It’s a bit of a long story how I came to have a meter of Funkifabrics’ santa hat lycra (short version: a friend wanted leggings made, then went AWOL), but I figured I needed to sew it up in December or face it taking up room in my stash for another year. So around the beginning of the month I pulled out my modified KwikSew 3636 leggings pattern and sewed myself a festive pair in about a half hour flat. This time around though, I actually remembered to add in the back pocket from my Steeplechase Leggings pattern, so I can stash my phone in there without needing to wear an armband.
I managed to get a few festive runs in them before the end of the month, and on the last pre-work run before Christmas, I paired them with my teal merino Surf to Summit top and an all-supplex Santa hat (complete with ponytail hole and hidden elastic to keep it on my head!) that I made last Christmas and ran round my usual river route taking idiotic photos just for fun!
First up were some timer shots with Tower Bridge…
…then a selfie with St Paul’s cathedral, where I managed to contort myself in order to get both hat and leggings in the same shot…
…then some more fun with the phone’s camera timer while I tried to make myself as big as the Shard!
Then I took some of my legs (and my beloved Vivobarefoot Evo Pure shoes!) going up the steps at Tower Bridge again…
…and finally a full length shot in the terrible dawn light on our deck!
There’s not much to say about the pattern or the fabric here as it’s all been said before, but I hope you all are enjoying the holidays in whatever way you prefer to celebrate! My next post will be my annual wrapup, but you’ll be seeing a lot of finished garment photos over the next few weeks as I get caught up with all the photoshoots!