introducing snoodsnood™

After several variations of the snood, I have come up with a design that I love! All seams are covered, the fit is snug without being too tight, and it does the job well!

Here is my handsome Gasparo modeling the final version. :-)

And here is Jack.

Now my boys will have long, clean ears! And I have an idea to support our dog show habit. ;-)

head coverings for all

Since the pants went together so quickly, I was inspired to make a few other things that would go together quickly. Much to my husband's dismay, I have a fondness for head scarfs, so I made a few more. Here is one of them.

Another project I've wanted to do was snoods for my dogs. You see, when a long-eared dog puts their head down to eat from a bowl, their ears get dirty or even worse, get nibbled off. To keep that from happening, you put a snood on them.

There is no pattern for something like this, so I've had to make several prototypes to get it how I like it. Here is my unwilling model, Gasparo, with one of the first ones. He was not pleased that I woke him up to check the fit. This one is functional, but not quite where I wanted it to be.

I decided to sleep on it and try to work out the details.

so comfy!

After the dress disaster (of which I have been to frustrated to fix as of yet), I started on MPB Jeans Sew-along. I made a muslin of khaki twill. After working on it for more than a week and nearly completing it, I had DH try the pants on. Much to my dismay, they are too long in the rise. At this point, I have to rip out the entire inseam and make adjustments. *sigh*

So... I decided to put aside that project and make something for myself. Many years ago I bought a pattern for maternity pants. Nothing fancy, just glorified yoga pants, but it is the first time I have worked with knit. Thankfully it is an easy pattern and went together in one day. And I am feeling more comfortable with the serger.

These pants are sooooo comfy! I will be picking up more knit to make more pants as I plan on wearing these for the remainder of the pregnancy.
(I'll post pictures soon!)