look, guys, i’m a featured member on pattern review!
i don’t actually know what that means, but it’s kinda cool nonetheless! my picture! on the front page! wheee!!
remember when i said i was going to make a leopard print jacket?
i decided to practice my bound buttonholes last night. here is my first attempt:
i figured that was good enough & forged ahead with putting them on the jacket front:
they are actually fairly camouflaged (hurr durr because of the print, get it?), so it wouldn’t even matter if they were imperfect. actually, i think they turned out pretty good!
ok ok, that’s enough bound buttonholes for one day!
unfortunately, my progress with the jacket comes to a stop now because i can’t decide if i want to fully tailor the thing & interface the whole front, or if i just want to do some “light tailoring” and only padstitch the back collar & put in a back stay. what would you do?
either way, i’m out of hair canvas so i have to order more. BOO!
in other news…
i finished my first knitting swatch! bound off and everything! this will be a… dish cloth.
i started my first real knitting project – it’s a scrunchable scarf! the yarn is some soft alpaca i frogged from a scarf i (very poorly!)crocheted a couple of years ago. aha knitting is so thrifty! anyway, i’m really excited! my first knitted scarf!
also, i celebrated black friday by staying home and painting my living room blue.
with special thanks to my patient boyfriend (who did the rolling) and all the hit songs of the 90s – i couldn’t have done it without y’all.
LLADYBIRD 
Those buttonholes look fab and good job at avoiding mall madness (ick).
Did you make the quilt? It’s cool!
i wish! my great-grandmother made it. it’s hand-quilted, though! š
The button holes look really good and you are pretty smart to trot them out on a forgiving print for the first time.
I can’t tell what the weight of the fabric is that you are working with. It looks light, but, I assume it isn’t. If you have to order the hair canvas anyway, go wild (har har) and fully tailor it! Those button holes kinda say fully tailor. Plus, I kinda want to see what you do with it, because I think your projects turn out so nice.
the fabric is a mediumish (on the light side, if that makes sense) weight linen blend. it is suitable for a jacket, not sure if it’s suitable for a *tailored* jacket. ahh i didn’t think of that!
That does sound like something a bit more unstructured. Maybe you should save all that hard labor for a woolen that will fully appreciate it!
Those buttonholes look great! Very impressed- great livingroom color, too!
Those are some secy looking bound buttonholes. Can’t wait to see the finished jacket – it will totally rock!
I love your jacket pattern! I’m gunna have to write that pattern number down…
Your leopard print jacket is going to look amazing, you just can’t beat a bit of animal print!!! Your knitting is coming on nicely, I love the scarf you picked to make! It’s one that’s on my list to knit too, but at the moment I’m making this one for a friend instead: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-row-handspun-scarf
ooh ooh that is gonna be one pretty scarf!!
Pretty blue walls!
We have the same IKEA lampshade!
Ha! I also have that Ikea lampshade!
ps Love the jacket, very neat buttonholing (is that a word?)
Buttoholes fabulosity . . .
Yay scarf! And I like the new blue living room! Yay!
Huzzah on your first swatch! I’d say it’s about time you joined Ravelry [http://www.ravelry.com/] if you haven’t yet! It’s like a (way more awesome) pattern review for knitters/crocheters/spinners.
Awesome bound buttonholes. My first ones were a joke. I think next time I will use Gertie’s tutorial, people seem to have luck with that. Did you use any guide in particular?
I’m making the Honey Cowl for my friend. And another, for my SELF. Because I’m worth it. It’s free on Ravelry, if you need a good cowl. And who doesn’t, really…
i did use gertie’s tutorial! i’ve tried a few, and i think i like hers best… although you do need to be VERY precise.
i have been eyeballing that honey cowl for too long. probably should get crackin’ on making one!
I’m working on that exact pattern right now in an amazing purple+lilac mohair tweed from EOS. It has taken me years to screw up the courage to cut this fabric! I interfaced the entire front with weft insertion interfacing and the back stay area, plus the front peplum and the lower hems. The bodice is a bit long for me from the shoulders up, so I’m going to add small shoulder pads. I reduced the lower circumference of the flounce too.
Nice buttonholes!
oooh that sounds divine. can’t wait to see it!
Nice…..I’m too scared for bound buttonholes just yet, though I had a knitting urge last week – only thing I’ve knitted in 25 years is a basic stocking stitch scarf in Colinette……I’m now knitting a simple plain knit furry scarf for me, then want to knit a white raspberry stitch scarf for a friend, and another scarf for another friend – the pattern you posted looks perfect for the 3rd scarf……I may yet get brave and attempt a jumper or something… š
How rude, I’m not anonymous at all!
Now am I in….?