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WIP Wednesday

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Pictureless post.

I ripped out the Fetching mitts a few weeks ago when I ran out of yarn and started them on Monday.  I’m ready to bind off the first one then start the second one.

I figured out why I ran out of yarn even though I had more then the recommended amount.  I repeated a cable section.  Yep, that would do it.

I’m not going to promise pictures as I don’t always come through.

Speaking of which…I did repair and finally finish the dresses for E&Z while I was at their house last week.  I did not get pictures of the dresses, E&Z, or E&Z modeling said dresses.  By the time everything fell into place, it was too late for a photo shoot.  I had to leave early the next morning for the second part of my trip to Zanesville.  Perhaps my daughter will take some pictures for me.

And there was knitting in Zanesville!

Roll call

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Hey, I’m back!  More on my week off later.  I wanted to share this with you today.

I received these from my sister last week.  Not sure where they traveled to as she mailed them on July 1.  They arrived at my house on July 12 which is only 185 miles away.

This is what I was using for double points and regular straight needles:

Pitiful.

Details of my new needle rolls:

Do I have the BEST sister?!

Thank you, Jude!

Breathing again

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Thank you for all your comments, emails, text messages and phone calls.  In case you missed my recent disaster, you can read about it here.

BTW it was only one dress that got shredded.  A few people thought both dresses got eaten.

Jude’s (Happy Birthday, Jude!) comments:

What the “H” happened?  Somehow the dresses got to close to the big eater…and it gobbled them up.  How did you even manage to get them out??????  You could have lost an arm trying!  I am so sorry!!!!  You probably did a really good job on them and took special care and pressed every seam as you sewed.  This is a nightmare you can not wake up from!  Will you have to redo the entire back????? Will you have to get more material???????  BTW…any wine left in that bottle????

To answer her questions/comments:

  1. The paper shredder is right next to the table I was using to display the dresses.  A pile of newspapers was on the table so I moved closer to the shredder side to avoid to possibility of ink rubbing off onto the dresses.  The simple truth is that I’m old enough to know better than to tempt fate (or shredders) and should have turned the paper shredder off myself before I got the dresses out.  Period.  The complex truth is that I’m a dumbass and full of pride so I didn’t think anything bad could happen.  We all know how that turned out.  Pride lost.
  2. I held on to the dress for dear life and managed to pull it back out.  Adrenalin, baby.  The “reverse” button was right next to my hand but I didn’t think to press it.  I probably could have picked up my car with one hand with the strength it took to yank the dress out.
  3. I ALWAYS take special care when I sew.  I hate to rip out any kind of stitching be it sewing, knitting, cross-stitch, or embroidery.  And yes, I did press every seam as I sewed!
  4. After work (and dinner with Mr. Aitch) I stopped by the local Joann Fabric and guess what?  They still had the same fabric for the dress AND it was 60% off so I bought enough to redo the back.  Sometimes it is easier to start over than to repair.  Actually I’m keeping the original front.   I can still use the unshredded part for some other project so it’s not going to be wasted.
  5. No wine but I had a beer with dinner.  Does that count?

One person told me I should have done bodily harm to the person who left the shredder turned on.  That would have just made another mess to clean up.

I will post pictures of the dresses when they are finished.  Buttons, matching bloomers and everything.  I promise.

Remember this picture of the yarn for my secret knitting project?

Blurry iPhone photo

I have finished the knitting part of my secret knitting project and have less than one yard left of the red yarn.  Cutting it close, heh?  But I still have to do the finishing.  That part always takes me so l-o-n-g.   I really hope to get that finished soon.

Almost finished…

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The dresses are almost finished.  I have had some hand sewing and the buttonholes and buttons left to do.  Or maybe I’ll do some other type of closure.

Side 1

Still side 1

Side 2

I really like them.  And I brought them to work to show one of my co-workers.

Then something bad happened.

Really bad.

Have you ever had something so disastrous and incredible happen that you can’t believe it is true?  No one died but something got very damaged.  Shredded to be exact.

This thing is the size of a washing machine!

Zoom in to see the name.

This sucker is heavy-duty.  It’s not called “DestroyIt” for nothing.

And I was standing next to it when I was showing the dresses to my coworker.  Why was this beast turned on in the first place?  I don’t know.

Shocking

More shocking

It’s just the back.  “Just the back” she says.

I can repair it.

I think.

Right now I just want to throw up, cry, and go home.