End of a WIP

For the sake of closure, here's a photo of the WIP I posted about in September here. You can just about see that it's now scalloped down both sides. 

I'm pleased with it, but haven't worn it yet. I also made a blue one while I was away, in a sweet merino/cashmere mix. It's a colour I'll never ever wear so if anyone wants it, they can have it. I've now made this scarf twice, and while it's super-easy and ideal for a single ball of yarn from the remnant bin, I'm bored of it and in need of a new single-ball-project.  

Incidentally, starting a new yarn was easier than falling off a bike.  

A crochet WIP

My crochet is really really basic at the moment. I'm planning to smuggle a crochet needle and ball of yarn onto the aircraft to Australia in order to spend 24 sleepless, uncomfortable hours upgrading my capabilities, but this is where I've got to so far.

This is a scarf, and the scallop will go down both sides when it's finished. It's pretty easy as it's all double crochet (UK treble crochet) stitches, 3 rows straight and then the same stitch in the scallop pattern. Unfortunately the yarn broke, and as I haven't learnt how to start a new ball I'm a bit stuck. Once I've restarted there's only about another half-an-hour's work in it, so there's no good excuse really.

A work in progress

I thought I'd list a WIP so that I've got something to put under the sewing tag and maybe to encourage me to get on with it. This dress is in an orangey-red linen and has orange piping. I started it when it was warm and sunny, and now it's cold and rainy I'm not very inclined to finish it. It's my first go at piping, and the piping isn't brilliant, but I didn't have a piping foot so I used a zipper foot.

Annoyingly I was 10cm short of piping, but when I went to get more I bought a piping foot, so maybe the rest of it will be better. I'll try to get it finished when I get back from my holiday, otherwise I think it might be a work-in-progress for another 6 months, until Spring!

It's from this pattern, view 3 (blue polka dots) but I'm going to add the pockets from view 2.