I did it!

The top is finished... on time! even thirty five minutes in advance!

More pictures later on! I have to rest a little bit!

Later edited to add:

Wahou!

Today was like a marathon, I thought I wouldn't make it, but then I did it! I DID IT!

Well, the result is not really up to my expectations, I will certainly need to lose 20 pounds to feel comfortable in it, but still, I did it, I imagined, conceived, and crocheted a short sleeved sweater in seven days (if I don't count the time spent frogging).

at 9:35 AM I was still thinking I was going for short sleeves, but a feww pictures persuaded me overwise.

And then I discovered the sweater could be worn in two ways! So I decided the trim for the collar would be a wider collar = the alternate body.

I crocheted the two sleeves at the same time, row after row, so that should I run short of time they would be the same length.

I started decreasing rows when I thought I reached the elbow, saddly it was too late, so the sleeves have a kind of puffy look that wasn't meant to exist in the first place. No time to fix it.

I hesitated until the last minute to trim them with two or more single crochet rows in the cherry (purple) yarn. I was afraid I wouldn't have time OR yarn... There was so few left of it. I eventually abandonned this idea.

At 4:23 PM the sleeves were ready.

At 7:25 PM I gave the last scissor cut : the collar was done. All was finished!

I hurriedly took poor pictures to be e-sent to jinglelady, which was done by 7:44 PM.

I crocheted almost 10 hours straight!

10 HOURS!

Follow up:

I will never ever do this again : my back aches, my fingers are sore, I barely can see them. Never. Ever...

Well unless there are other olympics held, because I must admit, the stress, the pressure, the urge to create being pressed upon my throught like a blade.... that was fun
...
Next time I will try not to waste it... time.

More pictures :


I knew a décolleté would be better	but the short sleeves are not pretty...	Réversible?


dernier coup de ciseau!	first way to wear it	profile


back, the collar needs a little ironing	The second way of wearing it, shows the navel and has a wide turtle neck...	this wasn't supposed to be gapping like that, I suppose a purple ribbon tie, corset-like, will fix it.(I know, I'm chubby)

Yarn : silky ribbon from Bouton d'or quality "Flash"
color cherry (purple - 2 bobbins 50g/125m 88% viscose 12% polyamid) and
lucifer (red - 8 bobbins).

Crochet hook : size E from Ariel (a little uneasy to use, dion't know if it's the size or the shape of it).

You can read about the progress of this challenging Olympic crusade in the post 2006 Olympics
I'll write the pattern down asap, now I really have to get back to work...

I'm so proud I did it!