Materials:

I have now bought a meter of floral cotton for the long vest top / dress. Also i bought half a meter of elastic material for the body-con skirt. I need to buy some fabric for the crop top and some material for the shorts.

Progress

I have finished the back of the jumper now i need to repeat the same steps to make the front.

Festival look jumper:

Today I have seen both my grannies and they have helped me to improved my knitting skills. I have now learnt how to hold the needles in the proper way which enables me to increase my speed. I also now am able to do all the stitches needed to make the jumper. So far I have almost finished the back of the jumper. I did a quite a bit of knitting on holiday and some today. My confidence in following patterns has increased and now I can carry on by myself and aim to finish it before school starts. For the other items of clothing i need to buy the fabrics so i will have a look online to see if there is a website i can buy it from. If not then I'll go to the John Lewis in Central London but it does not have much choice and is expensive. For the sewing machine a family friend has allowed me to borough hers.

The materials:

Yesterday I went to John Lewis planning to buy all the materials I needed. Firstly I went to the wool section to find out the particular wool needed was not there so i bought a similar one which hopefully will do the job. Then i discovered that the John Lewis in Brent Cross does not sell any fabrics so i shall have to hunt else where to find what i need. I started knitting the jumper today even though in my plan it is not necessary to start yet I thought I would get a head start. So this morning I went to visit my grandma to learn how to do the purl stitch and now I can do it by myself and if I have time while I am away i will make some more of the jumper.

Achievements and aims:

Here is the vest I made before I went away. Although I would never wear this out there are not too many holes in it and it fits relatively well. From doing this practice piece I will go on to knit something better for my actual clothing range.

I have got a knitting pattern for a festival look jumper and i have got the right sized needles. I still need to buy wool and other materials that will be needed for the other clothing items. I will aim to have every thing bought by Sunday.