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Wasn’t sure how well transparent neon water-based ink would look on dark gray fabric. It washed just fine. I’m going to try some other brands of ink to see what I like best. I wanted to experiment with screen printing because I’m definitely a solid color fabric person. I quickly hate fabric prints but I think if I add my own embellishments I won’t hate prints as quickly.
Finally made myself woven joggers! My pattern is self-drafted but I did buy Helen’s Closet Arden pant pattern. I’ll do a comparison on my blog eventually. Fabric is lightweight linen from TFS.
I just published the last blog post about knitting socks. This was actually the whole reason for doing my four-part series, how to knit a round heel toe-up because it is a flap-and-gusset design. I actually prefer knitting my socks toe-up now because I don’t have to pick up stitches and can just knit everything seamlessly. I’ve included the same heel flap adjustments for lengthening or shortening the heel flap. It’s a really lovely method and I highly recommend it if you love the flap-and-gusset heel design.
Months of work and over a dozen toiles and Ryan’s pattern block looks better than ever. I finished a pair of soft, wrinkly woven joggers today and just in the Nick of time. He gets his second COVID vaccine shot this morning. I guarantee he’ll be wearing these pants for three days straight. Obviously the pattern is completely self-drafted. The lightweight linen is from TFS. It may be too lightweight for pants but that’s what we are testing with these joggers.

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