Two Wool Skirts. Day 45.

At 12:07 last night Ramon woke me up as he was coming to bed by saying that there was a "Yarn Emergency." I groggily asked him what happened, and he said, "I don't know, but it's bad." I'd been blocking his sweater—which I am almost done with, just have the neck-band left, surprise!—and dumbly left it out on my new sewing desk in my new sewing room. Big kitty was already asleep on the blocked pieces because she was so exhausted from attacking a yarn-ball that was attached to a sleeve and wound up all over the living room. I lost a few rows, but luckily that was all. The project now rests in a drawer, safely stored away from my four-legged-fur-balls.

With the sweater almost done I patiently await the yarn I ordered a-week-and-a-half ago, but alas it has not yet arrived! I called them today to ask if they knew anything. They do! It got returned, as the post-office indicated that my address doesn't exist. Hrmp. Well, now it is on it's way to Ramon's shop, and as he gets hordes of deliveries there I have a hard time for-seeing a delivery problem.

Yesterday I went out and had a fabulous lunch in Half Moon Bay with a fabulous girlfriend I haven't seen in forever. And, OMG, she knits! How did I forget this fantastic fact. I remember her telling me long ago, but we don't see each-other very much, and I only started knitting a few months ago. It slipped my mind.

I think I might be going about this all wrong. I am finding that through working on this project I am making more connections with people than before, which is great, but I am learning the skills on my own. Michelle and I went to a yarn shop near where she lives after having lunch, and there were 4 ladies knitting away in a circle, telling stories about the DeYoung and modern art. They were learning from each-other while socializing. When I need to learn something new, I look it up online. It would be great to learn these skills with people, like in a knitting group, or a sewing club, and then translate them into projects. I think I should get out more.

Before lunch I finished wool skirt #2. I pegged this one, because that is how it looked to me in the picture. It is also a little longer, and has two darts in the front, as opposed to one, like the black wool skirt I completed with the peacock lining. My mom and I searched and searched for wool the same color as in the Alexander McQueen Cape Suit, but no luck. I decided on the light grey because it is similar in color density, while a few actual colors away. I didn't want olive, or forest green. I like the grey, and I feel happy with it as an alternative, but if I do find the right color, I will probably be inclined to get it, and make the skirt again. With pegging the skirt it has a little less ease in the hip than the straight black skirt, but I really like the way that it fits, and I really like the texture of the wool, and the lining—which is of a more standard variety than the peacock print. So, I still have the cape to start for this look, and this will require finding some trims, something else I haven't ever really done before!




The McQueen original pegged skirt:


I know, it has been a millennium, but here, finally, is the black-wool skirt. I put the peacock print in the kick-pleat, but I am having a really hard time getting pictures of that. So, at some point, I will post that, too.


The McQueen original straight skirt: