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Nov 26, 2015
May 14, 2015
Linden #1
In a very uncharacteristic bout of selfless sewing, I made this sweatshirt as a birthday present for my friend Chiara. She is the epitome of “outdoorsiness” so I figured a Linden would be perfect for her. I wanted a strong color (she needs to be “visible” when guiding people down some mountain trail) but all I could find in the shops that I visited was black, grey and white (sigh). It’s a very soft very stretchy (bi-stretch actually) 96% CO, 4% EA fleece therefore I...
Apr 9, 2015
A Could-be-Neoprene Long Jacket
What is neoprene anyway?
It's a synthetic rubber. In its non-foam form is very elastic and as a foam laminated onto knit jersey offers good insulation. The laminated neoprene is usually the one used by the apparel industry and comes in various thicknesses: 1.5, 3 and 6 mm being the most common especially in sports gear like diving dry and wet suits. Because my fiancé owns a couple of said suits I got to study the fabric and figured it should be interesting enough...
Feb 27, 2015
Bruyère
I’m wearing a top hat to distract you from the badly matching lines and the moiré!
This is the Deer&Doe Bruyère Shirt in a mishmash of sizes and bearing so many alterations that the original pattern got buried so deep it would take a shovel to dig it out. Why? Because the way my body is built is soooooo far away from the Deer&Doe “standard”. This pattern is not a generic one and when I say generic I mean based on some generic...
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