September 2018 Projects

The August List

• Tack layers for Bananabella's Christmas present
• Complete main motif for Bananabella's Christmas present
• Finish 'Emerald Pools' singles
• Ply 'Emerald Pools'
• Spin and ply remaining black alpaca
• Finish swatching for Kaw Valley Watershed sweater
• Add pockets to blue summer skirt
• Add pockets to pink summer skirt
• Start Mum's Christmas present
• Finish and submit "Plates" to a lit mag
• Submit "The Carpet" to a lit mag
• Make sheer bird blouse
• Make Draca and Bones' Christmas presents
• Make five fabric market bags

Shhhhh, I know we're already halfway through September. It's been quite a month already.

I did finish my spinning! And started a new superfine project that will probably take me through the end of the year, unless I get wild and put other projects on hold for it. Also, instead of tacking layers, I hemmed twelve miles of Bananabella's present—the order of operations has changed a bit.

I never did get around to adding pockets to my summer skirts, so those are going to get nudged to the end of the list while I focus on finishing some cool-weather projects that'll be more immediately useful. And on getting some things knocked off the Christmas list, which is slouching toward Bethlehem in a most alarming manner.

The September List

• Complete main motif for Bananabella's Christmas present
• Spin and ply remaining black alpaca
• Finish swatching for Kaw Valley Watershed sweater
• Finish C's Christmas present
• Lengthen and hem muted teal linen skirt
• Start Mum's Christmas present
• Make sheer bird blouse
• Make Draca and Bones' Christmas presents
• Make pincushion for QPT
• Wash white Shetland fleece
• Wash grey Corriedale fleece
• Wash brown Shetland fleece lock-by-lock
• Cut pieces for wool gauze tunic
• Finish Ireland knapsack

Ambitious as always! Bananabella's present takes precedence, but I do have high hopes for progress on the Batshit Wishlist, and the fleeces have to get washed before temperatures drop too far to dry them inside. I love the sheepy smell, but it might be a touch overpowering to have 10 pounds of raw fleece crammed in my room.

At least one Christmas present will definitely get finished this month, and hopefully two or three!

And somewhere in there I'm hoping to sleep...

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