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March 08, 2005
Time to renegotiate the terms
Sorry kids, but I'm just not going to have all those things finished by March 20th (you all knew that from the start, right?). Please don't roast me. I'm not a total failure, look:
I finished this skirt; all it needs are some i-cord belt loops so I can wear my belt with it. To recap: I took a secondhand acrylic sweater that fit like shite and cut it off under the arms, unravelled a sleeve and used the yarn to make a deep ribbed waistband. It looks pretty cute on; after the beltloops are on I'll have Pete take a picture of it in action.
Here's the finished back and two fronts of the Must Have:
You might not be able to see it in the photo, but I miscrossed the braid cable on the left front, way down about 5 inches from the bottom. So it'll be more than just a trip to sleeve island to finish this; I'll have to drop those nine stitches all the way down and recross the cable all the way back up. Yawn.
I also worked to the waist on the top down raglan t-shirt and bound off, only to discover that it's pretty much a total write-off: the body is too baggy and I want the neck to be bigger. It needs to be completely redone, so it's officially off the WIP Challenge list for now. After I finish my revised WIP list I'll allow myself to start a few things, and set a new deadline for finishing the things I'm dropping.
Also off the list are the green skirt and Evening Diamonds. The top I still intend to finish for summer and the skirt for fall.
The main reason I've decided to go back on my word and disappoint you all (other than the fact that I was crazy to make such promises to begin with)? This arrived yesterday:
A box of yarn! Am I going to show you the yarn? No way, it's a surprise. I've had a design accepted for a book, and a real deadline has to come ahead of my arbitrary one. The written pattern is due on the same day as submissions for Summer Knitty. So I have to start this now, and I should also start Peter's birthday sweater so that it's done in time for his birthday and for Knitty.
So. I'm still going to try to finish the rest of the things on my list, and won't be starting anything other than these two projects until my list is complete (I'm pushing the deadline back a bit, though). Here are the new, more reasonable terms for my WIP Challenge:
By March 31st I will finish the following things:
1. Must Have Cardigan
2. Girl from Auntie funnel top
3. granny square satchel
4. sassy red skirt (which needs to be unravelled right down to the crocheted part and redone)
During this time I will also work on two other projects:
1. Knitting, writing up and making charts for super-secret book pattern
2. Peter's birthday sweater, deadline April 9th, needs to be charted and written up by April 15th
But I won't be starting anything new.
I got something else done today that's been on my to-do list for a little while: look over there in the sidebar, there's a link to my new reader gallery! In there are all the finished Mariahs I've gotten permission to post so far (I know Michelle is reknitting hers, but I thought I'd put up the old one until the new one is finished). Does anyone else have photos I can add?
Posted by jodi at March 8, 2005 04:31 PM | categories: knit design : sticks and string
Comments
The skirt and the Must have look great! How do you undo only a few stitches in order to fix the twist of the cable? Congrats on the pattern submissions! You are going to be one busy girl!
Posted by: Jessica at March 8, 2005 05:27 PM
Hi Jodi, I tried to e-mail you after you left a comment on my blog but it bounced back. I'll have a picture as soon as I get the zipper in. I'm working on a post of my mods and would be happy for you to link to it. Hopefully I'll get it up by tomorrow. Thanks for such a great pattern, I have really enjoyed it!
Posted by: Emily at March 8, 2005 06:41 PM
The skirt and sweater look great. Congrats on the pattern submissions!
Posted by: eyeleen at March 8, 2005 09:59 PM
I'm in serious awe. Great skirt. Can't wait to see new creations.
Posted by: Lori-Ann at March 8, 2005 11:38 PM
Congratulations girl!
Posted by: Christiane at March 9, 2005 07:20 AM
Very exciting news about the pattern for the book! Can you tell us what the book is called?
I love your skirt! Can't wait to see it modeled :)
Good luck with all of your goals!
Posted by: Lolly at March 9, 2005 10:08 AM
Jodi, you naughty girl you - holding out on us with the yarn. For shame! And here you led us along - making us think you were all fast and loose with all your projects on the side - only to go and get all secretative with the yarn.
Side bar looks great - how did you get all those headers? Do you just add them in in the same spot where you put your links?
Posted by: Kyla at March 9, 2005 10:41 AM
Congrats on that design! I can't wait to see it.
The skirt looks awesome. What do you pair it with? I bet it's fun to accessorize.
Posted by: Becky at March 9, 2005 12:38 PM
Dude, I wish my Must Have was orange. Good luck with your deadlines. And *psst!* Just between you and me, I cast on for Mariah last night...
Posted by: alison at March 9, 2005 10:17 PM
Wow, you are an ambitious knitter. Can't wait to see your designs you're submitting!
heide
Posted by: heide at March 12, 2005 09:34 AM