Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy. It’s a joke until you do the maths. Eight complete sweaters-worths of yarn in DK and fingering weight alone, not counting the oddballs, the luxury fibre, or the container of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/jamieson--smith-2ply-jumper-weight">2-ply jumper weight</a> — one 25g ball of every single colour Jamieson & Smith make. (Shut up. That was for research.)The stash stopped being weight when it got a job. Three questions — what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — and a capsule of twenty garments across five categories. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/ghost-in-the-orchard">Ghost in the Apple Orchard</a>, the red tweed vest from Episode 1, is done. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/big-love">Big Love</a>, the soft teal cardigan, needs its bind off. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/de-rerum-natura-gilliatt">Gilliatt</a> is on the last ball. The next knit — a December-not-Christmas jumper in claret <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stonehedge-fiber-mill-shepherds-wool-worsted">Shepherd’s Wool Worsted</a> — came from the stash, not the shop, because the plan said claret and the stash had claret.Enough is not a number. It’s a relationship between what you have and what you’re making.To Be of Use, the audio piece from A Knitter’s Manifesto, is what a garment’s full life sounds like — from the making through the wearing to the mending. Sound design by <a target="_blank" href="https://knitsonik.com/">Dr Felicity Ford</a>.FURTHER READING* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism">Max Weber on consumerism / acquisition as virtue</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=Fewer+Better+Things+Glenn+Adamson">Glenn Adamson, Fewer, Better Things</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing">Moral licensing as the mechanism by which an ethical act becomes permission for more consumption</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingei">Yanagi / mingei and the beauty of use</a>MUSIC* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/drop-of-rain-acoustic/114408">Drop of Rain (Acoustic) — Instrumental </a>by sød ven* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/fly/65612">Fly</a> by Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy. It’s a joke until you do the maths. Eight complete sweaters-worths of yarn in DK and fingering weight alone, not counting the oddballs, the luxury fibre, or the container of 2-ply jumper weight — one 25g ball of every single colour Jamieson & Smith make. (Shut up. That was for research.) The stash stopped being weight when it got a job. Three questions — what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — and a capsule of twenty garments across five categories. Ghost in the Apple Orchard, the red tweed vest from Episode 1, is done. Big Love, the soft teal cardigan, needs its bind off. Gilliatt is on the last ball. The next knit — a December-not-Christmas jumper in claret Shepherd’s Wool Worsted — came from the stash, not the shop, because the plan said claret and the stash had claret. Enough is not a number. It’s a relationship between what you have and what you’re making. To Be of Use, the audio piece from A Knitter’s Manifesto, is what a garment’s full life sounds like — from the making through the wearing to the mending. Sound design by Dr Felicity Ford. FURTHER READING * Max Weber on consumerism / acquisition as virtue * Glenn Adamson, Fewer, Better Things * Moral licensing as the mechanism by which an ethical act becomes permission for more consumption * Yanagi / mingei and the beauty of use MUSIC * Drop of Rain (Acoustic) — Instrumental by sød ven * Fly by Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors Get full access to Brenda Dayne at brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe

Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy. It’s a joke until you do the maths. Eight complete sweaters-worths of yarn in DK and fingering weight alone, not counting the oddballs, the luxury fibre, or the container of <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/jamieson--smith-2ply-jumper-weight" rel="noopener noreferrer">2-ply jumper weight</a> — one 25g ball of every single colour Jamieson &amp; Smith make. (Shut up. That was for research.)The stash stopped being weight when it got a job. Three questions — what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — and a capsule of twenty garments across five categories. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/ghost-in-the-orchard" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ghost in the Apple Orchard</a>, the red tweed vest from Episode 1, is done. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/big-love" rel="noopener noreferrer">Big Love</a>, the soft teal cardigan, needs its bind off. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/de-rerum-natura-gilliatt" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gilliatt</a> is on the last ball. The next knit — a December-not-Christmas jumper in claret <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stonehedge-fiber-mill-shepherds-wool-worsted" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shepherd’s Wool Worsted</a> — came from the stash, not the shop, because the plan said claret and the stash had claret.Enough is not a number. It’s a relationship between what you have and what you’re making.To Be of Use, the audio piece from A Knitter’s Manifesto, is what a garment’s full life sounds like — from the making through the wearing to the mending. Sound design by <a href="https://knitsonik.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr Felicity Ford</a>.FURTHER READING* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism" rel="noopener noreferrer">Max Weber on consumerism / acquisition as virtue</a>* <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=Fewer+Better+Things+Glenn+Adamson" rel="noopener noreferrer">Glenn Adamson, Fewer, Better Things</a>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moral licensing as the mechanism by which an ethical act becomes permission for more consumption</a>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingei" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yanagi / mingei and the beauty of use</a>MUSIC* <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/drop-of-rain-acoustic/114408" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drop of Rain (Acoustic) — Instrumental </a>by sød ven* <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/fly/65612" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fly</a> by Drew Holcomb &amp; the Neighbors Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="noopener noreferrer">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

214 Enough

<a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinted">Vinted</a> used to feel like the internet version of a Naked Lady party: somebody else’s wrong thing becoming exactly what you needed, for a fiver and postage. Then the pro sellers arrived, the charity-shop stock moved online, and resale started to look less like an exit from fast fashion than another room inside it. A 2025 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-19089-1">Yale study</a> found the catch: people who buy second hand frequently also buy more new clothing.So low impact gets practical. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/ghost-in-the-orchard">Ghost in the Apple Orchard</a>, Brenda’s red vest, is yarn on its third life. Two cream Vinted blouses become responsibility rather than regret, with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782218753/the-re-fashion-wardrobe">Portia Lawrie’s </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782218753/the-re-fashion-wardrobe">Re:Fashion Wardrobe</a> as permission to look harder at what is already here: one blouse pointing toward the <a target="_blank" href="https://grainlinestudio.com/collections/reed-skirt">Reed Skirt</a>, the other rescued with £3.20 of <a target="_blank" href="https://fyberspates.com/gleem-lace">Fyberspates Gleem</a> and a willingness to outwit bad quality control.The larger cost is still there. <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Plaza_collapse">Rana Plaza</a> is not the hook, but it is the floor under the argument. Low impact is not purity, and it is not an escape route. It is attention: what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — where did this come from, and who paid for it?FURTHER READING* <a target="_blank" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/only-the-clothes-on-her-back-9780197568576">Laura Edwards, </a><a target="_blank" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/only-the-clothes-on-her-back-9780197568576">Only the Clothes on Her Back</a>Music: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/back-to-you/97383">Story, by Abigail Osborn</a> Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Vinted used to feel like the internet version of a Naked Lady party: somebody else’s wrong thing becoming exactly what you needed, for a fiver and postage. Then the pro sellers arrived, the charity-shop stock moved online, and resale started to look less like an exit from fast fashion than another room inside it. A 2025 Yale study found the catch: people who buy second hand frequently also buy more new clothing. So low impact gets practical. Ghost in the Apple Orchard, Brenda’s red vest, is yarn on its third life. Two cream Vinted blouses become responsibility rather than regret, with Portia Lawrie’s Re:Fashion Wardrobe as permission to look harder at what is already here: one blouse pointing toward the Reed Skirt, the other rescued with £3.20 of Fyberspates Gleem and a willingness to outwit bad quality control. The larger cost is still there. Rana Plaza is not the hook, but it is the floor under the argument. Low impact is not purity, and it is not an escape route. It is attention: what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — where did this come from, and who paid for it? FURTHER READING * Laura Edwards, Only the Clothes on Her Back Music: Story, by Abigail Osborn Get full access to Brenda Dayne at brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinted" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vinted</a> used to feel like the internet version of a Naked Lady party: somebody else’s wrong thing becoming exactly what you needed, for a fiver and postage. Then the pro sellers arrived, the charity-shop stock moved online, and resale started to look less like an exit from fast fashion than another room inside it. A 2025 <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-19089-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yale study</a> found the catch: people who buy second hand frequently also buy more new clothing.So low impact gets practical. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/ghost-in-the-orchard" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ghost in the Apple Orchard</a>, Brenda’s red vest, is yarn on its third life. Two cream Vinted blouses become responsibility rather than regret, with <a href="https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782218753/the-re-fashion-wardrobe" rel="noopener noreferrer">Portia Lawrie’s </a><a href="https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782218753/the-re-fashion-wardrobe" rel="noopener noreferrer">Re:Fashion Wardrobe</a> as permission to look harder at what is already here: one blouse pointing toward the <a href="https://grainlinestudio.com/collections/reed-skirt" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reed Skirt</a>, the other rescued with £3.20 of <a href="https://fyberspates.com/gleem-lace" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fyberspates Gleem</a> and a willingness to outwit bad quality control.The larger cost is still there. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Plaza_collapse" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rana Plaza</a> is not the hook, but it is the floor under the argument. Low impact is not purity, and it is not an escape route. It is attention: what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — where did this come from, and who paid for it?FURTHER READING* <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/only-the-clothes-on-her-back-9780197568576" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laura Edwards, </a><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/only-the-clothes-on-her-back-9780197568576" rel="noopener noreferrer">Only the Clothes on Her Back</a>Music: <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/back-to-you/97383" rel="noopener noreferrer">Story, by Abigail Osborn</a> Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="noopener noreferrer">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

212 Low Impact

The quest for trousers that actually fit involved eBay-stalking vintage pattern drafting books - Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion (Helen Stanley, 1972), Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking (Dorothy Moore, 1971), Dress Pattern Designing (Natalie Bray, 1961) - a Craftsy class, and sixty hours of work that produced a toile so catastrophically wrong I couldn’t bend my knees to climb the stairs.<a target="_blank" href="https://calpatch.com/">Cal Patch</a> has spent years solving this from her studio in upstate New York - flat pattern drafting that starts with the body, not the size chart. This episode is a conversation with her about where the lightbulb turns on.The other revolution arrives by YouTube: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cgo5s8yC1I">top-down-centre-out</a>, originated by Ruth Collins and taught in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/thecrookedhem/">Stacey Taylor’s</a> free tutorial series, starts with the one thing every well-fitting pair of pants hangs on: the waistband.The <a target="_blank" href="https://merchantandmills.com/uk/the-pegs-18-28">Pegs</a> from Merchant & Mills are the making project - 1950s cut, high waist, narrowing to a turned-up cuff. The trousers aren’t finished. The method is sound.FURTHER READING* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_standard_clothing_size">The 1958 US commercial sizing standard</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/womensmeasuremen454obri">Ruth O’Brien & William Shelton’s 1941 WPA study</a> on women’s body measurements* The finding that approximately 8% of women have the hourglass proportions commercial patterns are graded for, Joy Spanabel Emery, <a target="_blank" href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=History+Paper+Pattern+Industry+Joy+Spanabel+Emery">A History of the Paper Pattern Industry</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/body-inclusivity-in-fashion-2025">The 2025 plus-size runway representation collapse</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterick_Publishing_Company">Butterick’s 1863 graded tissue paper pattern</a> - the first commercial sewing patternMusic: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/story-of-our-life-feat-roary/113328">Story of Our Lives by Tim Halperin</a> Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

The quest for trousers that actually fit involved eBay-stalking vintage pattern drafting books - Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion (Helen Stanley, 1972), Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking (Dorothy Moore, 1971), Dress Pattern Designing (Natalie Bray, 1961) - a Craftsy class, and sixty hours of work that produced a toile so catastrophically wrong I couldn’t bend my knees to climb the stairs. Cal Patch has spent years solving this from her studio in upstate New York - flat pattern drafting that starts with the body, not the size chart. This episode is a conversation with her about where the lightbulb turns on. The other revolution arrives by YouTube: top-down-centre-out, originated by Ruth Collins and taught in Stacey Taylor’s free tutorial series, starts with the one thing every well-fitting pair of pants hangs on: the waistband. The Pegs from Merchant & Mills are the making project - 1950s cut, high waist, narrowing to a turned-up cuff. The trousers aren’t finished. The method is sound. FURTHER READING * The 1958 US commercial sizing standard * Ruth O’Brien & William Shelton’s 1941 WPA study on women’s body measurements * The finding that approximately 8% of women have the hourglass proportions commercial patterns are graded for, Joy Spanabel Emery, A History of the Paper Pattern Industry * The 2025 plus-size runway representation collapse * Butterick’s 1863 graded tissue paper pattern - the first commercial sewing pattern Music: Story of Our Lives by Tim Halperin Get full access to Brenda Dayne at brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe

The quest for trousers that actually fit involved eBay-stalking vintage pattern drafting books - Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion (Helen Stanley, 1972), Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking (Dorothy Moore, 1971), Dress Pattern Designing (Natalie Bray, 1961) - a Craftsy class, and sixty hours of work that produced a toile so catastrophically wrong I couldn’t bend my knees to climb the stairs.<a href="https://calpatch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cal Patch</a> has spent years solving this from her studio in upstate New York - flat pattern drafting that starts with the body, not the size chart. This episode is a conversation with her about where the lightbulb turns on.The other revolution arrives by YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cgo5s8yC1I" rel="noopener noreferrer">top-down-centre-out</a>, originated by Ruth Collins and taught in <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecrookedhem/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stacey Taylor’s</a> free tutorial series, starts with the one thing every well-fitting pair of pants hangs on: the waistband.The <a href="https://merchantandmills.com/uk/the-pegs-18-28" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pegs</a> from Merchant &amp; Mills are the making project - 1950s cut, high waist, narrowing to a turned-up cuff. The trousers aren’t finished. The method is sound.FURTHER READING* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_standard_clothing_size" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 1958 US commercial sizing standard</a>* <a href="https://archive.org/details/womensmeasuremen454obri" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ruth O’Brien &amp; William Shelton’s 1941 WPA study</a> on women’s body measurements* The finding that approximately 8% of women have the hourglass proportions commercial patterns are graded for, Joy Spanabel Emery, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=History+Paper+Pattern+Industry+Joy+Spanabel+Emery" rel="noopener noreferrer">A History of the Paper Pattern Industry</a>* <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/body-inclusivity-in-fashion-2025" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 2025 plus-size runway representation collapse</a>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterick_Publishing_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer">Butterick’s 1863 graded tissue paper pattern</a> - the first commercial sewing patternMusic: <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/story-of-our-life-feat-roary/113328" rel="noopener noreferrer">Story of Our Lives by Tim Halperin</a> Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="noopener noreferrer">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

213 Fit

The mirror didn’t care what I thought should be there. Steroids, weight, a body that changed without permission — none of that was the real difficulty. The difficulty was the gap: the distance between what the mirror showed and what I expected to see by now. That gap is where getting dressed stops being getting dressed and starts being negotiation.<a target="_blank" href="https://truestyle.substack.com/p/how-to-hide">Lakyn Carlton</a> calls it expertise — knowing to the millimetre what hides and what shows, and choosing. The fitted answer is the <a target="_blank" href="https://bellalovespatterns.com/products/leo-shirt-pdf-sewing-pattern">Leo</a> from Bella Loves Patterns, cut in a red cross-grain pinstripe cotton lawn from <a target="_blank" href="https://srharrisfabric.com/">SR Harris</a>: stand collar, full placket, a shirt that reads as authority. Narrow shoulders shift the armscye out of place — Sandra Betzina’s <a target="_blank" href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=Fast+Fit+Sandra+Betzina">Fast Fit</a> fixes it at the shoulder line. One alteration. Everything else follows.The unfitted answer is the <a target="_blank" href="https://closetcorepatterns.com/products/jenna-button-up-shirt-shirtdress-pattern">Jenna</a> in autumn-coloured linen — volume as architecture, not surrender. Three trousers handle the lower half: the <a target="_blank" href="https://closetcorepatterns.com/products/mitchell-trousers-pattern">Mitchell</a> for the long line, the <a target="_blank" href="https://bellalovespatterns.com/products/billy-trousers-pdf-sewing-pattern">Billy</a> in grey crinkle linen from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.misan.co.uk/">Misan</a> for the days that want movement, the <a target="_blank" href="https://merchantandmills.com/uk/the-pegs">Pegs</a> from episode two, nearly finished, for the proof of concept. On top, the <a target="_blank" href="https://papertheorypatterns.com/products/olya-shirt-shirt-dress-pdf-pattern">Olya</a> from Paper Theory in mustard geometric — the coordination layer. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/big-love">Big Love</a>, the teal cardigan, tones with everything. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/frigg-5">charcoal sweater’s replacement</a> is coming; knitters do that.Knowing exactly what you need is not denial — it’s craft applied to the specific problem of getting dressed in a body that changed.MUSIC* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/evergreen/93065">Evergreen — Instrumental</a>, by UPPLAND* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/is-what-it-is/80705">Is What It Is</a>, by Judah & the Lion Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

The mirror didn’t care what I thought should be there. Steroids, weight, a body that changed without permission — none of that was the real difficulty. The difficulty was the gap: the distance between what the mirror showed and what I expected to see by now. That gap is where getting dressed stops being getting dressed and starts being negotiation. Lakyn Carlton calls it expertise — knowing to the millimetre what hides and what shows, and choosing. The fitted answer is the Leo from Bella Loves Patterns, cut in a red cross-grain pinstripe cotton lawn from SR Harris: stand collar, full placket, a shirt that reads as authority. Narrow shoulders shift the armscye out of place — Sandra Betzina’s Fast Fit fixes it at the shoulder line. One alteration. Everything else follows. The unfitted answer is the Jenna in autumn-coloured linen — volume as architecture, not surrender. Three trousers handle the lower half: the Mitchell for the long line, the Billy in grey crinkle linen from Misan for the days that want movement, the Pegs from episode two, nearly finished, for the proof of concept. On top, the Olya from Paper Theory in mustard geometric — the coordination layer. Big Love, the teal cardigan, tones with everything. The charcoal sweater’s replacement is coming; knitters do that. Knowing exactly what you need is not denial — it’s craft applied to the specific problem of getting dressed in a body that changed. MUSIC * Evergreen — Instrumental, by UPPLAND * Is What It Is, by Judah & the Lion Get full access to Brenda Dayne at brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe

The mirror didn’t care what I thought should be there. Steroids, weight, a body that changed without permission — none of that was the real difficulty. The difficulty was the gap: the distance between what the mirror showed and what I expected to see by now. That gap is where getting dressed stops being getting dressed and starts being negotiation.<a href="https://truestyle.substack.com/p/how-to-hide" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lakyn Carlton</a> calls it expertise — knowing to the millimetre what hides and what shows, and choosing. The fitted answer is the <a href="https://bellalovespatterns.com/products/leo-shirt-pdf-sewing-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leo</a> from Bella Loves Patterns, cut in a red cross-grain pinstripe cotton lawn from <a href="https://srharrisfabric.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SR Harris</a>: stand collar, full placket, a shirt that reads as authority. Narrow shoulders shift the armscye out of place — Sandra Betzina’s <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/search?keywords=Fast+Fit+Sandra+Betzina" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fast Fit</a> fixes it at the shoulder line. One alteration. Everything else follows.The unfitted answer is the <a href="https://closetcorepatterns.com/products/jenna-button-up-shirt-shirtdress-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jenna</a> in autumn-coloured linen — volume as architecture, not surrender. Three trousers handle the lower half: the <a href="https://closetcorepatterns.com/products/mitchell-trousers-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mitchell</a> for the long line, the <a href="https://bellalovespatterns.com/products/billy-trousers-pdf-sewing-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Billy</a> in grey crinkle linen from <a href="https://www.misan.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Misan</a> for the days that want movement, the <a href="https://merchantandmills.com/uk/the-pegs" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pegs</a> from episode two, nearly finished, for the proof of concept. On top, the <a href="https://papertheorypatterns.com/products/olya-shirt-shirt-dress-pdf-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olya</a> from Paper Theory in mustard geometric — the coordination layer. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/big-love" rel="noopener noreferrer">Big Love</a>, the teal cardigan, tones with everything. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/frigg-5" rel="noopener noreferrer">charcoal sweater’s replacement</a> is coming; knitters do that.Knowing exactly what you need is not denial — it’s craft applied to the specific problem of getting dressed in a body that changed.MUSIC* <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/evergreen/93065" rel="noopener noreferrer">Evergreen — Instrumental</a>, by UPPLAND* <a href="https://www.musicbed.com/songs/is-what-it-is/80705" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is What It Is</a>, by Judah &amp; the Lion Get full access to Brenda Dayne at <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="noopener noreferrer">brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe</a>

215 Ease

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Episode 132: Epic Bind Off

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Episode 131: And the knitting is easy

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Episode 130: Coming Home

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Episode 129: Carcast

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Episode 128: Clifford Byway

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Episode 127: Is This Thing On

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Episode 126: Bedcast

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Episode 125: My own private Oregon

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Episode 124: A little wired

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Episode 123: Dances with wool (again)

Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world. <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">brendadayne.substack.com</a>

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Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world. brendadayne.substack.com

Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world. <a href="https://brendadayne.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">brendadayne.substack.com</a>

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