getting audacious

gaining confidence designing with the infamous DAK in combination with garment designer.

blocky shapes are no brainers and extremely forgiving. the back hem is slightly longer, the front neckline is a bias line  that curls a bit.i am also learning how to perfect the curling effect.

the white linen on the back knitted slightly biased ,have to see if steam pressing corrects it.

the back neckline is straight and about 10 cms tall 

which gives a nice curl.

next try is going to be both front and back necklines curling down.

need to decrease 2 stitches on both sides from the center to avoid the cowl frown on the front and back pieces below the curl.

september marks the beginning of the opera season.

last year due to covid (like nesspresso: what else?) albeit the great program i was hesitant about attending. this season i already have tickets to nabucco  next week and boheme in november.

i love the opera and most of all i ♥ disguising myself  full drag in opera regalia ＼（*▽*）／

neki desu 

 

gone is august

faster than a gazelle.

have spent over a week in excruciatingly boring piecing of knits. i am experimenting joining pieces on the machine, slow but i like the results better than joining by hand with mattress stitch . not that joining by hand is faster. so far so good, maybe i'll change my mind in the future. 

this one came out ok  nothing that will embarras me while wearing.but i still need to hone skills.

it's a cotton slub yarn cardi ,and yes the left side is supposed to be slightly longer. still needs a closure which i'm thinking about.( can't pinpoint but this sentence sounds awkward)（´＿｀） 

neki desu 

 

benibana chronicles IV

guess this will be it. scared stiff to get it contaminated with the yellow  still in the pot.

this has been the most enjoyable dye experience ive had, the chemistry to it, the preparation the chronology of the steps to obtain red.

now i am in the phase of recouping the red that is still left in the bath.no mottainai here.

this will be discharged in an alkali bath and re acidified for silk dyeing.

ive been spending time on line researching for benibana suppliers in europe.

my usual to buy people are in the uk specifically england and the brexit has made things very complicated and terribly expensive.

the sponge bars i ordered finally arrived after 6 weeks and i had to pay 9€ for levies taxes or whatevers. if you take into consideration that the total cost including transport was 20€ it's really a no go from now on. (>人<)

neki desu