Eyelet Round Capelet by Kathy North-

Found this free pattern on Ravelry and have been working on it off and on for about 6 months. It's almost done and I'll put up a picture of the finished item soon. I think it will be a great Spring wardrobe piece and it will definitely be ready for Spring 2015! Bought the yarn at Brooklyn General www.brooklyngeneral.com  and then ran out before I was done which led to the decision to add a contrasting stripe as the ribbing. B.G.didn't have that same yarn in stock and also said the dye lot I had wasn't like the usual color anyway. The yarn I bought to finish it is different, but the warm light gray seems to compliment the flecked warm dark gray (wish I had noted down the names of they yarns I used...). Super easy subway knitting project, but took forever because of the circumference of the cape.

New hand-made slipcovers!

Well...They took longer and cost more to make than I anticipated, but they look great. They are on and functional (even though I still have to sew on the skirts...)
This website de-mystified the process http://www.honeybearlane.com/2011/06/how-to-make-a-couch-slipcover-part-1.html with clear directions including piping and zippers and my draping class at FIT taught me some techniques on how to drape and fit the couch (I ended up using style tape to divide the chair and couch in half and created the pattern that way). Now I have custom patterns to use when I want to make new covers again.
Fabric is from House Fabric and is supposed to be from Pottery Barn www.housefabric.com
I bought new foam for the cushions on Canal St. www.canalrubber.com (the foam was $200 for a sheet and they cut it to size for me...).
Zippers are from Pacific Trimming.
Changing the slipcovers spurred us on to reconfigure the living and dining room areas. I'm definitely in the mood to continue to change up the house...