Blush pink silk dupioni

It’s kind of a funny color. Not really pink, not really peach, not really beige. But it goes well with the tie skirt, the underskirt, and the belt. Behold:



I did a little search on DoA and discovered that a woman I had PM’d a couple of months ago about something else, also does clothing and costume commissions (PamSD). Beautiful work! I’ve PM’d her again, asking for measurements so that I can make a peasant-ish tunic to go with the skirt for the box opening and properly fit the shrug I am knitting around Jessica’s girl bits. If she’s willing to share them, then I can whip up the tunic and finish the skirt before Jessica arrives. And if not [quite understandable, and I wouldn’t be upset], then I will just delay the box opening until I can present her fully-dressed.

Sigh...still no word on my allegedly re-shipped Cuprit.

Back of doll sweater. Still no Cuprit.

I’ve begun working the sleeves and sides on this. Hardly any knitting time yesterday, because I was working on my contribution today’s speed mentoring activity at work.

Nekokoi was going to poke Soom last night to see what is up with my doll. Maybe she’s been sent back to Korea again? Maybe they only hallucinated that they have re-shipped her?

Still. No. Doll.

I vented over on DoA in the Cuprit Waiting Room. (Beware the wrath of a patient woman.)

Still no Cuprit, but knitting progress...

Though I can’t seem to manage a good picture of it. I am nearly done with the back of a shrug for Jessica, adapted from a pattern in Vogue Knitting Holiday 2009. Love this yarn. Love, love, love this yarn. And it’s something that Nekokoi would not be allergic to. Wishing I could just stay home and knit today, after catching up the laundry.

I should not laugh.

I just discovered that on DZ, you can order a hand giving the Universal Gesture. I’ll pass, but I like the one with the peace sign. Useful for making bunny-ears when I have my triplets.

I like Kay’s face, and Ani’s [not dreaming]. Ani also has the virtue of costing a little over half what the other BBs do. She might make a good triplet, if I can order her before they discontinue her sculpt.



Here we have the tweaked skirt, tulle underskirt, and beaded belt for Jessica. I think I will save a big post on the main blog for when she gets here and I do her box-opening. BTW, that lace is more of a taupe than an ecru.

And I think I might cobble together a camisole or bodice from ribbons to go under her sweater until I can make her a proper blouse. I already have one spool of ribbon that goes with the skirt. If I bead the heck out of it, I can probably re-sell it once it’s served its purpose. I’ve PM’d a woman on DoA for some additional measurements so I can make it fit reasonably well. Failing that, I can delay the box-opening pictures and make it when she arrives and have it fit perfectly.

Oh rats! I think I just heard thunder! I need to run out into the yard and do a resin-sealing dance.

About half done...

...with the tweaking of the tulle underskirt that goes with the tie skirt. I will probably finish that today after all the errands are done. Am really hoping to avoid another falling-down at JoAnn’s, but I need to find something suitable for a (modest) peasant blouse, because Jessica is going to be here before we know it, and I’m not sure that I’ll have time to knit her sweater in the next three weeks and not neglect my sister’s present or Secondborn’s.

Still, a nice problem to have. No images because I need to recharge the batteries. Good to know before Cuprit’s box opening!

Last night was a dolly night.

Worked a little on the blog drafts for when Cuprit arrives. Made a belt for Jessica. Cut out a ruffle for the dusty plum tulle underskirt and began to attach it. Tried to make the tracking number work. Spazzed, but only a little.