{"id":913,"date":"2016-06-20T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T17:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=913"},"modified":"2016-06-20T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T17:40:04","slug":"playing-catch-up-wardrobe-architect-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"Playing Catch-up: Wardrobe Architect 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guys.<\/p>\n<p>I have so much stuff to show you.<\/p>\n<p>And in true me-form, I&#8217;m going to smoosh a bunch of them into one post to save time and money! (Well, not money. Money doesn&#8217;t really enter into the equation when you&#8217;re blogging about your passion projects for free. But still.)<\/p>\n<p>First, a little administrative update: as I am wont to do when whims strike, I rejiggered my plans for the WA a bit. It became pretty clear that 13 garments was a pretty lofty goal, especially since many of the ones I had left were knitted. I revised the total down to three, and totally changed two of them entirely when beautiful new sweater patterns entered my radar. To wit,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-917\" src=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image_medium2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-916\" src=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image_medium2-1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-1.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolivy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">this friend<\/a>. She&#8217;s a lovely person, and she designs beautiful things, but it seems like her main goal in life is to usurp my knitting queue whenever possible. I hold up as evidence for this assertion that she did it not once, but TWICE:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-915\" src=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image_medium2-2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-2.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-914\" src=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-3-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image_medium2-3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image_medium2-3.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/hachure\" target=\"_blank\">Hachure<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/pintuck-cardigan\" target=\"_blank\">Pintuck Cardigan<\/a>, respectively. The first seized me right away, and I cast on for it literally the day I saw the pattern. The second was a suggested knitalong with some of my Brooklyn General ladies, and since I had the perfect amount of the perfect yarn in stash to make it happen, I thought it was meant to be. I jettisoned the other sweaters I&#8217;d planned for the WA initially, and called these two my last items for the collection. Despite some gauge issues with Hachure that affected the fit a bit, they were both easy makes and I LOVE THEM. They both saw quite a bit of wear despite being finished in the spring, thanks to our prolonged cold spells and my trip to more northern climes (more on that in a later post). I&#8217;m very happy with them both, and I feel they very much live up to the principles of the Wardrobe Architect.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colettepatterns.com\/catalog\/aster\" target=\"_blank\">Aster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a picture to show you, because honestly I&#8217;m not\u00a0<em>thrilled<\/em> with it. I think I&#8217;ve found a way to make it work-ish, and it was a good teaching moment, but.<\/p>\n<p><em>But&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hate the way the fabric feels after washing\/making up. It&#8217;s papery and gross. Considering it was a pricey imported shot cotton, that&#8217;s really disappointing.<\/li>\n<li>The sleeves just WOULD NOT ease in without puckering. I tried each one multiple times to no avail.<\/li>\n<li>The cuffs are WAY too tight. I can wear them buttoned (barely), and rolling them up is tough too. Also note to self: If you do another long-sleeved view, do a flat-felled or mock-felled seam for the sleeve&#8230;much pretty when cuffs are rolled up.<\/li>\n<li>I have to wear it with a very minimal bra, otherwise there&#8217;s major gaping at the bust. When I make it again (and I will, dammit, though I may redraft the sleeves), I need to do a FBA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But it&#8217;s otherwise pretty. I love the neutral taupe-y color, the pretty tucks at the shoulders, and the clean neckline. I&#8217;d intended to make another with the fllutter-sleeve option from some pretty rayon challis, but given my issues I&#8217;m going to hold off for now. And anyway, I have a whole &#8216;nother crop of things in store for Wardrobe Architect Spring\/Summer 2016! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guys. I have so much stuff to show you. And in true me-form, I&#8217;m going to smoosh a bunch of them into one post to save time and money! (Well, not money. Money doesn&#8217;t really enter into the equation when you&#8217;re blogging about your passion projects for free. But still.) First, a little administrative update: as I am wont to do when whims strike, I rejiggered my plans for the.. <a href=\"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=913\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[60,44,25,29,19,54,52],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","category-sewing","tag-brooklyn-general","tag-cardigans","tag-colette","tag-cotton","tag-finished-objects","tag-little-boxes","tag-wardrobe-architect-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}