SED 26 - sewing hiking shorts
Today was a very productive day, both in terms of editing (finishing an article, taking anoter step towards submitting a grant), finances (getting the ball rolling on money owed - both reimbursement from the Rutgers visit and an editing job back in January), A's Arabic lesson (revision, but hopefully things have now sunk in), and most of all: sewing!
I am making myself badly-needed hiking shorts, using view B of the Tofino elastic-waisted shorts pattern by Sewaholic. As this is going to be a wearable muslin (I hope), I have not done any serious fitting, apart from cutting the front pieces a size larger than the back pieces, in the hopes of disguising my tummy somewhat (or at least not having fabric straining). While I skipped the piping and the fabric belt, in the interests of simplicity, I have added pockets to the side pieces, in the interests of the bird/plant/butterfly-sighting notebook I usually carry when hiking. Before leaving for Israel I cut out everything and sewed the pockets. Today I sewed all the seams, up to and including the crotch, which latter involved a great deal of head-scratching until I reached a Eureka moment. I've decided to reinforce the crotch seam with another line of stitches, just to be on the safe side. Tomorrow I have less paying work today, so I'll try to finish these shorts - all the remaining steps seem to be obvious.
Surfing Ravelry today, I noticed that my cardigan was started on February 27. All I have left to do is sew on four buttons, so I MUST do that tomorrow - 3 months is a good time to spend knitting an adult-sized garment!
I am making myself badly-needed hiking shorts, using view B of the Tofino elastic-waisted shorts pattern by Sewaholic. As this is going to be a wearable muslin (I hope), I have not done any serious fitting, apart from cutting the front pieces a size larger than the back pieces, in the hopes of disguising my tummy somewhat (or at least not having fabric straining). While I skipped the piping and the fabric belt, in the interests of simplicity, I have added pockets to the side pieces, in the interests of the bird/plant/butterfly-sighting notebook I usually carry when hiking. Before leaving for Israel I cut out everything and sewed the pockets. Today I sewed all the seams, up to and including the crotch, which latter involved a great deal of head-scratching until I reached a Eureka moment. I've decided to reinforce the crotch seam with another line of stitches, just to be on the safe side. Tomorrow I have less paying work today, so I'll try to finish these shorts - all the remaining steps seem to be obvious.
Surfing Ravelry today, I noticed that my cardigan was started on February 27. All I have left to do is sew on four buttons, so I MUST do that tomorrow - 3 months is a good time to spend knitting an adult-sized garment!