Craft Enabled, Domestically Disabled

Imitation Kate Sharma, round 2

Updated from here after frogging this. Finished circa September 2, photographed during a break during tech week at the theater. I still haven't gotten around to photographing this with its intended dress yet, oh well, maybe later.

Adaptations this time:

(a) Made the EXTRA SMALL pattern, but had to do it all in stockinette where it would have normally finished in the ribbing, then added an inch of ribbing on the edges. Tapered the arms down.

(b) Added a sixth button.

(c) Didn't bother with the back decreases--I forgot to put them in but turns out it didn't need them.

(d) Ended up doing some decreases at two points around each side of the neck (at the curve/bend and by the edge of the neck/shoulders) so the ribbing wasn't too big. Came out much better.

 

The Encanto skirt, photo #1 in progress

And here's the skirt, which I think took like 6-7 months to knit...

I still have to add a lot of details to them, like tassels and fringe. The original picture looks like the bottom of it's embroidered with this pattern, which I am lamely trying to recreate even though it's at the bottom and nobody will notice.

Imitation Kate Sharma

I got obsessed with Kate Sharma's wardrobe on Bridgerton and have been trying to somewhat replicate it for the modern era. Mostly by ending up with pastel "cottagecore" dresses and I wanted to knit a few accessories. Here's a Spencer-ish jacket called Safire that I was trying to imitate.

it did not go well. Clearly too gapingly big. Disappointing. 

Dog sweater

Done upon request for a friend in England with a dog. I don't have a dog for this, so here it is photographed on a stuffed cat.

The Encanto blouse, photo #1 in progress

I haven't been posting pics of this project in progress, mostly because it's gonna take for-ev-er. However, here's a photo of the blouse. Knitting is finished, I put black scalloped crocheted trim and added the butterflies on the collar. I screwed up the sleeve decor so I had to take it out. 

Quickies

Someone gifted me with a ball of chunky alpaca yarn from Sisters, Oregon. I made a cabled headband and a little heart basket out of it.

 

In other news, I finally bound off the hem on the very long skirt and put the elastic in. I'll be working on finishing off the hem in other ways for a long time, but it still feels like some accomplishment. 

 

Stitches West 2022

Because this will go on forever, the pics will be below the spoiler cut.

Stich Your State

Week 5 of The Great Yarn Challenge: stitch your state in Fair Isle and then decorate it. I went very stereotypical. 

Kind of a necklace, I guess....

This week's Great Yarn Challenge is something wearable. I ended up adapting this pattern (Ravelry link) into using i-Cord and then ended up braiding the ends too. It's out of HiKoo Simpliworsted, "Pretty as a Petunia," i.e. fancy yarn I only had 140 yards of so had to do something small. 

Hat construction, part one

I made this hat as a present, trying to recreate one the person lost. The knitting was pretty easy, but figuring out the construction of it all was a bit of a challenge.

I installed a brim and elastic, ended up sewing the fold down entirely even after installing snaps. Mostly the hardest part was getting the elastic in around the front of the hat where there wasn't obvious casing, I had to knit my own and install it in. Seems to fit, though. 

I am NOT having a photogenic head day, so here's the hat on the nearest thing I had to a head model.