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In progress: August 2024

Very messy inside of an almost finished sweater.

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still need to take up comments and revise. 

Persephone (probably not its real name): Continued to think thoughts. 
Short Stories:  After posting that short story from last month onto the workshop, I picked one of those short stories I'd started and forced a plot onto it. 
Critted 5 Got back 4
Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0
Knitting
  • Cathar (self). Started month with two inches done above the armholes. Listening to audiobooks, I finished the fair isle portion, cut the steeks, and set up and knit the neckline. Just the endless finishing now.  
  • Blushing Cloud (Knitty S/S24). Started the month with (still) three inches of back done. Socks take priority. 
  • Elbrus socks (Knitty first fall 2024). Finished. 
  • Elbrus socks II. Started the first. 
  • Pole shorts (Joan McGowan-Michael). I knitted these several years ago, but the crotch was too narrow so I rarely wore them. I still had a bit of yarn so I added a couple of inches, much more reasonable now. I will wear them for pole. 

Sashiko project: Nothing. 

Ruffle skirt: Nothing. 

Purple Romper: The real problem that kept me from working on this was fear of running out of fabric. And also cutting. Feeling brave one day, I cut the sides so I could put it on, and realized it wasn't that bad, but that still I didn't really have enough hip room. I devised a plan to fix that, but unfortunately it didn't involve actually understanding how sewing is different from knitting so I'm not entirely happy. Maybe I can cover the worst bits with patch pockets? 

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