Me Made May Week 2 (ish)

I know I missed my Me Made May roundup last thursday. I'm going to try to make up for it today. But first the reason I've not post for a week and likely won't post this week either: I've had a stomach bug. that means that currently all of my skirts are a little too small and also food is awful and I don't want to think about it. I'm hoping I'll have my appetite back this week but for now let's just catch up with Me Made May...

Day 8 in my holden shawlette pretending to work at Stephen's office.

More socks to protect my feet from fish and penguin poo on Friday

Covered in animals (and my Emily) visiting my Dad on the Saturday.

Miss Winkle on Sunday.

Figuring out how damn difficult it is to take a picture of yourself on elbow length fingerless gloves on Monday before getting the train home.I'm so not proud that this is my best effort. My Helm's A Lee Mits.

Then on Tuesday I was sick and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I couldn't leave the house so I wouldn't pass it on.

Wednesday I wore this machine made jacket to go nowhere. I'd over-dyed it a lovely wine colour from the brown.

Cabin Fever sets in on Thursday in my Tulip top.

Me Made May 2014: Week One

Following on from last thursday...

On Fridays I volunteer at the local zoo. Sorting out food, cleaning poo off things. I come home smelling like fish so I try not to wear clothes I like. I do wear wool socks though. Inevitably my feet will get wet and the wool socks mean that they stay warm. These are the Miner's Socks. With the photo taken at the same time as my lunchbox.

TorqEat, of course, on Saturday. Tucking into my indian food in my potato printed cardigan (I didn't wear glasses when I made this. What?). I love this and wear it all the time. It's starting to fall apart now though. I should really think about making another. I think, whatever happens I will wear this until it's nothing but a thread.

On Sunday for knitting group and a walk about town I covered my shoulders with my incredibly versatile, hardly ever off my shoulders Same Thing Only Different.

Sunday I dressed for practicality again and head down to the allotment. Making things a bit more interesting, and keeping the hair out of my eyes, was the chequered headband.

A-line skirt  (this isn't the best picture of it admittedly) made to be a wear everyday kind of thing and really does get worn all the time.

And to round off the first week I wore my reconstructed teletubbies t-shirt. It's just how I roll good sir.

Me Made May '14

It's Me Made May '14 and I've pledged to take part this year. Why? Well I tend to make things, and wear them but then I forget all about having done it.

I forget that I've accomplished something. I write off my achievements. My self esteem lives and dies based on what I have in progress and when I hit a snag I'm the worst person ever. So this May I'm wearing a handmade thing (garment, accessory, whatever goes with/under my uniform...) each day to prove to myself that I've done something. Hopefully it will prove that the something I did was pretty awsome.

I'll post the recaps each Thursday and here's the first:

May 1st: Freewheelin'. Unfortunately gets left in the wardrobe a lot because the colour makes me self conscious. I wore it today and I was the brightest person in the coffee shop. Standing out isn't always a bad thing.