Let me introduce you to the new cardigan designed by Andi Satterlund. I’ve been working on it during the last month and I can say that I feel very fortunate to have tested this pattern. The design is vintage and feminine, ideal for wearing with your favourite dresses during the cool spring and autumn days; …
Month: July 2013
Fabric scavenging
As I’ve already explained, there’s a shop in Vigo called Retales Lidia where they sell fabric by the kilo. Some of those fabrics are the same as the ones used by Inditex, and among some useless fabrics, you can find some jewels. In the picture below, the white fabric is …
The Old Reader
I am not really following blogs during these last days. I’ve been using The Old Reader for a while, due to its similarity to Google Reader and also because of the philosophy behind it. It reminds me of the old days of the internet in which a lot of amateur …
Train derailment
I travel between Madrid and Vigo either by train or by plane. I came by plane this time and I’ll be going back this Saturday also by plane. I arrived home today around 22:30 from having a drink with an old friend and I saw my mother with her eyes …
A family week
As I’ve explained in my previous post, after experimenting very high temperatures in Madrid, I felt too optimistic and packed two skirts, a pair of shorts, a dress and a half for my two weeks here. The half comes from the pieces I cut to make a Lonsdale dress, since …
Fails
Murphy’s law says that if there’s anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it definitely did this time. We were supposed to take a flight to Vigo yesterday at 5 pm, but after taking zillions of planes in our life, we miscalculated and missed our plane. We could change our tickets …
White with red details Hawthorn
I must confess that I was not thrilled by this design, and that I got carried away after all the fuss that was made about it. And I wanted to be part of a sewalong, having motivating deadlines, being able to learn from others in real time. So I bit …
Intarsia
Whenever I go somewhere I have so many pictures and things to tell that I create loads of posts in my mind but nothing gets typed. Last weekend we were in Valencia and I still need to rescue some pictures from Koen’s phone to be able to show you my …