12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the things that I hoped the "100 Projects" project would do is to force entice me into finishing some of the sewing and knitting WIPS laying around.  I mean, let's face it--the idea of starting and finishing 100 projects in 365 days is a bit crazy....even for me.  While it seems to have had no impact on the knitting WIPS, this weekend I did finish
I apologize for the rather bad picture--I didn't realize it was that bad until I had already thrown the jacket into the washing machine.  I'm about 50% happy with it.  The thing is supposed to have shoulder pads, but I have really broad shoulders for a woman, so that part looks fine without them, but the sleeves are unbelievably long--and not in a way that would be fixed by shoulder pads.  In stocking feet, I am 5' 8" tall.  I don't have short arms.  In fact, I have rather long arms.  So, what Amazon tribe are the psychos at the pattern company using for models???????

Not that I'm not thrilled with finishing a project, but I was a bit disappointed to figure out that I'd only used one and a half yards of material on them.  From a space perspective, using up fleece is the best thing I can do, but it's a bit disappointing on the stash tally.  To make up for it, Theo and I started cutting out some silky pajamas for me (and yes, I do really have a thing for pajamas)
which will use up 5.5 yards of some material I bought on clearance somewhere.  Take THAT fabric tally!

On the knitting front, I've moved on to the sleeves of the cowl-neck sweater
and since it's short sleeved, I'm about an inch away from the sleeve cap shaping.  I'm trying to finish one more project before the Ravelympics begin.  I have 5 days to get there.........

Comments

RobinH said…
Huh. Maybe the sleeves are supposed to have a really wide hem so you can turn up a cuff and have the right side of the fleece showing on it? At least sleeve length is easy to adjust!

And woot! Twelve, way to go! And you're really closing in on that cowl-neck sweater too!
February 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Janet said…
Good for you Toni, nice looking jacket, sleeve length is fixable at least, lol. Love the sweater, it is turning out pretty nicely too. You are definitely on track for your 100 projects completed this year, keep up the good pace. Hmm....maybe I should challenge myself, although mine would have to include quilting the 40 some odd quilts that the tops are finished but nothing else, lol.
February 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM
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