Mia’s spring sweater

Continuing with my knitting journey, I discovered a new site, Yarnpond, a hub for connecting knitting and crochet designers with testers and tech editors. I thought the concept was imaginative and I’m always keen to explore innovative approaches to crafting so I decided to find a project to test on this portal. My chosen piece […]

Waffle Patterns Anzu Cargo Skirt tester

I’ve been drooling over the artwork of Yuki at Waffle Patterns for a long time and day-dreamed over her drawings. So I was really happy when she agreed to me testing one of her designs. Just call me a #fangirl.

2020review

Happy New Year, Happy New Year

Well here we are in 2021. I thought I hadn’t done much in 2020. It felt like time rushed by, while at the same time somehow crawled along all while nothing seemed to happen. Well apparently I was pretty busy. I made more clothes this year than previously. If you want to see everything I […]

Pattern testing: Sinclair Pattern’s Clementine dress

Once you get to a certain degree of proficiency, one of the key ambitions of many sewists is to take off the training wheels of commercial dress patterns and make your own. Once I had mastered seams and zips and darts and waistbands and had made a few tailored items, this idea began to form in my […]