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Keeping Busy
Oct. 21st, 2016 11:46 amLife has been busy lately so there hasn't been much sewing lately. Since half of my son's class at school seems to have had their birthdays in the last month and I sometimes run out of reading material on the bus in the afternoons, there has been reasonable knitting progress. The gold part of the pineapple is now 75% complete. In one of my few free evenings lately, I joined on the new spool of cord, which always feels like an accomplishment, particularly when beads need to be transferred from the old spool to the new one.
I'm not sure I'll do the full eight repeats of the pattern. I'm going to evaluate after every half repeat whether I think it's time to switch to the green.
I also decided to redo the pom-poms on the rigolette, and I'm glad I did. It looks tidier now, which would probably be appreciated in the period. No pictures yet, I'm afraid, but I intend to get some soon, and I want to get them on myself rather than a Styrofoam head. Maybe I'll get some free time tonight.
Now that I haven't worked on my 1897 dress in more than a week, I think the odds of finishing it for Dickens on the Strand are dwindling. I began to suspect last week that it wouldn't be finished in time; now I highly doubt that it will be finished in time. I just don't see having time to sew something on the order of forty yards of trim on it, and I found when I last tried it on that the skirt needs to be lined so I have to disassemble the skirt, at least partially. Oh, well, it's not like I don't have other things to wear and won't find something to wear this to eventually.
I'm not sure I'll do the full eight repeats of the pattern. I'm going to evaluate after every half repeat whether I think it's time to switch to the green.
I also decided to redo the pom-poms on the rigolette, and I'm glad I did. It looks tidier now, which would probably be appreciated in the period. No pictures yet, I'm afraid, but I intend to get some soon, and I want to get them on myself rather than a Styrofoam head. Maybe I'll get some free time tonight.
Now that I haven't worked on my 1897 dress in more than a week, I think the odds of finishing it for Dickens on the Strand are dwindling. I began to suspect last week that it wouldn't be finished in time; now I highly doubt that it will be finished in time. I just don't see having time to sew something on the order of forty yards of trim on it, and I found when I last tried it on that the skirt needs to be lined so I have to disassemble the skirt, at least partially. Oh, well, it's not like I don't have other things to wear and won't find something to wear this to eventually.
