Black Cotton Sateen Office Dress

This is my second version of this Burda Style pattern. The first one in wool is nice, but I wanted another version in a fabric that can actually be pressed properly!

I bought this fabric in Goldhawk Rd., London.

This was a fast make, since no adjustments were necessary, and lining neither. 

Long invisible zip at the back and some pretty original seam placing. 

This cotton wrinkles like a MF, these pictures were taken after one morning of working as a primary school teacher, my job. Nothing I cannot stand, but quite a lot of wrinkles...

Perfect for this time of the year.





 

Irregular Stripped Knitted Pullover

 Last winter I bought this sorted colours merino wool yarn in my nearest town, Lleida, at the Katia store. Unfortunately, they were closing it for good, and there was a 50% sale. They did not have 10 skeins of any colour, so I bought 2 deep red, 2 dusk pink, 2 green, 3 off white and 3 dark blue. I had seen an irregular stripped pullover in some add in the web, and I though it would be fun to reproduce it with different colours. 

Last january, when it was time to start the project, I could not find the add for the life of me, so I had to invent it! The only part I remebered was the white-blue even stripes at the top, so for the rest, I was changing colours whenever I felt  like it. That irregularity was much fun, everytime I changed colour I was happy and so the project went on very fast, hehe...

I followed the pattern of my other stripped merino wool pullover, (which I created following the grids in Ann Budd's The knitter Handy Book of Sweater Patterns) because I think it was perfect. I knitted on the round with cabled needles, a method I totaaaaaally love, becasue we do not have to purl, and becasue you get a seamless sweater at the end, which is perfect. 

For the sleeves, I reproduced the same stripes pattern, and then united it all to knit the yoke on the round. 
 When I finished knitting, I spent some time knotting and concealing the tails of all the colour changing, but thosw knots were only in one torno side and inside sleeves. 
I must confess I hate blocking sweaters. I do it, and it came out good, but it is a very scary moment when you take your 5-month-work out of the water totally mishaped. I am a new knitter, and I have never washed any of my sweaters yet, but I am quite scared of what will happen when a put them under water again.

I totally and absoultely love this pattern, and I think Ann Budd's book is a MUST for any knitter.

Here my Ravelry entry.

Black and Pink Organic Sweatshirt Cotton Robe

I am SO happy with my new robe! It's gorgeous!
This is a Burda Style pattern I have already used twice. It is perfect for jersey fabrics.

I bought this organic sweatshirt cotton at Ecological Textiles (amazing quality), and used some remains of pink organic sweatshirt left from my tracksuit, to give it some colour.
The result is gorgeous, soft to the skin and very warm.