Day 202 of 2026

The shirt came together better today. 

It's ready for buttonholes.

 

Day 201 of 2026

My day started out pretty bad. 

Can you see what's wrong with my machine here? 

After a new needle and several times rethreading, 

it's still not working properly. 

From there things only got worse. 

I found that the markings and some of the directions

 for the shirt I am making are incorrect. 

After a deep dive online, I found a post that explains

 what happened and how to fix it. 

Tomorrow's another day 

and I hope to power through and finish the shirt.

 

Day 200 of 2026

It's been a while since I've knitted anything. 

My hand has been giving me some pain 

so I thought it best to give it a break. 

Tonight I was able to get color number three finished. 

 

Day 199 of 2026

I want to make Fireball a shirt. 

I bought the pattern and the prescribed amount of fabric. 

I have begun laying out the pattern on the fabric

 according to the diagram. 

No matter how many times I measure the fabric 

and review the pattern layout, 

I keep coming up short. 

I suspect it is a pattern-writing error 

and will look into that at a later time. 

For now Fireball will be getting a short sleeved shirt.

 

Day 198 of 2026

I finished another sweatshirt pillow cover 

and then moved on this pouf 

which has been waiting for a zipper since last year. 

It has its zipper now and will be filled 

with small bits of threads and unusable fabric scraps. 

 

Day 197 of 2026

I only finished one sweatshirt pillow cover today, 

but I have a good idea how to tackle the other three now. 

I should get a good amount of sewing time tomorrow

 so we'll see how far I get.

 

Day 196 of 2026

Today I'm working on a new project 

which involves sweatshirts and zippers.