2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Laura_Elsewhere

@Cherryfudge - no pics visible... 

I have suddenly decided this afternoon to make myself a little halterneck cotton sundress... I do sometimes wonder how stupid I actually am...

TwibbleDee

...I just ordered 2 more of my Wool& dress.  Ocean Teal, and one that's a slightly different style in Apricot.  Signature has been updated.

Cherryfudge

Laura_Elsewhere said:

@Cherryfudge - no pics visible... 

I have suddenly decided this afternoon to make myself a little halterneck cotton sundress... I do sometimes wonder how stupid I actually am...

Sorry @Laura_Elsewhere. They are showing up here so I don't know what else to do to make them visible. The shawl is a triangle - 2x double crochet then 2x chain ad infinitum with an extra 2x dc and 2x chain in the middle one to make the shaping, and there's a fringe round two sides. The yarn is a multi-colour pink/beige/white. It was easy and grew quickly which was just as well as I had to have it done in about three weeks.

How is the sundress coming along? What's your fabric like? I imagine it's the ideal thing to be making in this weather, anything knitted would be too warm for comfort.

PipneyJane

Cherryfudge said:

Laura_Elsewhere said:

@Cherryfudge - no pics visible... 

I have suddenly decided this afternoon to make myself a little halterneck cotton sundress... I do sometimes wonder how stupid I actually am...

Sorry @Laura_Elsewhere. They are showing up here so I don't know what else to do to make them visible. The shawl is a triangle - 2x double crochet then 2x chain ad infinitum with an extra 2x dc and 2x chain in the middle one to make the shaping, and there's a fringe round two sides. The yarn is a multi-colour pink/beige/white. It was easy and grew quickly which was just as well as I had to have it done in about three weeks.

How is the sundress coming along? What's your fabric like? I imagine it's the ideal thing to be making in this weather, anything knitted would be too warm for comfort.

@Cherryfudge and @Laura_Elsewhere, oddly I can see the pics on my phone but not on my iPad, even though I’m using the same browser.  Beautiful work @Cherryfudge.  That shawl is lovely and the colours are both luminous and subtle.

The heat has definitely got to me.  We went to the cricket on Tuesday and I didn’t knit a stitch all day.  It was far too hot to even knit on a sock.  

- Pip 

Cherryfudge

Thanks @PipneyJane, it's just occurred to me to try uploading via my phone, which I think worked before.

Too hot to knit a sock is serious. At least I can currently blame the weather for the size of my yarn stash.

Cherryfudge

Another attempt: it’s pink, beige and white, however green it looks on my screen 😆

Baileys_Babe

Thanks for persevering @Cherryfudge I can now see your beautiful shawl.

MrsCD

That's a gorgeous shawl. Hope you get many years of use out of it!😁😍

Laura_Elsewhere

Oh, that's lovely (and visible!) @Cherryfudge!

I've nearly finished the skirt of the sundress - but clearly either the heat has addled my brane cell or else I'm just no longer able to focus well, because I managed to make it about 4 inches too small for my waist, so had to dismantle lots of. it and cut an extra panel and add that centre-back... no idea how it happened, very weird. I had measured and measured, at all stages, but somehow... 
So now I have buttonholes and buttons, and then hemming and pockets, and then onto the top part - I plan a halterneck which will have a couple of buttons fastening to the skirt at the front-sides  

Cherryfudge

Thanks folks.

@Laura_Elsewhere, I was thinking about your sundress, and envying your ability to sew! I've no clue about how it came out too small but if you have the ability to put that right, that's the main thing. It sounds as though it will be ready in time for the peak of the heatwave - I hope so. And then we would like a picture, please.