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Mar. 26th, 2025 09:19 amEvening plans derailed by a short lil nap. I was watching a sewing video and missed all the talking parts, only coming up out of a doze to hear more sewing. By the time I was awake again it was 7:30, where I decided to do a pan of dishes and then make dinner (I made a vegetarian/non-alcoholic version of a scampi, and it was *delicious* -- zucchini instead of mushrooms, four cloves of garlic, chicken broth instead of wine, and served over pasta). Then it was 9pm, so I took myself to bed to watch more pottery throw down and do crosswords. And then... I was awake until almost 3 because lights out after midnight, read a fanfic for 2 hours, and then spent another hour trying to settle my brain enough to sleep again.
Oh well. It was a good fanfic, and the brain settling was everything to do with more fanfic and not about politics or emotional terrorism at all so.
Right before settling in my room for the evening, I tried on the other two pairs of bottoms I had made in the last couple years, the recent Mitchell trousers from Closet Core and Thurlow shorts from Sewaholic. Mitchell was fitted recently, by which I mean like a year ago, and sewn in the fall. While they're a little big now too they aren't horrible. The Thurlows I made in early lock down and I have no idea if I posted about my mods on here or if its lost to the sands of my memory. (I suspect the latter. ETA: I was wrong!) I know I have some notes about what I was doing but uhhhhh no idea where that notebook is right now. IIRC, I started with a size 12, added 2" of height to the body above the crotch, and some minor changes to the crotch area like deepening and squaring off the seams? These shorts are ALSO too big through the waist now, but still a cute length and I think I can get away with minimal fitting.
I had pulled those two out because they need closures but especially after trying on the Meriams again, I wanted an idea of fit. While I was lumping around my office yesterday, I thought about all of the trouser patterns I have, and had a hare about doing "The Great (Canadian) Trouser-Off". I made a spreadsheet of the companies and patterns I currently have/have access to, and their finished measurements and corresponding sizes where available. Charm, for example, doesn't have charts on their patreon list and I can't access the individual pages without being signed in -- not happening at work.
I don't know if I'll ever pursue that idea fully. It seems like a lot of work, but it could be an interesting experiment. There are so many more patterns I would consider adding to the list for my own personal journey, and a whoooooole bunch that would not be candidates at all. And of course I also think "hmm maybe I should try drafting a pattern again". Slow down there, cowboy (gn). Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Zippy thoughts: taking yarn to my aunt's house on the weekend for her birthday party. Need to come up with a dish to bring. She is celiac, and I really only do GF meals these days, but do you think I can think of *anything* to make? Of course not.
Sunday at friend's house will be whatever she throws at me. En-trouser-ing will have to wait.
Oh well. It was a good fanfic, and the brain settling was everything to do with more fanfic and not about politics or emotional terrorism at all so.
Right before settling in my room for the evening, I tried on the other two pairs of bottoms I had made in the last couple years, the recent Mitchell trousers from Closet Core and Thurlow shorts from Sewaholic. Mitchell was fitted recently, by which I mean like a year ago, and sewn in the fall. While they're a little big now too they aren't horrible. The Thurlows I made in early lock down and I have no idea if I posted about my mods on here or if its lost to the sands of my memory. (I suspect the latter. ETA: I was wrong!) I know I have some notes about what I was doing but uhhhhh no idea where that notebook is right now. IIRC, I started with a size 12, added 2" of height to the body above the crotch, and some minor changes to the crotch area like deepening and squaring off the seams? These shorts are ALSO too big through the waist now, but still a cute length and I think I can get away with minimal fitting.
I had pulled those two out because they need closures but especially after trying on the Meriams again, I wanted an idea of fit. While I was lumping around my office yesterday, I thought about all of the trouser patterns I have, and had a hare about doing "The Great (Canadian) Trouser-Off". I made a spreadsheet of the companies and patterns I currently have/have access to, and their finished measurements and corresponding sizes where available. Charm, for example, doesn't have charts on their patreon list and I can't access the individual pages without being signed in -- not happening at work.
I don't know if I'll ever pursue that idea fully. It seems like a lot of work, but it could be an interesting experiment. There are so many more patterns I would consider adding to the list for my own personal journey, and a whoooooole bunch that would not be candidates at all. And of course I also think "hmm maybe I should try drafting a pattern again". Slow down there, cowboy (gn). Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Zippy thoughts: taking yarn to my aunt's house on the weekend for her birthday party. Need to come up with a dish to bring. She is celiac, and I really only do GF meals these days, but do you think I can think of *anything* to make? Of course not.
Sunday at friend's house will be whatever she throws at me. En-trouser-ing will have to wait.
