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I bought three skeins of yarn for the lacy sweater. One got me through just over half the back. The front is slightly less yarn than the back, so the next skein will easily get me through that. Then the lace peplum, cuffs, crocheted (ugh) neckline and belt and belt loops (also crochet, but I doubt I'll do that. I'll try...) are left. The peplum is almost as big as the back though. It's a half inch longer than the underarm measurement (or whatever I decide) and it's wider. The pattern calls for it to be the same width, but I'm two sizes bigger on my bottom half, so I downsized the top of the pattern and am leaving the peplum the same size, or maybe even a tiny bit bigger, so it's going to be 26 to 38 stitches bigger.

So I ordered another skein. It's always so hard to tell how much you need with old patterns!

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1920s lacy sweater

koshka_the_cat

I held up the skirt pattern to me again. Floor length. I don't want to deal with taking a foot off of it, so I'm using the Melisandre/linen skirt pattern. It was exactly where I thought it was, neatly labeled 30s scalloped yoked skirt. I pinned the yoke pieces to the base, and pattern! I'm going to add a half inch to the side back pieces because the linen skirt does like to unsnap, but that's not worth a mockup.

Much easier!

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1930s blue print lawn dress

koshka_the_cat

The left shoulder on the sweater is growing, and I wound the second 450 yard hank of lace weight yarn into a ball.

The 30s dress bodice is almost done. I have to hem the sleeves and finish the neckline binding. The pattern calls for facing the sleeves, but that was too stiff.

As expected, I needed to tweak it a little once I sewed it. It's too long waisted in front and I opened the sleeve seams a little more. It's basically a kimono sleeve, but it has a seam at the top and the sleeve is open over the shoulder.

I'll do the hand sewing tonight and start the skirt tomorrow. If it gives me any trouble, I'll just use the seahorse skirt or the 30s Melisandre/linen skirt. That one does have flare that the seahorse one doesn't. I don't think it will give me issues though, even though I did notice it has straight edges where the original drawing of the layout has curves. We'll see...

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totchipanda

I got nothin' this AM. I was full-ass awake until 330 AM. I tried to sleep just after midnight, lasted 10 minutes before realizing that I was really heckin' restless and just gave up. I'll sleep when I sleep. Which was 330. I managed to drag myself to consciousness at 6:50. Heckin' tired, yo.

Hoppin' mad all day yesterday. I put one thread into the cross stitch and otherwise just let myself rot.

Thank fuck it's nearly the weekend. I have Things To Do (tm) but I can't wait to turn into a mushroom and only interact with people BY CHOICE.

koshka_the_cat

I cut out the 30s dress bodice! I hope it fits as well as the mockup did...

I also finished the back of the lacy sweater! The neckline is bound off and I'm working on the left shoulder. Of course, there's a lace peplum that's sewn on, but the body of the back is done.

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brickhousewench

I'm headed down to Jamestown, VA this weekend for Military Through the Ages.

My least favorite part of reenacting is packing all my gear into the car. This trip I'm just taking the tent (So Stephen and Shary have shade for their beer brewing demo), chairs to sit on, and my clothes.

I'm still waffling on bringing my Sutlerin gear, but I need to have something to do or talk about when I'm down there, or I get restless. I can't help cook, because they pre-cook (no idea when the judges are going to show up, so they kinda have to) and Kelly pretty much doesn't let anyone into her kitchen.

Even if I do bring the Sulterin stuff (small items that I would pretend to have for sale for the troops), it's still a fraction of what I used to pack for CTRF. It always makes me think I'm forgetting something. The car isn't overflowing? Something is wrong!

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koshka_the_cat

Even vacation days need naps. I'll start the dress tomorrow...

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naps

atherleisure

I’m halfway through the decreases for the ankle on my stocking. I’m making rapid progress, too rapid, in fact. My hand is a little sore from too much stiff knitting these last few days. I had been trying to do ten rows per day this week, but I’m going to give that up the next couple of days. I had a crazy idea I might be able to finish this stocking by Pt. Townsend, but I think that’s probably not tenable.

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koshka_the_cat

I made my sign for the next No Kings day today.

I knit a little.

I tried on my 30s dress muslin again. Maybe I'll start it tomorrow...

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brickhousewench

I was woken up at 5:40am this morning by the truck that empties the dumpster. My condo is not near either of the two dumpsters, but I heard the first being emptied, then the truck rumbled up the driveway right next to my bedroom and I heard the second being emptied.

I cannot imagine how loud it was for the buildings on either side of the dumpsters, all that bashing around. They usually show up in the middle of the day, so I'm awake when I hear them. Now I know they're loud enough to wake me up. What possessed them to arrive at o-dark-thirty I cannot guess. Bastards.

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condo,
whinging

koshka_the_cat

I bought cat toys today, and they like them!

Triple feathers on a wire and a thing with feathers that plugs in and wobbles on its own.

Sid loved the triple feathers so much that he jumped higher than I knew he could, landed on Tom and landed on and crushed a collapsible hut which I had to pop back into shape. Poppy was a fan too, if startled by his lump of a brother.

Will they still like them tomorrow? They are cats...

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kitties

brickhousewench

OMG, if you don't follow Frock Flicks, you MUST check out the video for Jane Austin's Period Drama.

Because it is HILARIOUS!

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totchipanda

Ended up booking the blood draw later on Friday, as first the clinic called to schedule another set of scans, and then my doctor's office to book a phone appointment. I was offered Monday, Wednesday... chose today just to get it over with. Sometimes technology is wonderful, my scans were already posted to my health account online, so I was able to review the report. (mumbles soemthing about how a gov't that is actively gutting health care and is basically Mini America shouldn't have access to this stuff, but public health care is great when it works, mumble mumble) Mysterious Object in Lefty Wot Can't Be Identified Immediately, scans to be booked at patient's convenience. So it's not an OMG GET BACK HERE NOW. I'm not surprised, as I always have to do the squish and an ultrasound bc my tissue is dense. If I understand the wording correct (which is of course in medical-ese) I didn't feel a darn thing lol. But the spot in Righty which is tender is there and unchanged.

Woke up Saturday with a HECKIN' sore throat, I was fine breathing but swallowing felt like eating glass. Did a couple threads of cross stitch but mostly laid around moping, playing silly games and napping. Sunday was Mucous City but being upright did calm a lot of it down, and I wasn't swallowing glass anymore. More stitching, more napping, more paying someone to bring me soup bc ahahaha no way was I gonna be able to stand up long enough to make it myself. I HAVE to sort out cat food today though, they are out of dry and will eat my eyeballs if I come home without it. The rest, we'll see.

In good news, i found the prescription for my IUD! Now I can get that ordered so I am ready for April 10th.

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atherleisure

I spent practically the whole afternoon knitting. I got to the waist on the front of my swimsuit and knit a full inch (20 rows) of my stocking. I just have five rows left before the narrowing begins. After 220 plain rows, narrowing is very exciting.

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koshka_the_cat

Spring break is so nice. But I'm so excited for cataract surgery that is just want it to be April 7th! And 21st. I'm just reminding myself to enjoy being off work!

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me,
vacations

koshka_the_cat

Amy was un town for a game board convention, so I went and we also went to dinner. So nice to see her!

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friends

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Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

atherleisure

I spent yesterday evening working on the bathing suit. I finished the front of the shorts and started the front of the skirt. I'm about halfway through the stripes at the bottom. The shorts took a little more than half a ball of yarn, and I only have three so I might need more. I'll see how far I get with the first one and then decide.

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knit vintage bathing suits

koshka_the_cat

My left eye surgery is April 7, right eye April 14. March 31 was the first available, but my retina appointment was the 27th, and that seemed close. I'm sure whatever report he sends to the surgeon will be quick, but waiting a week seems safer. And it's just a week!

I'm missing so much work this semester. Twelve days, at least. Oh well, every one has been needed. My first eye is scheduled the day after staff development day, the second one is during state testing.

I'm getting multi focal lenses inserted and will probably need reading glasses. Between surgeries, I'll wear my glasses with one lens popped out. That will be fun in middle school! Any bets on how many times I need to tell them why? ;)

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totchipanda

Boobs: Squished. Just need to book that silly blood draw now. (someone please remind me)

At home, I lazed about for a time, and right around 5pm, when I would normally be getting home, I picked up the cross stitch. I feel like I didn't do much with it even though I spent like 4 hours? Only three threads worth. IDK. I was watching The Pitt, I had a cat, I ordered in dinner, it was fine.

I wanted to go grocery shopping after, since I was already out, but I just couldn't be bothered. So I still need to do that. I will see how I feel over the next couple days, but I can't put it off too long as the cats are nearly out of food!

Do NOT want to go back to my desk next week just to have boss breathing down my neck. Theres a task she's wanted me to take over for months but she refuses to let me have it fully. I'm not pushing it bc I am planning to be out of here much sooner rather than later. Did not hear back from the other company so my search resumes anew. Again.

On Wednesday I cut out the Lucille trousers from the grey wool on the full width as indicated in the pattern. I think I have enough in yardage and offcuts to make a skirt too. So weekend plans are some chores (they need doing, alas) and some sewing, and hopefully get the fabric for K in the wash so I can get that cut out too. And a whole lot of cross stitching!

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