Either way, it was a beautiful day yesterday, and I managed to get most of my "real" work done in time to put some time in on these projects that have been hanging around for way too long. Inspired by the lovely weather, and to be honest, by wanting to be able to post here "I finished it!"
Well, nothing's finished, but I did work quite a while on the beledi dress, so that the seams that had been ripped apart for expansion have had the panels inserted and it now absolutely fits. I re-applied the trim along the edges, too, so now you can hardly tell that it's been altered. Well, you can tell ... but it sorta looks like it was made that way in the first place. Amazing. Now I just need to lengthen it along the bottom of the dress. Since there is a front and back panel, and I've finished the front panel (to my satisfaction, but not really a fantastic job), I'm practically done! I ought to have pushed on and finished the back panel, but to be honest, I was losing my patience with the whole thing, so decided to do the dishes instead.
As for the recycled sari silk purse, I've progressed a bit on that, as well. Actually, I was nearly done last night until I realized that I did it all wrong, and had to undo all my work of the past two days. A word about the yarn: I don't mind that each ball of yarn was wildly different colors, but I do mind that the spun quality was vastly different. It was as though one ball was composed of only VERY short, frayed strands, so it came apart easily, and makes the yarn look really fuzzy. The other ball had a very smooth, tight twist to it, so that the knitted result was also smooth and tight. It was also much easier to work with, because it didn't unravel, or get tangled in itself as much. I was pretty disappointed in that, and if I was making anything but a purse, I'd probably have returned it for something else.
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