Ok, bring on the chill!

[susandennis]

Yeah, timing is wrong BUT... I'm going to love this so much. If I live til cold weather, this will be my uniform. It is so warm and cuddly.



And a few notes.

1. Dear self, do not EVER EVER EVER be tempted to use this fabric ever again. Enjoy this wrap and know it will be your last minky anything ever. It's wonderful to have on your skin. It's a royal bitch and a half to work with.

2. Also, self, that camera on the Echo Show is only good in a pinch and then 'good' is probably the wrong word.

The road to here with this crappy photo was overly long and wind-y. Find shot in Amazon storage and download. Upload to Google for croping. Download so that I can upload to Flickr. IF either Amazon or Google allowed single photo URLs, steps could have been eliminated. Also if Flickr would get their editor back in place... I also could have uploaded to LJ but once a picture gets into the LJ Scrapbook, I can never find it again. My photo issues are many.

I was listening to podcast when I finished the green wrap and I didn't want to interrupt the podcast so I stayed at the sewing machine and made a doll.



Now it's time to read the paper and watch the game and convert some more patterns to the good paper.

p.s. I just read on Twitter that a whole new Vera season is coming to Acorn in August so I guess I can't cancel that subscription after all. Bolicks (bolox? bollix? whatever)

Comments

[zippybeta.livejournal.com]

Love the green color, it looks good on you too.

[susandennis]

Thanks!

[siobhan63.livejournal.com]

Bollocks.

Cool wrap. Very spiffy!

[susandennis]

oh thanks! x2

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous jacket, very interesting shawl collar.

[susandennis]

Thanks and that collar is just a band - 13" wide all around... I'm thinking next one 14 or 15 from boob around next to boob and then going down to from boob around butt going down to about 10 (so 5" band cause it's folded)

It's a very cool pattern.

http://www.patternsforpirates.com/product/cocoon-cardigan/

[617529309.livejournal.com]

Ooh I love it! That looks fantastic - albeit maybe a bit warm for July. 😂

[susandennis]

It is, trust me. But, it gives me hope that one day it will cool off!

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Good job, it looks like just the right thing for you! :)

I use IrfanView to edit my photos in advance; it's not great, but good enough for blog photos. And i definitely need to install Addblock-whatever already because the ads on Photobucket have become unbearable, getting in my way all the time (but now Photobucket itself is bearable, so if it doesn't become impossibly slow again, I'll keep using it).

[susandennis]

Oh Irfanview is a wonderful program! I used it for years when I worked on a regular PC but these days I use only a chromebook and there's no Irfanview for it but you did remind me that there might be some simple photo editing tools for chromebooks and I found a couple so thanks!!

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I've used Irfanview almost daily for at *least* 15 years. If I have to do something fancy, I use GIMP but for fast and dirty to upload to Facebook, nothing beats Irfanview. I never understood why it was FREE! I've paid more for less!

[susandennis]

i wish they had a chromebook or android version

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I didn't stay with Linux for long, even though they had GIMP, no Irfanview. I have a MacBook Pro that I love but again, no Iview.

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

I love the wrap! (But I have to admit, it made me think of a video making the rounds -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders (the press secretary) did a conference wearing a green dress, which some wag then used as a "green screen" to project other video onto... :-) )

[susandennis]

Oh, it would make a great green screen!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

p.s. I just read on Twitter that a whole new Vera season is coming to Acorn in August

Our PBS station has been running a new (to me) season of Vera since sometime in the spring (we're still a couple of eps behind). I don't know if this is the same season you're talking about, but if its, be warned: David Leon is gone. She's got a new cute young sidekick, but his cuteness is a little more generic.

[susandennis]

I do miss him. You must be on series 5 - it's the first non-David Leon series. The new one on Acorn is series 6. So the good news is that you have lots of Vera left to go. The bad news is... still no delicious David Leon replacement.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

That green is my favorite! You will be comfy this winter for sure.

[susandennis]

Bring it on... this week, works for me.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

I'm dying for a day where I can wear long sleeves again and be comfortable. Summer is the worst. August is my least favorite.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

that looks so warm and cosy

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

Love the wrap! That's a great photo of you, very pretty!