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School’s Out!

May16

from the Limited

I haven’t been up to much lately. School is over for the next week, and then I start my summer course. My final course ever. I’m kind of aprehensive about going out into the REAL WORLD, but I’m sure things will work out fine.

Anyway, here’s a picture of a dress I bought for my birthday last year! Yellow is quickly becoming an obsession for me… I have 2 yellow dresses now, and I just bought a bunch of sungold yellow yarn for a tank top. I didn’t look at the fibre content and so I was surprised to find that it is 100% acrylic. But I can’t return it.  Hopefully, it will be okay. Acrylic tends to make me sweat like crazy, but since I’m creating light summer clothes, it should be alright.

with sock yarn

Here’s the camisole I’m working on right now. I messed up on the lace, but I really couldn’t bring myself to rip back and fix it when I realised. Now my main concern is my decreases. My ssk decreases are always super visible next to my k2tog ones. :( But otherwise, I’m not bothered. Now I need buttons for this tank… some pretty faux pearl ones!

I used Addi Turbos for this and… I don’t get the hype, really. They’re nice, but I feel like I knit the same on them as I do on my Denises (which I loathe, btw). The only difference is that my knitting doesn’t ‘hang’ onto the needle with the Addis like they do with Denises. I think I’m about to invest in Knit Picks Options, but I hear some frequent and scary complaints about the quality of the cords they use. And buying a collection of $20+ needles in every length and size does not appeal to me. What to do!

Anyway, I leave you with a picture of mouth-watering cookies! I got the recipe from VeganYumYum (I don’t know how she got hers so beautiful-looking, but I’ll keep trying!), but modified it a bit since I don’t have all of the ingredients she listed (nor do I know where to even find them!). I also added sweet orange oil because orange + vanilla is so yummy to me.

hand picked!

Have a good weekend!

Jovovich-Hawk Yasmine Dress

May7

Ah, I’ve found a new love. I saw this dress on Basic Boutique, but unfortunately, it’s not in in my size! So, when I get home (in two months, I’m so excited!) I’m going to try and recreate it. Pretty gathering like this is insanely hard, so that will be a big challenge. And… bishop sleeves. But my mum is pretty handy with the machine, so maybe she’ll be of some help. :) But the gathering on this dress is beyond perfect. I wish I knew some place that I could try it on!

I have one Jovovich-Hawk dress, but it’s a party dress. This one looks nice enough to wear to work, right? And it’s deep purple and that is my colour. I wish I could skip the hassle, but I hate buying clothes online. I just found it at Net-A-Porter but I don’t understand the sizing; according to this site, I’m a size 10 for this dress? But I am really a 4.

But whatever, I’d totally prefer this in a silk jersey rather than the viscose/wool blend it comes in.

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