Thursday, September 18, 2014

A Stitcher's Wardrobe: Undershirt



Hunting season is here. Behold my blaze orange undershirt, a Dharma Trading Company bias cut silk camisole. I had worn it many times as a plain white undergarment.  I guess this project can be called a refashion.



I had some dyeing still left in me when I arrived home from Fiber College -- wait, who am I kidding? I could dye all day long. As I was unpacking my supplies I threw this in a Mason Jar with the golden orange I was craving, shook it, steamed it twenty minutes, rinsed, done.


So yes, my underwear is bright, but that's just between you and me. I am going to wear it like this until I tire of the color and then I can over-dye it.

Thanks for all the well wishes, Friends. My cataracts are gone and I am styling two new intraocular lens implants. I choked up a little after acing my eye exam -- I have not been able to read an eye chart without assistance since the third grade. Then I made that awful convulsing sound because I was embarrassed about losing my composure. Then I couldn't read the chart ...

8 comments:

Thea said...

I love the shirt and am so happy that both your eyes work now. We can spot sharks from far away next summer.... xo

Ellen Mason said...

And plankton -- I'll be able to see that too. And maybe my skeeball will improve?

Kristy said...

Speaking of plankton, do you ever get paranoid about seeing "floaters" where there ought not to be things? Do you know what I'm talking about? Just thought I'd ask, you know, one crafty legally blind chick to another (former) one...

The shirt is gorgeous. Tori Amos has a song called "Orange Knickers".

Kirsten said...

Love the orange undershit!
So happy to hear that everything went so well with your eyes.

Manise said...

What a beautiful orange over dye! Glad you can really see now. :-)

Mary Lou said...

Wow, such good news. Do you need middle aged eye reading glasses?

And that camisole looks like hunting season wear for sure. In really warm climate.

Ellen Mason said...

Kristy, I do see floaters -- I think many of us do, and also flashes and voids sometimes. Can one "see" a void?

Now I am wanting orange knickers.

Ellen Mason said...

ML, I do need reading glasses, but that is because my prescription limited me to one style of lens. Some folks can get lenses that require no glasses at all after surgery!