First there was the community afghan. 30 squares made by pals from all over for a dear friend whose health has been, well, challenged recently. Pix of that when she gets it as I don't want to spoil the surprise. All Koigu. All different. All stunning. I put it together and did the edging. Looks like stained glass.
Then... finished a crocheted skirt. Yup. Crocheted. I was inspired by the one in SnB Happy Hooker, but changed the edging. The solid part is half double crochet, and the edging is deep, so there's serious peekaboo but not the trashy kind. Pix up when I find the cable connector for the camera.
It's a brown wool cotton, fingering weight, and it was what I grabbed to work on during this whole ordeal because it really was mindless for most of it. And repetitive and soothing.
I'm happy with how it fits and looks. Yesterday I hit a local fabric store and found some linen to line it with. Actually what I did was make an underskirt, a mini skirt really. The fabric was a little too hefty to put a drawstring through at the top waist part without having it bunch in a bad way around the waist. So I sewed a tube together and pleated it at the waist. No sewing machine, so it's all done by hand with the needles and extra buttons supplied in the hotel mending kit. It works fine, and gives a nice smooth silhouette under the crocheted skirt in addition to preventing that Lady Di I-see-your-legs-cuz-you're-not-wearing-a-slip look.
Today's agenda: pack and laundry.
Monday: Off to Chicago. Monday night: reunion with my 3 best friends from grammar school. We've known each other since first grade. I haven't seen them in years. Years. Years. The most recent we figured had to have been about 15 years ago, since it was before her soon to be 15 yo daughter was born. The others? Could be 25 years. Yow. But we've always had the kind of friendship that we can just pick up the phone or write and it's as if we talked the day before. I can't wait.
Tuesday: Art Institute, then meeting my best friend from high school. I haven't seen her in, well, probably 17 years or so. Ditto on the picking up the phone bit. Wednesday: More old friends, but from college. Thursday: off to Wisconsin for knitting camp.
I can't wait for all of it.
I can't wait to see the afghan. And have a great trip. Don't feel guilty about not feeling guilty--Have fun!
Publicado por: Steph | 11/07/06 en 9:50