mashedwhiteelephants




I'm doing 21 things
 

mashedwhiteelephants's Life List

  1. 1. Travel to New Zealand
    359 people
  2. 2. Go whale-watching
    32 people
  3. 3. Go on safari in Africa
    56 people
  4. 4. Throw a tea party
    5 people
  5. 5. Throw a cocktail party
    11 people
  6. 6. Improve my German to a conversational level
    1 person
  7. 7. Knit a pair of socks
    83 people
  8. 8. Learn first aid
    241 people
  9. 9. eat 100 different animals
    4 people
  10. 10. Travel to Socotra
    1 person
  11. 11. Become a chartered engineer
    5 people
  12. 12. read 50 books in 2009
    247 people
  13. 13. Travel to Tokyo
    48 people
  14. 14. See the northern lights
    1 cheer
    16,905 people
  15. 15. Get my driving licence
    141 people
  16. 16. go to a kareoke bar
    1 person
  17. 17. visit Alton Towers
    1 cheer
    2 people
  18. 18. Travel to Barbados
    4 people
  19. 19. write and draw a comic
    2 people
  20. 20. complete 10 new Illustration Friday themes
    1 person
  21. 21. learn to sing 'One Week'
    1 person

How I did it
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Recent entries
learn to use a sewing machine
Done ^^ 14 months ago

A lot more straightforward than I thought it would be. I’m by no means a pro, but can set it up and get what I want done, done. So far have made a skirt and some undies. Toying with the idea of another skirt at the moment :)



knit a jumper
Jumper 22 months ago

Kitted this Christmas. Chunky wool on size 10 needles, made up the pattern myself and it only took me a week ^^ It’s big and baggy and red and I love it.

I would recommend using a pattern to others who want to do this, unless you want to go for the ‘oversized hobo’ look like I did :) Knitty (http://knitty.com/archive.html) has some very pretty free patterns online. A pattern helps when coming to do things like the neck and sewing it up too – my mum helped me figure those out.




 

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