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Finished Products, Not Just Process.

I have been a bit bogged down in juggling too many distracting—and ultimately unsuccessful—handmaking efforts over the past few weeks (you can read my lamentations of process v. product here). But I’ve met with success in one project—I completed these embroidered tea towels: I applied my amateur sashiko method, using pumpkin-colored sashiko thread (from Purl [...]
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Sashiko Octopus Sweater.

So here is a little more octopus love, this time in the form of an embellished sweater. This project, like just about everything I’m up to lately, is part of my Wardrobe Refashion pledge. I found the sweater, a basic minty green merino wool pullover, a couple of weeks ago at City Opera [...]
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