My first Anna Dress

At the Stitches@Home earlier this month, I took a class to make the Anna Dress.  The designer taught us how to adjust to fit our shape, whether flat or curvy, tall or short, etc.  I hadn't sewn for myself in a long time, partly due to the time required, partly due to fitting issues, and partly because my sewing machine needs some attention.  The second part of the class occurred while I was at my parents' for Fathers Day, so I was able to work on it there, using my mother's sewing machine.

I must say, I like the end result:

It is comfy, and stylish, and fits like a dream, and has pockets!  This was an optional add-on except that several of us said nope, pockets are not 'optional'!  I added the belt, which is the same part of the print as the neckline edging.  Now I plan to go back to Joann's for more fabric - once my sewing machine is back from the mechanic.

I finished a book, so I have six done for the year, halfway to my announced goal.  This was Take My Life by Eddie Cantor (with Jane Kesner Ardmore), a name-dropping reminiscence.  An old book but fun enough to read.

I finished all of the scarves reported last week, plus a fourth that had been in-progress which I'd left at home.  Thick yarn works up quickly in garter stitch, especially when I am watching movies, or baseball games, or on aeroplanes.  And I was on more flights this week, as I came to Texas for a work meeting that starts on Monday, and of course came in to spend the weekend visiting friends.  After all, I haven't been here since March of 2020!  I arrived in time for a matinee on Saturday, then a group of us went to a local for their prime rib special.  I didn't set up a weekend full of shows as I often did in the past, partly because of the early flight Saturday morning, partly because I wanted time to see and talk with people.  So that's what we did.

Sundays I have a cinema class, and attended for a very good and wide ranging discussion of the films we've seen.  Now for a quiet evening before work tomorrow, and going to the hotel for the meetings.

Mountain Laurel

There is one outside my front door, and while it's not lilacs, I love how the flowers look:

Knitting progress:  The current mindless (which I needed this weekend) scarf was coming out veeeeery long and skinny: 6" wide and about 40" long at roughly the halfway point.  So I frogged it (just a day's work, in the classes and lectures and such, since it's so chunky) and restarted with just four stitches more, and it's now about 8" wide and by my maths should end up about five feet long, which is respectable.  I am past the frogging point and it should be finished in another day or so of knitting.

Because I am visiting family this weekend (for Father's Day), I didn't bring it, but have three (!!!) other charity scarves in progress.

Almost finished is a multidirectional scarf in Deborah Norville Saturate on US#10.5 needle.  I restarted the multicoloured scarf in Sensations Tropics Multi, because using the recommended US#11 needle gave a looser fabric than I like for a scarf.  Shown it is on a US#10.  The ball of Woolspun will be the next scarf, on the US#11 needle that didn't work for the Tropics yarn.  All three yarns are discontinued.

The Tropics scarf will go to a shelter; the other two are destined for Knit Your Bit.

Missing for a reason

I'd been doing well posting weekly until last weekend.  I am bad at remembering a zillion passwords and didn't want to deal with not remembering this one.  Then I planned to post when I got home on Tuesday - and didn't.

More explanation in a future post.  This weekend I was busy with Stitches@Home classes - a dress sewing class yesterday, and a beginner tapestry weaving one today.  Because my sewing machine needs a tune-up I don't have much to show from yesterday's class, but I got this far in this morning's weaving session:

The loom, warped and with the beginning of my piece.
I am trying to not pull too tightly, but it's tricky.

A closeup of the weaving.  My warp thread is too
thick and irregular so not getting buried as it should.

I missed the second session because I am taking a cinema class and since the Stitches@Home classes are recorded, I knew I can view it later and be caught up by the time of next weekend's class.

Speaking of next weekend, it's Father's Day and having passed my COVID-19 test, I'll be spending it with my parents, and possibly a few more family members.  So I might not post, for a good reason.