It Seams Done...

Okay--the stole has a seam, joining the two pieces in hole-y matrimony--hurray!

Right now, the seam is pinned out and blocking, since there was a pucker at the ends--and who wants that? So for right this minute, this is all you get to see--the seam. Because the finished stole isn't moving off the blocking board until the seam is dry--sometime tomorrow.

It's not a fancy seam, by any means. I thought about doing some, snazzy, lacy kind of join between the two pieces, to avoid that somewhat solid line up the center, but . . . I decided I was too lazy to do that. And it's not like it's a bulky seam. Oh no. In fact, it's a mattress stitch-graft between one side and the other--no overlapping of any kind. We'll just, um, hope that it holds together. Because, I admit, I didn't do the grafting one stitch at a time. That would have taken too long! (Not to mention that the stitches from the cast-on row were really hard to see--one at a time would have made me go blind.) No, I made galloping big stitches (relatively speaking).

Like I said, we'll just all keep our fingers crossed, right?

So far, this is an exciting week for finishing, here at Chappy's. Not only is my shawl done, but--except for a little finishing, weaving in ends--so are my socks.

Not only that, I cast off the body of my tote bag last night and knitted the first of two handles tonight. Which means one more handle, and then a rectangle for the outside pocket . . . and that's done, too.

How nifty is that??

Of course . . . you realize . . . the fact that all of my projects are going to be done witihin such a short time span means that, of course, any new projects are going to be started at more or less the same time. Which means that it's likely to be a long time before I finish anything else.

So, really, I have to revel in this a bit, don't you think??

Comments

[Anita]

Congrats on all the finishing! Can't wait to see the shawl in all its glory--I know it will be beautiful!

[Chris]

Wow! No lingering UFOs hiding in your closets?? Looking forward to the modeled shawl pictures!

[minnie]

i can't wait to see the completed shawl. that is going to be so cool!

and i like the socks, too.

don't you feel at loose ends when you finish a big project?

[Lizzy B]

Revel away! I think unless you are tuging constantly on your new stole, the seam should be fine.

[CindyCindy]

Feel free to take days and days to revel. The Diva turned out beautifully, didn't she? I love the socks and can't wait to see you model them. Give Chappy a hug for me please?

[Debby]

Hope Chappy is doing better after all those baths! Definitely treat-worthy occasions.

Congratulations on all your finishing. Especially that shawl -- don't you want to celebrate?! And your socks and your bag too...I envy you. I want to get there as well, only one or two projects going at a time. I have 5 now and it makes me a little crazy. :)

[Nancy J]

What an excellent week for you! By all means, revel in all this fibery goodness! Am excited to see everything totally finished (and modeled) and then to follow along with the next projects!

[Carole]

I actually like the way the seam looks.

[Kristi aka Fiber Fool]

I think the seam looks good. I can't wait to see the full shot! :-)

[Stephanie]

WooHoo! Yay for finished projects. What's next on the list?

[Carrie K]

Definitely must revel in it! The shawl looks great and those socks are really cute!

[Gracie]

Yay for a seamed shawl!

[JessaLu]

Yay for finishing!! :o)