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In Process -- September 2020

I didn't finish last month's project, and here's another one I also didn't finish
Wind/Water/Salt

Chapter 25 - 36: Need to be taken up.  
Chapter 37 - 38: Finished and posted. 
Chapter 39 - 41: Read and revised. 

Persephone (probably not its real name) 

Became suddenly unstuck around labor day not because I read a pandemic story or anything (though I did that) but because I was thinking about mobsters and psychopomps of all things. 

Short Story

The one that I worked so hard on last month, I set it aside for maybe 10 days to rethink its life, and since it wasn't quite working anyway I chose a different market with a different theme and a slightly longer target length. Then I smashed it until it met the story criteria for that market, and now it was 1750 words over length for that market too! So I took out 840 words then tried to make its character have growth. Now I think as a story it works. 

Added last month's short to that list of things worth finishing. 

Connecting

Critted 15 It all went wrong on OWW when my membership expired on Sept 1 and I didn't notice, then had to wait past labor day to get reinstated. 
Got back 8
  
Subs  2
Out there  1
Rejects  1

Knitting

Aberdeen Argyll (Martin Storey). Done. I bought ribbon to put in the hem, but I didn't need it. Finished. 
Masquerade (Louisa Harding). All the pieces except the back were at the start of the big block of colorwork above the ribbing when I started the month. I had done the big 13 rows of the back, two rows of everything else. I think this was a good strategy in terms of making sure everything had the same color changes throughout. All the pieces are done. I just have to do the side and sleeve seams and deal with about 400 loose ends (not exaggerating). 
Tee (me). It's a classic with set in sleeves, knit top down out of sock yarn. I'm below the armholes but I think I have to rip out to just below the neckline, so it's in time-out. 

I also worked on my sashiko sampler. 
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