I haven’t done as much spinning as I had anticipated today though I did put in my hour. Instead I decided to get moving on Bugs new dress. I finished the knitting portion and then we headed over to the yarn shop to trade in one of the extra balls of yarn for a contrast color.
I must mention that poor Bug has been sick today, throwing up more than I’ve ever seen her do before. I had been getting quite concerned, but around 12:30 she suddenly decided she was better and not pukey anymore so I decided we should get out of the house for a bit. Unfortunately (or fortunately, we will see…) the trip exhausted her and she slept all afternoon. As she napped this morning too, I know that she is well and truly sick and staying home today was wise. I only just woke her up, but she has decided that she could eat a popsicle, which is the first of anything except water she has had in her stomach since last night.
I had started out the day thinking I would have extra time for knitting and spinning, but the reality of emptying buckets and holding back hair and worrying was a bit different than I had anticipated. So working on the dress was a good alternative. I’ve added the contrast color to the picture so you can see it, now we just wait for it to dry!
I actually had to be somewhat firm with the gal at the yarn shop. I had taken the dress in and Bug had mentioned that it was a little tight. I said I’d fix it with a good blocking. So the gal who rang me up asked if it would have a crocheted edge. I told her it would after I blocked it. She insisted that I should block it after I crocheted the edge as crochet curls. I gently let her know that if it needed 2 blockings that would be ok, but the nature of crochet is that it is inelastic. If I don’t get the length and width I need BEFORE I add the crochet edging, I am highly unlikely to get it after I add it. Poor gal, she looked at me rather stumped and just said “oohh….”
Sigh. that was one amusing story about the edging. The dress looks lovely in its first blocking 🙂
Looks great!
And, glad to know Bug is on the mend. 🙂