe the excerpt is a result of the reader you use. I myself am a Google Reader user these days.
Anyway, the built in Wordpress feeds I have are as follows:
http://www.stepintomythimble.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2
http://www.stepintomythimble.com/wordpress/?feed=rss
http://www.stepintomythimble.com/wordpress/?feed=atom
Pizza white as snow
From yesterday’s birthday fun in the backyard.
Maeve is really into singing all the time now, although often with her own made up lyrics. Can you guess what song this post’s title sort of comes from? If so, I’ll mail you a kit of toddler entertainment goodness!
Edited to add: Over the weekend I’ll have Maeve pick a winner from the people who answer correctly in the comments.
9 commentsVest
Never mind the crappy facial expression: I knit something for myself lately!
The yarn is Briar Rose Fibers, a limited edition Michigan Corriedale wool. I love the colorway. I spent forever trying to find a perfect vest pattern for it, and I never did. So one day I just started knitting a big old 4×4 ribbed tube. When I got to the bustline, that’s when the spring Interweave Knits showed up, and I decided to use some ideas from Bonne Marie’s Aleita Shell. I like that overlapping front.
Today is the first day this vest has been out in public. I still don’t know if I’ll keep it as is, or frog it in favor of something with buttons down the front. Either way I still love the colors and the quality of the wool.
Everyone’s turning two these days. It’s the cool thing to do! At our house we’re having the extended birthday celebrations like Little Sir just did. No felt letters were made en masse, but we do have quite a few paper ice cream cones taped up in the windows (”two scoops” being this year’s theme). The first party was Saturday with the family (and the ridiculous cake was great), and the second will be this weekend with all our toddler friends. Two is such a cute age.
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