Wow! I have seriously been slacking in updating, but the last two weeks of school were insaneeee, followed by a four day trip to Texas for Christmas, and then a week in Harbor Springs for New Years. Now I'm back in New York and have been at my new internship for 2 days. It's a great experience, but it is definitely keeping me very busy. Anyways, all of this has kept me away from my updating duties, but the good thing is, that it has also given me time to complete tons of projects that I can now share! Awesome.
So, to get the ball rolling:
This past semester was focused primarily on knits. One of the classes I took was machine knitting, where we worked on these Brother hand knitting machines. They are pretty awesome tools, although they can be pretty tough to get the hang of.
Confession: Angy and I went totally yarn crazy this semester, and in anticipation of doing loadsss of projects we will never have time to do we each stuffed our lockers with skeins and skeins of yarn. No, seriously, I currently cannot open my locker safely...
Knitting the fabric for my "creative" scarf, which ended up being a cardigan.
After I finished knitting the fabric, I sewed together the pieces, made armholes and draped the collar, made a velvet bow closure, and embroidered a Comme des Garçons inspired heart on the lapel...
Final Product!
Modeled by my fave young Korean, JoAnne!
Detail Shot of the heart embroidery I did, and the velvet bow!
I didn't get a back shot, but it is solid black and really drapey, almost a big cowl.
I really, really love this piece, I wore it over a plain black dress with black tights for Christmas Eve, and it was the perfect amount of festive.
more coming... (!!!)
You were pretty darn cute in it Christmas Eve. I'm glad to hear you are back safely, but too soon. I missed you. Look forward to hearing about the internship, I've been thinking about it. tt
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