Reusing seems to be the easiest of the "Three R's" but the least advocated. When was the last time the City suggested you donate your old clothes or make new pyjamas out of an old sheet or save your yoghurt containers? Fortunately thrifting is pretty popular anyway. I was over at my sister's on Friday and she sent me home with a few things that she no longer wears that I liked the look of.

One of them was this sweater. Jane said there used to be a button but it had gone missing somewhere. I threaded a ribbon through the button hole to hold the sweater closed under my coat when we went out on Saturday (because even though it was March is was really cold outside and I wanted the extra layer). As soon as I had the ribbon on I loved this sweater - it was comfy to begin with but now it was super cute too. I wore it for the rest of the day and all of Sunday too. Cute, cozy sweater are essential for cold weather.

I put the apron I made into the mail today. It was a lot of fun to make and turned out so cute I might have to make another for myself. I used the pattern from Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter. It's a reversible apron so I put pockets on both sides.  I also made the side ties much wider than called for in the pattern so that they'd make a nice bow in the back. Here are some pictures from the rest of the process.

 

 

I got these skeins of sock yarn from Oceanwind Knits last week. Two for me and two for Rob. I'm thinking of getting a little fancier than my usual plain socks and doing ribbing along the top of the foot and the leg on Rob's and some sort of lace pattern in the same places on mine. I know there are lots of pretty patterns on Ravely too so I may go looking for something new altogether.

They are waiting for my 2.00 mm needles to be free of the socks they are currently entwined in. I'm not sure how long they will have to wait though - I have two other projects that need these needles.