Made it Monday: October 20

I’ve been meaning to take pictures of all the things in this post for quite some time and finally got it done last weekend! I’m still trying to decide if I want to keep trying to fit my posts into the various things that are used on social media or if I’ll let go of the illiteration and just post when I want to, we’ll see. But here are my three most recent makes all in one picture.

A woman stands in front of a doorway with a window to her left that's sitting in a stone wall. She's holding out a traingle shaped shawl that has the rhythm of waves in the design or small oval wedges. She's wearing a brown two tiered skirt and flip flops with a cream sweater somewhat visible behind the shawl. She's got on glasses with a white plastic frame and her hair is curly and she's smiling.

I made the Fiamma Brioche shawl which was an incredibly slow make, but I’m so glad I stuck with it. I talked about it in a WIP Wednesday back in July. This is a really clever crochet design where you are using one stitch and short rows to create the effect and what’s been most interesting to me is that so many knitters think it’s knit rather than crochet. It’s very squishy and warm and I think it’ll be great for the coming cool weather.

A woman stands in front of a doorway with a blue shawl wrapped around her neck and she is visible only from mid chest up. The shawl is a wave design and she's wearing a cream colored sweater.

Next up is the sweater, which is a new to me designer, Aimee Sher Makes, and it’s one of the best patterns I’ve made in a long while, so well written with a lot of helpful details. I made the Slightyly Sassy V using Wooldreamers Sanoa yarn, which is 50% cotton and 50% wool. I love a blend like this because I tend to run warm, even in winter, and this makes a great garment but it’s not too warm. I’m still not sure what I think of this make, it’ll take wearing it a bit more to fully see if I like it and we’re just now getting cool enough weather for that. The v-neck is very wide, much wider than I expected but the rest of the fit is pretty good. The designer is a huge believer in getting good fits and does have the option of bust darts which I didn’t add in to my sweater. We’ll see if I end up reaching for this or not in the coming months, but I loved working with the yarn.

A woman stands in front of a doorway wearing a cream colored v-neck sweater and she is visible only from mid chest up. She's smiling, has curly hair about chin length and wears glasses with a white plastic frame.

Finally, the skirt is the Mave Skirt by True Bias. I absolutely love True Bias patterns, so well written and she gives a lot of support with a sew-a-long on her blog with more pictures and helpful tips. The Mave is a simple skirt, but you can make so many variations with the pattern, from a mini skirt to a maxi skirt and all the various ways you can put together the tiers to make more or fewer ruffles. I made mine out of a light weight linen and lined the skirt with a light cotton voile, all purchased from Stonemountain and Daughter Fabric. This is a relatively easy sew, other than the gathering, and it came together really quickly. It’s also incredibly comfortable. I’ve already started thinking about more Maves I want to make, what variations and what fabric would be fun to use.

A woman stands in front of a doorway wearing a cream colored v-neck sweater and a brown tiered linen skirt. She's smiling, has curly blond/brown hair that is chin length and wears white plastic frame glasses.