
Cashmere and wool beret from the book Simple sewing with a French twist.
After managing to lose both my berets in less than two weeks, including my all time favorite 🙁 I found myself both cold, sad and somewhat desperate. Also I didn’t want to commit yet again to something nice store bought that I would forget on the bus in a matter of weeks. So I decided to try the beret pattern from the book Simple sewing with a French twist by the stylist Céline Dupuy.
I bought the book on a whim a couple of years ago, lured by the amazing photos and styling, but was a bit disappointed with the content, mostly because the book is more eye candy than packed with exciting projects. This beret however stood out, and now I am really glad I finally gave it a try. This beret was ridiculously easy to make and the whole project took about an hour. I have reviewed the pattern over at Pattern review. If I stick to these kinds of projects I might actually be able to update my blog with finished projects more than twice a month…
7 Comments
Christina
December 7, 2008 at 7:57 pmTres chic!
goodworks1
December 7, 2008 at 9:49 pmJohanna, You look gorgeous in that hat! Perfect color, perfect shape for your face, fabulous photo! Wow!
Elaine
luckylibbet
December 8, 2008 at 1:41 amYou’re getting quite good at fashion model poses! Your beret is superb, and your idea to leave off the stem was perfect. Very chic and very French.
Johanna
December 8, 2008 at 1:31 pmThank you all for the nice comments! As for the photo I borrowed my boyfriend’s fixed 50 mm lens and used natural daylight, which made a huge difference on the end result. I have a good system camera (Nikon D50)that I bought three years ago, but I have not really put a lot of effort in learning all the functions. So I am trying to be better at that now.
fredrik
December 8, 2008 at 10:33 pmHow beautiful!
And that hat isn’t half bad either.
Mitt briljanta jag
December 10, 2008 at 7:57 amOh, that beret is lovely! It’s the only one I think would suit me actually. Yeah you look gorgeous in that beret! Your hair is abs perfect for it.
Johanna
December 10, 2008 at 2:46 pm>>fredrik: 🙂
>>MBJ: Om du är sysugen kan jag verkligen rekommendera en sån här basker. De var verkligen busenkel att sy ihop. Plus att man ju kan variera den i oändlighet, med olika tyger och stickningar.