kbenco's projects

In times of sewing scarcity, I have a number of default habits, the most serious of which is "sew a dress", which is unfortunately usually in direct opposition to my most urgent wardrobe needs at any given moment. However, sewing is not merely a way...

Sometime in early June, I succumed to the lure of a seamless raglan knit-a-long, proposed by the impressively productive and inventive Kate of Fabrikated.
Being incredibly slack, I did not officially sign up for this project, but lurked about  her blog admiring others' projects whilst I sorted through my extensive scrappy wool stash and knit a few rows every so often....

I have often felt that the fairy godmother is a very appealing character in any traditional story. What could be better than appearing in a puff of smoke and granting someone's dearest wish of the moment with a wave of one's wand? Sounds like winning...

I have a long nylon/merino hoodie that I wear frequently around the house,during cooler weather, so when I was working on the winter travel wardrobe, I thought a smarter version of this would be a good idea for layering.
The pattern is Ottobre 05-2011-06, previously made here, but as you can see, this time I made it without a hood, for fabric saving and luggage saving reasons, and self bound and overlapped the neckline, wth an attempt to make the cardigan a little less...