after I discovered (much to my horror) that someone had thrown away the envelope containing my simplicity 9769 pattern, I had a mad idea to draft a pattern myelf. I bought some cheap canvas from fabricland, and put together a very makeshift mockup. I'm pleased with how it worked out in general, but I think that I should have been more careful in placing my busk and my lacing holes to get a better idea of how it works.

and I think I might need to take the top in a wee little bit.

( Pictures back here )

I think I understand why so many of the corsets I see have the bone casings on top of the seams - what a NIGHTMARE trying to sew them in the back!

crossposted to corsetmakers

flossing mockups for bone casings soon, I promise.

August 19, 2005 #3 daft scarf Bernat Glaxy colour lot "Deep Space" I adore yarn like this. bulky, textured, fuzzy yarn. I crocheted this in an evening. It's two balls of yarn. I need at least one more and then I will have a scarf done.

So i'm on tap for three more scarves - drayce wants a long, wide scarf in black, I'm saying that she should go with an ultra bulky chenille velour fabric. strigoitemplar doesn't exactly know what yarn he wants, but I also picture a chenille for him--something he can tuck into the collar of his coat. uranyx told me I should surprise him.

hee hee hee hee hee.

but I like bulky because it crochets up FAST. all I did for this one is double chain stitch on a 6.5 hook, and every row added another inch to the length. I adore the daftness of this yarn - this one, deep space reminds me of all those impressive nebula pictures, but i'd also love to get my hands on a good supply of comet and earth in this fibre.

bernat also makes a wonderful chunky velour that I think would work well for the scarf drayce wants - drayce I checked it's bernat velour and you will need at least four balls of it even though it looks super huge and yes there is black!