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Home / 2015 / July

Month: July 2015

Posted on July 29, 2015July 24, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Knitting a shoulder button placket

To make a button placket, you must knit flat for several rows, overlap the first and last stitches of the row, and join for working in the round. Here’s how.

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Categories: knitting, tutorials
Tags: everyday baby, pullovers, sweaters
Posted on July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

New Pattern: Everyday Baby!

Four little top-down sweaters to knit for baby!

I’m pleased to announce the birth of my new knitting pattern 🙂

Read More: New Pattern: Everyday Baby!
Categories: downloadables, knitting
Tags: cardigans, everyday baby, pullovers, sweaters
Posted on July 25, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: talking about the weather

This Week in Pictures, Week 30, 2015

I’ve had every window in the house flung open all week.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

So, I seem to have collected a couple of links recently, and that calls for a Weekend Favorites post in my book!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on July 20, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Fancypants: What do you want to know?

Your body is unique. Sew pants made to fit it! Beginners Welcome and Encouraged.

It’s time to sew those pants now. Any questions? Tell me what else you would like to know!

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Categories: sewing, tutorials
Tags: fancypants, fancypants sew-along, lounge pants, pajama bottoms
Posted on July 19, 2015July 21, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 16 Comments

Everyday Baby: Test knitters wanted!

New pattern from Polka Dot Cottage

My new Everyday Baby sweater pattern is ready to be tested. Have you got a few days to make one?

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Categories: downloadables, knitting
Posted on July 18, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Little girly things on little wooden hangers

This Week in Pictures, Week 29, 2015

Aside from the copious amounts of sewing and knitting, there has also been the requisite amount of summering around here.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

My mind’s single track

I seem to be able to think of nothing other than knitting Everyday Cardigans in All. Of. The. Tiny. Sizes. lately…

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: baby sweater, everyday baby, everyday cardigan, sweaters
Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Fancypants: Making your custom pattern

Your body is unique. Sew pants made to fit it! Beginners Welcome and Encouraged.

Once you have your measurements in-hand, you can use them to draft a pattern. Here are some tips to set you in the right direction.

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Categories: sewing, tutorials
Tags: fancypants, fancypants sew-along, lounge pants, pajama bottoms
Posted on July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Lady Kina

Friday morning found me lurking around the hotel pool, setting my camera down on crooked tables, and using the self-timer in pursuit of a decent shot of my still-slightly-damp sweater.

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: lady kina, muriela, readercon, sweaters

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                        #PictureFlowers Day 22: You could get lost in thos #PictureFlowers Day 22: You could get lost in those luscious #peony petals 🩷
                        Making myself some birthday cupcakes using the Blo Making myself some birthday cupcakes using the Blood Orange Cake Mix from Trader Joe's, and listening to the Strong Songs podcast do a deep dive on Dancing Queen. As you do 🩷🧡
                        #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for this prompt. I don't like to make things blurry on purpose, as a rule. But I did it anyway. I set a tiny aperture so I could get a slow shutter speed, and I waited for the wind to blow this lily all over the place. And after that was done, I took another picture, with the lily sharply in focus, and a reasonably shallow depth of field, just like I like it 😆
                        #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant f #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant for a sunny day, which I don't have, but I do have this lovely kitchen window light, that renders beautifully on a Polaroid. More accurately, it's the moody shadows that get me. Sadly, the Polaroid was disappointing (how many times has *that* phrase been uttered?), so I used my Canon, and I'm happy with those results. Then, just for kicks, I set up my Kodak for a little #ThroughTheViewfinder fun, which I haven't done since 2010, when it was all the rage on Flickr, and the only reason I even bought this camera 🙂
                        #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits on the hill in their back yard watching the fireworks. That's what it looks like to me, anyway 😄
                        #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get outside with my camera, all of the bees had gone home for the night. So how about an image illustrating the symbiotic ant/peony relationship instead?
                        #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and my peonies have started to bloom! The biggest force of nature evidently having an influence on them is gravity 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt becau #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt because these are the only flowers I saw all day, and I couldn't make the angles work 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinne #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinner party (and my peonies were not in season, and I couldn't get a bunch of zinnias from a local farm) I would probably be decorating with grocery store gerbera daisies.
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