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Because I've been lax.

I knit up these cute little garter stitch elephants for a coworker's new nephew.

And the edge of another shawl/wrap/scarf that I knit for myself. It's the Bitteroot pattern from Knitty out of some lovely alpaca yarn that Sandy and Derrick brought me from upstate NY.

The alpaca is all warm and soft, the beads aren't as noticeable in the finished product as they look here. They're subtle. It's a little sheddy, but I'm hoping it will stop at some point soon.

More Dress

As you can see, the skirt is on!  It actually looks like a dress now.  

The top is lined, the skirt is still unlined, the zipper is not in yet (you can see I'm holding the side closed where the zipper will go), and none of the three skirt layers are hemmed.  I can do it though.  

This is how I look when I should be in bed, late at night, with oily skin.    

Dress Update

Two cell phone shots of the dress so far.  I have all the skirt pieces cut out, and most of them are sewn together.  I just need to sew the outer layer together and attach them all to the bodice.  Then I'll still have to put the zipper in and hem the thing.  The skirt is very full and has three layers, the plum colored silk you see, a cotton under layer to give the silk more strength, and the lining layer.  Hemming all that will be a while.  The silk feels great though.  

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