bits and bobbins

if you read my recent post over on the threadbanger blog, beret brained!…you know i’m all about the beret at the moment. it’s definitely a continuation of everything hat-centric i’ve been blabbering about for most of this year.

in recent weeks, i have been looking all around, high, low, here, and there for the perfect beret pattern. it has not been an easy task, for i wanted something easy, basic quick to make, pretty classic, not too slouchy, and worsted-weight yarn worthy. a tall order! though the lacy, oversized or chunky ones are lovely, they weren’t *exactly* what i had in mind in my mind’s eye.

i found some promising contenders around the ye olde world-wide-web (as evidenced by the round-up i linked to in the aforementioned post)…but like goldielocks and the three bears, none of them was quite right.

however, yesterday around 3pm a tiny crafty lightbulb flickered on on above my head, and shone brightly: i know where to find a pattern for the perfect beret! it’s a pattern contained within a vintage copy of the reader’s digest complete guide to needlework, a lovely classic craft tome i thrifted ages and ages ago.

i had attempted said beret yonks ago when i was first learning how to crochet (that would be way back in what, 2004??) but for some reason didn’t complete it. i’m pretty well-versed with the crocheting now, natch, and usually don’t use patterns, but now and again i like the ease of not having to work everything out myself. so armed with some super basic bright yellow wool yarn (cascade 220), i got to work. three short hours later, i had myself the beret of my “dreams”.

easy peasy.

love projects like this! nearly instant gratification.

(p.s. i am OBSESSED with yellow at the moment. orange still reigns supreme as my favorite color o’ the past several years, but yellow is a recent fling with which i am having a torrid color affair. anyone else similarly smitten with yellow??)

guess what?!

i am now blogging for the ever so awesome threadbanger, on the threadbanger blog!

my first post, beret brained! was posted today.

keep your eyes peeled…i’ll be waxing poetic on DIY clothesmaking and musing about fashion in general over there (in addition to here, of course!) on a regular basis.

see you there!

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off for a bike ride. i have been really, really happy lately.

-little boy’s denim jacket: thrifted
-white and fluroescent orange striped tank: H&M
-white ribbed tank: AA
-bleach splattered bellbottoms: goodwill on haight st., SF
-orange bracelet watch: nixon
-fluoroescent orange ring: claire’s, years ago
-orange patent leather flats: steve madden
-blue and white enamel earrings that sort of look like my pants (!): thrifted