The movie opens in 16 days. (What was that? "Sneak previews"? Never heard of them.) As of last night, I have finished four repeats. With 11 to go, I figure that if I force myself to knit at least one repeat every night during re-runs of The Amazing Race, I should finish this thing with time to spare.
I hear that giggling. Stop it. This is totally going to work.
In addition, I am dedicating all daytime knitting between now and Thursday to finishing my niece's birthday gift. I am leaving Friday for a weekend in Chicago (by myself! to visit my girlfriends! we're going to go to a Mexican restaurant! and a play! and yarn shops!), and would love to have it ready to take with me, so that I can hand it off to the in-laws for delivery on The Day and save shipping.
I CAN HEAR YOU LAUGHING AGAIN.
Now look. I can do this. I started the jacket last Thursday, and see, I'm almost done! (It's a size 2-4, but let us not quibble over details.) The only thing standing between me and success is a cuff, a sleeve, and a zipper (which will be sewn in by hand, because if I somehow screwed it up and was suddenly faced with a nightmare repair situation ..... well, it would blow my deadline*, and that would be sad). All of this is absolutely within the realm of the possible.
So to recap: I have embarked on a frenzy of knitting in which I plan to finish a jacket three days from now and an eight-foot scarf in just over two weeks.
I'm sorry. Can I get you a glass of water?
* I know said deadline is self-imposed, and I know it didn't need to be like this. I can see the pattern. All available evidence indicates that I lack the (will)power to change it.
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