The Deadline
The project. It’s called Waltz, from a 1960s Spinnerin magazine.
The yarn. I cannot tell you how much I adore this yarn. It’s 100% silk, ridiculously expensive (if you’re on a budget, like me), but oh so heavenly. And surprisingly non-splitty.
The progress. I’ve modified the pattern (well, naturally) and am using circulars instead of making the front and back separately.
The plan.
3 repeats of the pattern equals 2 inches (very much unblocked; post-blocking I’m estimating 4 repeats of the pattern per 3 inches)
Total length of dress as specified in the pattern is (about) 36 inches. 36″ = 54 repeats. Assuming the blocking estimate is correct, this makes the dress approximately 40″ when finished (54 repeats / 4 repeats * 3″)
Knitting two repeats in one day is not an unreasonable goal. 54 repeats at a rate of 2 repeats per day is too slow though, since I don’t have 27 days until deadline. So I’m thinking 3 repeats per day which would mean finishing the dress in 18 days. I’m already (almost) six repeats in, which gives me 16 days to finish the remaining 48 repeats.
The deadline is February 7.