Project 333: Winter (ish)

I should probably say for the record that we are having our house repainted inside and out this week, so there is a LOT of chaos in the house.  We are basically confined to two rooms (my office and our bedroom) so it is kind of nuts after school.  We are also getting some functional furniture for the kids' rooms at long last (bunk beds, dressers, etc) so I'm going to be in high-organizational/furniture assembly mode for the next few weeks!  Please excuse me if I'm a little AWOL.  I made a few dresses for this rotation and some in-progress knitting that I have to blog about; I hope to get to them soon.  

I wrote about my fall rotation wrap up yesterday, so now time to talk about my winter rotation!

For those just tuning in, about 18 months ago, I started following Project 333 for my wardrobe.  The idea is that you take 33 garments and wear them for 3 months.  Some people include accessories and shoes in the 33, some don't.  The point is to live with less.  I've found it very helpful, not only to keep my wardrobe small, but to plan sewing projects that I wear a lot, and really think about what is worth spending money on for clothing and shoes, rather than just buying stuff (or fabric) here and there all the time.  I've found that about 25-27 actual garments is about right for me, and I don't count things like undershirts, jewelry, or shoes in my count (although I do rotate my most-worn jewelry from season to season and stick to between 2-4 pairs of shoes or boots per rotation).

Left: Vignette dress, gray eshakti dress, Berry Tinsel dress

Middle: red linen dress (unblogged), Folk Art canvas dress (unblogged), olive knit eshakti dress, Bluebird dress

Right: navy linen dress, vintage rayon dress, teal knit eshakti dress, Midnight Sky #2 dress (unblogged)

*not pictured: navy sapphire knit eshakti dress, garnet knit eshakti dress

My winter rotation is the one I liked the best last year, and the one that had the least changes over time.  I didn't add or change much this year, but I did find myself making changes on the fly, such that some of these photos are inaccurate (hence the cross-outs).  As I noted yesterday, I was buying my eshakti dresses shorter last year, and I don't really care to wear them at that length right now.  So the gray knit dress is out.  I did purchase two additional dresses in the longer length recently, so they will be added in when they arrive.  I'm also a little uncertain about the Vignette and Bluebird dresses.  I wore them a ton last year, but they were very early versions of my Simplicity 1080, and I'm making them differently now (especially in the sleeves and overall length), so I'll have to see how I feel in them.

Far left: burgundy wool cardigan, green Ramona cardigan, coral rose cardigan

Middle left: Geo flannel skirt, Zwei Leben denim skirt, rust cord skirt, vintage wool wrap skirt

Middle right: LLBean purple wool sweater, navy cotton pullover sweater, gray wool pullover sweater, Banana Republic cream wool cardigan

Far right: cranberry waffle henley, navy blue waffle henley, cranberry wool cowl neck sweater, bright teal blue cashmere cowl neck sweater

My winter rotation is a pretty even mix of separates and dresses, and last year, I wore everything, so I hoping this year will be no different.  As I wrote yesterday, the burgundy cardigan is not my favorite thing, but I put it away with my fall things since it really didn't go with anything in my winter rotation.  The Ramona is probably going to go to the great sweater pile in the sky after this rotation (I'll salvage the buttons, though).  

I have two sweaters on needles that I'm hoping will be finished in time to wear this rotation--the blue Clouds in my Coffee cardigan and the ruby Stoker cowl neck pullover.  I'll blog about those separately soon.  The cowl neck sweater is nearly finished--I've blocked all the pieces and just have to seam them and put on the cowl.  Probably a day or two's work.  The cardigan is coming along--I'm nearly to the point of taking the sleeves off the main needles, and then the body should move along more quickly.  

I've also got yarn to make a deep garnet colored L'Enveloppe.  I love my gray one so much, I wanted another in dark red.  The first one went pretty quickly once I put my mind to it, so hopefully this one will go fast too, once I've got it on needles.