Olympic Update – Day 6
Wow – is it really Day 7, or have I miscounted? ETA: Yup – I miscounted. Day 1 was Saturday. They don’t count the day of Opening Ceremonies.
Anyway, I finished knitting my second sleeve last night while watching the very cute American men moguls skiers. Seriously – if I had known skiers were that hot, I might have considered trying it.
So, here we are as of today:
We have a front, a back, and two sleeves! All that is left is to assemble the sweater and do the neck edging (which I think is just pick up stitches and then immediately bind them off), and then a light blocking.
I am still a little nervous about the assembly using the Patons Lacette. The mohair in it tends to make it a little grabby, and since I’m not the world’s fastest hand stitcher, it may take me a while to get this thing together. Plus, this will be the first time I have done set-in sleeves. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
If all goes really well today and tomorrow, I might even be able to wear this to see Bebe Neuwirth tomorrow night, which I had said in my original post about deciding to make this sweater, before I realized that I was off on the dates involved! Too weird.
Oh – and check out the Olympics countdown timer I snagged from the Yarn Harlot. (Over there – in the sidebar) Isn’t it fun?
February 16th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Yay! Looks great!
February 16th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Fabulous! I can’t wait to see pics of you in it. (I’ll let you know what niece #1 thinks of her Jessica purse. I’ll be starting the next one soon.)
February 16th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Very Fab indeed! Have you slept any in the last few days…inquiring minds want to know?
Can’t wait to see you model it. It is awesome! Me..I too miscalculated…I mean today should only be day 6 you mean they count the first day???
February 17th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
I think that means you got the gold medal! I can’t wait to see it modeled. Beautiful!