This outfit strikes me as a Jedi-pirate vibe. When I put in on this morning with these dirty-hair-don’t-care pigtail buns, Matt was amused and proceeded to look for a Star Wars picture with this vibe. I’m loving creating a relaxed wardrobe.

Over the weekend I couldn’t resist firing off another pair of Bob Pants. The fabric is some tencel twill that I got on Fabric.com a couple of months ago. The fabric is nice and light and seems like it won’t wrinkle very easily. I think I would enjoy these even more oversized. I picked the size that was just a couple of inches of positive ease for my hip measurement, but I think another size or two up for a fabric with good drape would also be amazing. I confess that I did not even look at the recommended size for my measurements, but maybe for a future pair I’ll go wild with the positive ease and see what happens. They’re very comfortable as is. I did swing a little wide through the hip when I cut them, and went a little more narrow at the ankle to exaggerate the cocoon shape. This is as much as I’m comfortable shifting between sizes.

The top is an Envelope by Cris Wood Sews. The pattern is for a dress, but I’ve seen some cute top versions on Instagram. Full disclosure: I fucked up following the pattern well for the top. Even thought the pattern is really simple, my brain wasn’t doing well at shifting the pattern into a top and I made a mistake with the width. I thought it was unfixable, then I just decided to add some side panels and salvage it.

I ended up liking it quite a bit. This fabric is the double gauze that I used on the Washi Dress a week ago. I’m very pleased with the garment yield for this fabric because out of four yards I was able to make a Washi Dress, this top, and a Mini Ogden for both Zooey and Charlotte. I would not have been able to make a tank for both kids had I not messed up this top a bit, so really it all worked out for the best.

Officially, I’m in love with double gauze. It feels like I’m wearing a lightweight squishy blanket and I am definitely here for that.

I promise this won’t become an all-sewing blog. I’m really only knitting socks and those are not super interesting to post about over and over. I am about to finish a third pair for Matt, likely today, and I’ll round up three pairs to photograph and put in one post.

How is your summer of quarantine knitting going?

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