Edits have taken precedent over sewing this week.
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
Edits have definitely taken precedent over sewing this week.
I’ve been working away on the first round of edits for book 2, while my technical editor has been editing book 1. And as happenstance would have it, I finished typing the edits for book 2, on the same day she sent me back the edits from book 1.
So the next step is to input my editor’s edits from book 1 – then print book 1 & 2 out and do another round of edits with a pen.
This actually bodes really well for my no-longer-really-an-Anna Dress & other summer wardrobe infusion projects.
Because spending my day sitting at my desk staring at my computer screen means that the last thing I want to do at the end of the day is sit at my desk staring at my sewing machine. But spending my day scribbling all over paper means that I’m more likely to want to sit down at my sewing machine in the evenings. Or to spend my whole day alternating between sewing & scribbling edits.
All that to say, my no-longer-really-an-Anna dress is not done, I still have the slit & the hem to go, and I will probably never be one of those bloggers who has a new finished project to show off every week.
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suddenly the project tips, and the finish line is surprisingly close
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
One of the reasons I do these Wednesday touching base/taking stock posts each week is because it gives my the opportunity to notice some of my “patterns.” The things I do without noticing that I do them.
And one of the big things that these weekly posts have made me realize is that I either have lots and lots and lots of projects on the needles, or nothing on the needles. There have been very, very weeks where I only had one project to work on.*
*there have definitely been weeks where I only worked on one project, but very few where I only had one thing that could be worked on.
Sometimes, when I have a lot of projects on the needles (or just “in the works” because it turns out these habit patterns apply to more than just knitting) – projects move along at what feels like an agonizingly slow pace for a long time.
But then there’s a tipping point. Maybe it’s a change in the energy, or the stars move, or it’s just the accumulation of lots of teeny tiny steps.
Whatever it is, suddenly the project tips, and the finish line seems surprisingly close.
That happened with my no-longer-really-an-Anna Dress this week. All that’s left to do is, adding a slit to the skirt, and hemming the skirt. (And of course photographing & blogging it.) But it’s entirely possible that I’ll have this dress done next week! Fingers crossed!
And, and! In other gigantic steps being made on projects! The first book in the Shawl Geometry update is off to the technical editor!!! I’m over the moon, and plowing away on edits to the second book.
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a summer dress, summer sunsets, and shawl geometry books update
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
Three things this week.
Thing one: my no-longer-really-an-Anna Dress, has a skirt that’s attached to a bodice, a zipper, and a lining that’s attached to the shell!
Next Up: straps, a hem, and to decide if I want to add a slit to the skirt or not.
There yet maybe hope for this dress.
Thing two: summer sunsets. And a reminder to go outside and enjoy them.
Thing three: more information about the Shawl Geometry Books 2nd edition! And right here is a way to get notified as soon as each updated book is available!
