New clothes for old and Misfits box

Today, before I got up, I was thinking about what to wear, fancied the jacket I'd altered from a sweatshirt, then realized I'd cut it months ago, but not finished the fronts.

So a search for some form of edging ensued, I found this, which a knitting friend tells me is blanket edging satin, works fine for my purpose.

So breakfast was about stitching.

I found I didn't like the top corners of the fronts, so I altered them to work this way, and I like it fine now.

Wore it to my knitting group this afternoon, in fact. I'll see, after I wear it a time or two, if I want to remove the cuffs and edge the sleeves, too, with a narrow band of ribbon.

This is a different project from the denim vest and sashiko stitching, which was yesterday's adventure.

Here's the back (the front will be occupied by pockets with sparkle, no need for more) and the French curves I used to draw around. The pen marks will vanish with heat.

Then I stitched around the shapes, white several-ply thread on the faded denim. It looks subtle and as if it's always been there. I like this effect.

And I really loved working with a hoop again. It's been a while. When I put in the lining, I may run white topstitching in sashiko around the perimeter.  

Food happened, too, fish and chips! 

Cod baked in seasoned panko, roast yellow potato fries, vinegar on. As soon as the curry leaves touched the hot food, the scent was amazing. I also had an amazing burst of energy after this meal. In fact I attribute the sashiko stitching to it.

Today I had another section of cod for lunch, chunked and added to a bowl of curried cauliflower soup, turning it into kind of fish stew, and very good it was.

When I got home from knitting group, fun as always, after returning the orchid to next door and pruning the massive fiddle leaf fig, which was brushing the ceiling, while I was there, my Misfits box arrived.

Just as well, since several items, the salad, blueberries and chocolate chips, were part of the supper I'd planned. To be exact, tuna and chickpea and green salad, heavy fish motif around here, then blueberries and chocolate chips over plain yogurt.

I hope to finish that second sock this weekend, do the finishing, then mail off the current four pairs to Knitting Ministry HQ.

Many marches tomorrow to protest the danger to Roe v Wade. My state has declared we will not work with any demands from non abortion states to penalize anyone coming here from out of state for health care. No extradition, no penalty, no putting people in danger. 

It's ridiculous that a person can be a full citizen in one state and a deprived felon in another for the same actions. People who say the states should decide don't grasp the principle of human rights. Your rights shouldn't depend on your address.

 Fight on, be like Ukraine! Happy day, too. We can do both.