âŚthatâs the reason I only buy certain brands now, so I can be sure of the quality, fit, and finish without wasting money.
Spiegel? never heardâŚ
Try this site (DMâd you the link) for amazing highend-highstreet and designer bargains⌠and all because theyâre so last season darling (which means just a few weeks out of season to you and I) so 2-300 pound/dollar jeans are 20, 3-1000 pound/dollar coats are 50, etc, etc. etc,
I used to sew with a Viking digital sewing machine and a Singer serger. Still have both machines that need tuning up, but Iâm in no rush since itâs a real challenge of patience and precision. Good luck with that undertaking. Lessons from an seamstress are highly recommended. Sewing mistakes are real costly in time and $$$.
The Truth About Knitting and CrochetâŚ.They are Good for You!
How knitting can improve your mood, mind and body
"Is knitting therapeutic? Heck yes. Itâs a proven scientific fact, just like we know chocolate and red wine are good for us. Since turning my life over to yarn, Iâve talked to thousands of knitters who claim itâs cured everything from gout to their weight problems. I canât speak to all cures, but it can certainly improve oneâs mental health. I know it helps mine.â
Donât get me wrong. I want to learn how to knit and I think I will make it a priority before winter.
Thanks Mags. Iâm seeing some pretty high-end stuff there!
Thatâs because your mind is continuously preoccupied with counting stitches. This is especially so if youâre doing a variable multi-colored design (think Norway sweaters), and a little bit less so if youâre doing cables. If your cable design is uniform and straight (up) then once you get your design started you can follow the stitches by feel more or less (knit/purl), so the mind is more relaxed and the work becomes more or less automatic because the cables usually repeat themselves; but if your cables are diagonal, or travel sideways or crisscross a lot, youâll still need to keep count, but less so, because the design usually travels/changes vertically (in any case, I find cables easier to do). With multi-color designs you really need to account for every stitch. If you miscount a stitch, or miss it, or it slips and you lose the stitch in the previous row (happens if you knit too loosely), your whole design will get messed up and youâll have to go back to the last place and redo it. The good thing is that usually, youâd know by the end of the row or beginning of the next row when things donât seem to add up anymore. This is why it takes longer and you have to double check your work continuously. Anyway, my point is that knitting (especially multi colored designs) involves a lot of counting, so you canât really let the mind wander; so your mind is mostly focused on one thing, counting. I donât remember doing a lot of counting when crocheting. Though today, most of the work is done by computerized machines.
With sewing, the most important thing, I think, is proper measurement, but itâs also an art I believe that comes with experience. Youâd need to account of how the fabric will shrink after washings (or stretch) and give an extra leeway in your measurements. That, I think, you can know only with experience (by knowing the fabric youâre working with). Also, youâd need to consider individual preferences; some people like their clothes more loose than others. There are some parts of the world where you can still get personalized alteration with your purchased garment, so it fits you perfectly. These are the places that still make and sell their own clothes.
I remember someone mention once that knitting was actually invented by men, and I think it may actually be true, or I wonât be surprised if it were. Men are usually in charge for making fish nets, and it could possibly be considered as a kind of proto-knitting/crocheting, maybe. And I wouldnât be surprised if early man was already making fishing nets when he was still wrapped in skins/furs.
I am thinking that most women in many cultures have spent a lot of their free time counting, historically. Carpet or tapestry weaving, with intricate designs, for example, takes whole months to complete, and Iâm sure it requires a lot of careful counting, and with every row (and there are a lot of rows in a carpet!).
Iâve always wondered what goes through the minds of women who are doing bobbin lace. Do they follow a drawn pattern visually, or do they actually count? A precise design would require a lot of counting, and with that kind of work, you lose your place youâre fucked, unless you can count in multiple dimensions simultaneously!
I remember tinkering with my grandmotherâs sewing machine (Singer too). It was one of those where you control the speed with a foot pedal. My thread kept getting stuck inside the machine and I think it was because of the speed; once you start going, you canât really slow down or the thread will loop on itself or something inside the machine and gets stuck, and you had to get it out from inside (which was dangerous too). So I usually ended up sewing my piece to the sewing machine and spending most of my day re-threading the needle over and over again. I really hated that machine, and I donât think it liked me back. Nowadays, the sewing machines are programmable, you just press a button and it sews itself with the stitch and speed you want; it will even do embroidery for you.
A lot of sewing fabrics are supposed to be washed before pattern use. The cutting on the bias always screwed me up. The pre-sewing prep work is taxing.
My Viking does embroidery, but not the actual sewing, still foot pedal biz and trying not to have a lead foot.
Honestly, if Iâm dictator, I would largely be Laissez Faire in all things but one:
All women have to wear lace neck chockers, and get one free hair styling per week from the state free of charge, and must wear nice shirts to compliment the hair and chocker.
Furthermore, one week a month, ponytails are mandatory, and absolutely no bitching about these rules are to be tolerated.
You have no idea how pissed I am these arenât in fashion. If I was to point at one essential article of clothing a woman should always have, it would be that. Fuck the stupid heels and bizarre hats and absurd makeup color schemes, just wear this. Pop it on, open the blouse up a bit, hair in a ponytail, guys wonât notice you didnât doll up. Takes one minute.
Except for women on this forum, full Islamic hijabs for you. You can have lace covering your eyeholes.
No this is the way, the historical way to go, especially for your imaginary lady friend, almost beardesque. Go ahead and get your rocks off, donât let us stop you.
Checking the Spiegel website out now⌠I bet itâs very zeitgeist. Taking very long to load.
âŚif anyone else would like the link to the website I mentioned, Iâll be happy to send. They sell menswear too Turd, and lots of hiking apparel brands⌠amongst other things.
They are in fashion⌠just worn differently/with edge.
See the image I added to my post⌠that stylist dresses diffârently. This is one of her more tamer looks⌠the others arenât necessarily more revealing than different.
If jewels must be added, no more complicated than this:
What you showed me is a ewuivelent of 80âs and early 90âs calf high socks with no elasticity, shit kept falling down into piles of rings around the ankle. That ainât any more sexy revealed on the neck than when wearing shorts.
These pieces are almost pieces of art in their own right⌠to be worn over clothing, obviously. I only tend to wear lace on Halloween or fancy dress, but the Victoriana look has been around for a few years now and doesnât seem to be going away, heck people wear whatever look they want now⌠to the detriment of designers everywhere.
Not a fan. Some people can look quite attractive in Victorian Dress, but it is less because of the dress than in spite of it. Like I said, minimal is better, as part of a dress shirt is nice. If I had a office full of women and immunity from sexual harassment, my pic above of the girl in the white shirt with black choker would be the dress code. I would get no work done, and would walk around with a permanent tent in my pants.
I donât get all the extra necklaces she has, one works, just stupid when a woman runs around with three, four rings, multiple necklaces on at once, around her waist and ankles, in her belly button and ears. Best of luck in the airport.
May I ask where the liking for the choker comes from? is it a new phenomenon?
More can sometimes be done very well⌠multi rings and multi chains look good with a simple outfit, just like a fussy outfit is better with minimal accessories⌠I guess itâs all about balance.