Progress Update - Velma

Alrighty then!

I ordered my other accessories for Velma--the wig, the glasses, the socks, and the shoes; Mom's working on the skirt and I'm working on the sweater.

In fact, I'm about 5.5" into the front, above the ribbing (that leaves 8.5" left til the decrease).  I'm fairly confident I can finish this thing in the next two weeks and yes, pictures will be posted.

I also purchased a lovely purple dress as the base of Daphne's costume.  It needs...work.  A lot of work.  In fact, it's a W22.  I wear a regular 12...or 10...depends on the style and brand.

UPDATE
Naturally, as I make my blog post, my Mum called me.  She wanted to let me know that she finished the costumes and would be shipping them out tomorrow.  I paused and said, "Costumes?  You mean the Velma skirt?"

"...and the Daphne dress..."

<silence> "You mean the one you told me you didn't have time to make??"

"Yeah... I found the material and a pattern and decided to just do it.  I was pretty simple."

<SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!>

So!!  I just need to finish my sweater and make sure the long-distance tailoring fits and I'm golden!!  This gives me hope and great incentive to finish this darn sweater.  And, as mom said, the components of the Velma costume will be worn by me again and again.  I like orange...just not at the moment....

Original Pattern: Coming Soon!

As I sit here, furiously knitting my Velma sweater, I was struck by an idea for a men's sweater that I will most certainly have to plot out and knit.  I have a few men in my life would would probably appreciate this sweater, so it works perfectly for modeling (as I have no dress form or mannequin).

As you've probably guessed, Bait 'n' Stitch isn't your "normal" knitting shop.  I'm geeky and nerdy and like to do geeky and nerdy things.  So, when I see great patterns for things, I like to try them.  If they work, I start to alter them and make them into my kinda things.

Like the one sweater I want to have done by June 2... It's a very cute sleeveless sweater and it's beautiful as it is...but, I'm a geek.  And I love Despicable Me...and Despicable Me 2 comes out on June 2.  I'm going to rock this sweater....but, it's going to be less beautiful and more geeky in that people will look at it and automatically just say, "BANANA?"

You'll get pictures, don't worry.  Sadly, though, I'm only making one of those, so it won't be for sale; but you can find those pictures and more at my site on Ravelry.com!  I look forward to seeing you there--and stay tuned for the men's sweaters!!

Knitting on a Deadline

Ho. Ly.  Crap.  I am never, ever doing this to myself again!

I just learned to knit over Christmas and decided, in my ambition, to knit a sweater to cosplay Velma the weekend of Valentine's day.

This....is not fun.

The sweater, however, is coming along rather nicely.  I'm just about done with the back of it, which leaves the front and two sleeves before knitting the neck.  Nervous!  Excited!

In the meantime, I've picked up more knitting projects...socks, fingerless mits, and a backless halter.  I'm most excited about the backless halter--it's going to be pretty and I think I can slim down enough to really rock it.  I'll dedicate a blog to that one later.

I have some other things to knit on deadlines, but they're not as tight.  Both are sweaters.... o_O

Why do I *do* this to myself....