June 30, 2006

It's me hearty Cat in the Hat sweater being seamed. Arrrrrrrrrrrrr!




The Cat in the Hat sweater, she almost be finished. We should be mentionin' that she won't look exactly like the Rebecca 29 sweater, so don't be surprised when you see her lookin' a tad different in her hearty completion. We rewrote the pattern so that our Cat in the Hat sweater would resemble our rough sketch here, and we wanted different stripe placement and shapin' to suit our size. But even though we be pirates we let it be known that we used the Rebecca 29 design for elements in our pattern rewrite, so we don't take credit for all the booty. We stick to the code, mateys.

*We be talkin' like pirates today, me hearties. Kessa says me Cat in the Hat stripes remind her of pirates, and we be agreein' with that. Aye, aye! Now where be me pantaloons?

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Here they be:




Pantaloons** created without a pattern, but with the help of our pattern drafting teacher who be a kind lassie. We made a basic pantaloon in muslin and the teacher - a professional "modéliste", she be - pinned and tucked the muslin here and there on us so that we could use it as a prototype for some custom pantaloons in black. Plus, it be good practice for second year when we be makin' pantsuits, jeans and sportswear. Shiver me timbers!

**Okay, they aren't really pantaloons. They're actually black mid-knee pants I've been wanting to make for myself, but for the sake of being a pirate they're pantaloons. Arrrrrrrrrrr!

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