Repairs and odd jobs – thedementedfairy

April 21, 2019

Pick up the Pieces- Geodesic Sweater revisited

Geodesic sweatshirt, Blueprints for Sewing, multiple offcuts in ponte/ WAY TOO LONG remember? *shudders* I hate unpicking. Really hate it. Knit unpicking is the WORST. Ah well. I stuck a talking book on and got to it. The bottom row of triangles came off fairly easily, making a huge pile of thread snippets, then I … Continue reading Pick up the Pieces- Geodesic Sweater revisited

July 31, 2017

Fringe benefits [green parasol #4, finale!]

And it seems to be holding well [yes, probable kiss of death right there] The stitching holds the cover at great tension, but there’s no sign of the rubber tearing. So far so good! Each rib then got attached to the seams in three more places, which stops them from twisting, and then I gathered the … Continue reading Fringe benefits [green parasol #4, finale!]

July 31, 2017

Rib-Tickling [green parasol #3]

So. Those broken rib tips. I googled and hunted and eBay’d and Etsy’d to no avail. No tips I could find anything like the ones I needed. Makey makey time. Now this is not the sort of making at which I excel. At all. In the course of my hunt for rib tips, I found … Continue reading Rib-Tickling [green parasol #3]