I'm Insane - Epic Fail

OMG! I am completely and totally insane. Here's the story. It's a slightly interesting one.

For months, my husband and I have been planning on going to his battalion ball. It's to be held later this week. I thought it would be fun to wear a lace shawl to the ball, so I managed to finish Vernal Equinox in time and was happy. Unfortunately, in all of that time, I never did pull out the dress I was planning on wearing. When I finally did get it out, I learned something horrible. One of the straps of the dress was falling apart. As it's a velvet dress, that's not a good thing. Careful study revealed that the velvet itself was pulling away from its backing. Eep! Changing the design of the dress itself by having that section removed was not an option. It fit me perfectly as it was, and losing a 1/2 inch of the strap would make it so I couldn't get it on anymore. *sigh*

So, I waited until this weekend, and then went dress shopping. My plan was to get another black dress and call it good. After going through the mall, I discovered that the formal dresses had basically been wiped out. I didn't have much choice in dresses. Luckily, I found one that I rather liked and bought it. Got it on sale, too. Yay! Unfortunately.... The design of the dress, and the color, does not lend itself well to Vernal Equinox. In showing it to my friend, she told me, "Yeah, you're right. It needs a stole. I bet you can make one in time."

*insert insanity here*

I'm honestly taking her up on it. One of my yarns matches the dress beautifully. I came across a pattern on Ravelry called Dancing Cranes Stole that appears to be pretty and yet simple enough to complete quickly. I am now on a race against time to see if I can pull this off. I honestly don't know if I can do it. She thinks I can. I'll keep working on it as long as I can to see where I end up. I hope I can do it. I'd love to have something to wrap around my arms when we go. The dress I ended up with is sort of outside of my comfort level. Having a wrap would make me feel better. :-)

So, I'll end this blog entry and go grab another cup of coffee. I have a stole I need to be knitting.

Update: While working the next row, I discovered I was off by one, and in an attempt to fix it, I made it all worse. I can't say that I'm sad that I don't have the time to do it. I'd like to have a stole to take with me, but not having that stress looming over my head any more is nice. :-) Besides, I might be able to come up with something else. Something that requires sewing, which is so much faster. :-D I'll figure it out.