Wednesday, May 22, 2013

19. aqua and clay

I just finished a hand dyed, hand crocheted piece and am very happy with it (for change).


Pattern is from The Happy Hooker Crochet Book, jacket is called Short 'n Sweet. (link to ravelry)


I made it longer, both sleeves and body, but I think it still lives up to its name.

Pattern was superbly well written and easy, all straight pieces. Yarn was a pleasure to work with. Lace weight with a nice hand. Can be machine-washed, too. And the whole jacket weighs 75g / less than 3 oz. Now that's something!


I paired it with pieces you can see in the earlier post. No surprises there! Clay colored tee and shoes. Clay - my new love. Not grey... clay!

linking with:
me-made-Mittwoch
mix-it

8 comments:

  1. This is a lovley little jacket.
    LG Susanne

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  2. So cute! Hmmm ....so many ways to wear it, especially with this skirt. Maybe with a black sleeveless shell or with a white tee and a mixy-print scarf with this aqua and white? And for layering in winter with long sleeve black tee and jeans and scarf? Not end, really. So talented, Juli.

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  3. P.S. (meant No end, instead of Not end ...oops.)
    And, meant to say I love Clay. It's a neutral that doesn't wash me completely out. Good on you!

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    1. I love how versatile it is, it can really be combined with most everything I own!

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  4. What a sweet jacket. It would look lovely over a simple dress as well. How do you find the time to make so many items of clothing?

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    1. Idle hands are you-know-who's workshop... My mother was always busy with something and I guess that stuck. I do most of my knitting / crocheting / hand sewing in front of the tv.

      All the clothes sewing you see here happened within a week, a mad week in February when I barely got out of the house. It was terrible weather and I had no other commitments.

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  5. You are so talented! Beautiful color and workmanship on your jacket. Isn't clay a lovely colored paired with blues? It seems like you could wear this jacket with many items for summer.

    blue hue wonderland

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