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

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

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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!

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I'm a dual-lete! I'm both competing in the crochet olympics and the knitting ones... I do feel a little out of my mind, like Vera, for even thinking of it. Hey, who knows, I might win! I'm trying to set up a French team... by the way, does anyboy knows what a team is for and how it works...

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February 12th 2006

I only knitted 4 rows so far. It's really uneasy to jump back into knitting after such a long time witout handeling needles.
I'm having a hell of a time just reading the instructions... Who said crochet was difficult?

February 14th 2006

I know why I haven't done well lately and my crochet project has been stagnating: I don't like it. Not elegant enough, not impressive enough, not olympicenough.
I'd rather crochet a dress. A lacy dress would be the perfect olympic item. But I don't know which one to choose.

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I'm ashamed!
I'm a crocheter, and my first crocheted scarf is a christmas present!!!
From my sister... If she reads me, thank you darling!

Merry Christmas everyone, happy crocheting!