Sewing Crochet

I'm still working on that crazy ever expanding crochet skirt. So it seems that the Knit Picks Shine Sport yarn was too thick. I know I'm a loose knitter, ha! And I guess I'm a loose crocheter too. I didn't feel like frogging the skirt again, so I'm going to finish crocheting the body, machine sew down the sides to the size I want, then add the edging and zipper

I'm using a subtle zig zag stitch to sew the skirt. This will keep the stretch inherent in the yarn. Then I'll sew another straight stitch 1/2" away and trim closely to minimize bulk and unraveling. At least my sewing machine will get some action. I rarely take it, out except for work, and I try to let other people use it. I also have the perfect color blue thread...


...Tada, I did it.

Here's the seam on the outside. It's not that wonky in real life.


Here's the inside seam. This is hard to see in the picture. The seam folds to the right.

So now I have like 5 balls of yarn left. I'll probably have 1 left of the shiny yarn. Don't you hate when you have too much yarn left over? Not just one ball, but many. Don't know what else to make yet. Maybe I'll bring it to the yarn swap next month. Don't know...

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