Socks over Frocks

Cold days, work and study make Renay a dull girl...

Finding time to sew seems to be getting further and further away from me as up until now I have been working full time and studying full time.

So I've taken up sock knitting during evenings on the couch. This was pair number 1 :-)

These are the first pair of socks that I have ever finished.... (I've got a lot of single socks hanging around!)

I used the L'Amour et la Morte pattern found on Ravelry by Spilly Jane 

A lovely and quick pattern. 

knitting is thirsty work, look at all those cups!

I loved it so much that i purchased another sock pattern from Spilly Jane to knit my lovely man (He is always saying that I never knit him anything) and they are already finished!

Hope you are all well, I have much blog reading to catch up on...

(P.S. I recently got the new Sewaholic Cambie dress pattern in the mail. I hope to start working on it this weekend and I can't wait, woop woop!)

Running in Circle Skirts

Howdy All

Hope your all well and dandy!

Its been a busy few weeks of sewing & knitting & all things nice around here. 

I have been plotting & scheming around online ventures too!

In Sewing news...

I have been playing around with some fabric dyes.

Using an ombre technique that I found online... somewhere...

I started with my favourite olive tones and have since tried red, navy & even bright pink.

just hanging around with my dummy (Still unnamed! scandalous!!!)

Peekaboo Petticoat

This is the result of the first dye. Made up into a simple circle skirt.

It has a mustard coloured voile underskirt and invisible hand stitching (The whole inside of the waistband!) to create a clean look on the outside.

It has an invisible side zipper and a hook & eye to finish. I made it using a good quality medium weight gabardine, ombre dyes & plenty of LOVE of course..

All in all it cost around $60 to make. Sheesh...

I was wanting to put a few of these in my new Etsty Store in every colour of the rainbow! So...

Questions for you, dear readers:

Do you think that these are sellable?

How much would you pay for one of these handmade/hand dyed skirts? 

How would you photography them? (They really don't look as nice in the pictures!)

Any other thoughts/tips/ideas/input... 

Things that have helped your own etsy/ebay etc. stores??

I'm in desperate need of your input and ideas :-) 

Or tell me if it is ridiculous too! HA

In the meantime, I have been perusing all of your blogs

The snug Bug's Tahitian Treats

Tilly's pretty Summer dress

&

Voodoo Stitches all round awesomeness!

Have fun and stay stitching!!!

Knit Sticks

Knit Knit Knit...

Is all I've been doing... 

In other news... I'm opening an etsy store with some hand sewn goodies :-)

Stay tuned!

Progress on the Sunshine Shrug...