Vintage Pajama Party has been extended!

Now I could have sworn I posted this up over the Thanksgiving break, but alas due to being sick, I did not.



I've decided to extend the Pajama Party another week! If any of you want to attempt to make a night gown in a week, feel free!

So you have till December 13th at the end of the day to put your finished garment in the flickr pool.

How to tie a vintage style turban

Lately, I've taken a liking to using scarves to tie my hair up on a bad hair day. On a recent photo set, Emileigh asked if I could do a tutorial for this turban style, and here we are today.

Now this simple tutorial can help you save yourself from a dreaded bad hair day, or just give a bit more oomph to your vintage outfit.

You will need:
A long rectangular scarf
Bobby pins
Rats tail comb
Regular comb
Brush

Optional (and not shown):
Duck clips
Hair spray
Hair ties

You might also need a person with hair, just saying.

Start by sectioning off some hair to style for later. Then pin it down, or use a duck clip to keep it out of the way.

Next, comb and brush your hair back and tuck it under if you've got manageable thick hair. If not, tie it in a hair tie.

Now take your scarf, and place it under your hair on the back of your head. Even it out 

Pull the back up some, and pull the sides up to the front of your head. Tie it behind the area you intend to style. Fix any parts of your hair that have decided to escape with the rats tail comb

Straighten out one tail end of the scarf, 

Then pull it to the back, continuing to straighten it out.

Tuck it under the bottom part, and repeat on the other side.

Style your hair as needed; pin curls, victory rolls, whatever you want to do.

And you're done! Admire your cute hair scarf, and perfectly awesome way to disguise laziness or a bad hair day!


I hope all of you are having a good day today. If you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving!

Are there any other tutorials you'd like to see from me? Do you have a favorite hair scarf?

A Victory Knit

As you recall from a previous post, I knit myself a sweater! A sweater I'm actually proud of!

I used the 3-Hour sweater pattern, and it took me a couple months to create it.

I'm pretty sure if I actually measured it in terms of knitting time, and not the days I set my knitting down, it probably would have been a couple of days.

I followed the pattern to a T, and the only thing I changed,aside from adding in the color work, was knitting the sleeve patterns the opposite way. The written way was very confusing to me.
The pattern itself ended up very very short on me, thanks to my chest. But I rather like it. I have to wear a shirt under it though.

I first wore the sweater to the SD Vintage Flea Market, and a lot of people thought it was an authentic vintage sweater, which made me very happy. When I told them I made it, they were very excited and impressed.
The second time I wore it was the day I took the photos to school. Loads of compliments, and 'where'd you get it?'

Outfit Details

Scarf- Melrose Flea Market
Earrings- VaVoomVintage's instagram sale
Sweater- Made by me
Skirt- Made by me
Bangles- Various
Socks- Target
Shoes- Ross

It was my first time doing something with a lot of colorwork in it. I was inspired by WWII-era patriotism, and the whole Make Do and Mend movement. I frogged this yarn from two different projects, and the red and blue came from scrap balls of yarn.

I sketched up the sweater on a scrap of paper in class, then gathered up a lot of graph paper. The pieces were color coded, and stitched up according to how'd they fit on the pattern.

I mostly worked on this during my breaks at school, a lot of people were curious as to why I'd knit a sweater when I could just buy one. (Surprisingly, a lot of these people who asked were fellow fashion majors. Go figure.) I love challenging myself, and putting my heart into a project.

I know I'll use this pattern again, in fact, I'm charting up another pattern for one, and I can't wait to get the yarn for it. I'm thinking of getting Knit Picks yarn, as I'd like to have a nice wool sweater .

Knitting Details

Yarn: 100% Acrylic yarn. Vanna's Choice in Mustard, Scarlett and Colonial Blue

Pattern: 3-Hour Sweater

Year: 1930's

Notions: Plastic button from stash

How historically accurate is it? Eh, pretty accurate, despite it being made with acrylic. I'm sure some person in the 40's would use a past pattern, and add colorwork to it. Make Do and Mend, ya know?

Any tricky parts to the pattern?  Well, the sleeve knitting was a bit tricky, so I reversed how it was done. And the seaming was sort of difficult, but I figured it out. And not so much the patterns fault, but the 'C' was supposed to be more centered.

Did you change anything?  Sleeve knitting method.

Time to complete: Couple months.

First worn: November 2014

Total cost: I don't remember. I used yarn from past projects

Notes: I LOVE the sweater, but I'm sure when I knit it again, and I most certainly will, I'll make it longer.

Have any of you knit anything recently? Have you made anything with colorwork?