Now that the solstice has come to pass, and the days are getting longer, and likely colder and nastier, I find my mind turning to spring and summer clothing. Specifically, my twirly Gap skirt from last year that is really way too big for me but still very nice and twirly. I'm trying to decide whether I can muster up the energy and/or skill to alter it so that it will fit this year. On the face of it, it shouldn't be too difficult. It's just a skirt, and it's not shaped around the hips at all so basically all I have to do is make the waist smaller. There are four seams and they're all quite straight. And it's made out of lightweight cotton that shouldn't be any trouble to sew. There's a lining, but it's basically a duplicate of the overskirt, so if I can fix one, I should be able to fix the other. I also want to remake this skirt in another fabric, maybe something dressier but still lightweight and swirly. That would make me happy.

Also, I think I am going take on the Knitting Olympics challenge, in which one is supposed to cast on for a new project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics and finish it by the end of the Closing Ceremonies. I am going to try to knit an Aran sweater that I've been meaning to knit for ages (i.e. since a few months after I learned to knit, i.e. about three and a half years ago). I've even ordered yarn and needles, and swatched. This would require major time-management, and possible risk of repetitive stress injury, but it's the Olympics! It's all about pushing yourself, or something, right? So I'm going to try. (And I would like to point out that I will likely not be knitting in front of the TV whilst watching the Olympics, since all the good stuff is on at night when I am at work. Although I suppose I could TiVo. But then I'd be fast-forwarding all the time, and I can't knit and fast-forward at the same time.) It's going to be the sewing-up that gets me. I hate seaming. Also, I hereby pledge that I will not let my knitting get in the way of my schoolwork, because that would be stupid. But it's during the first month of school, so nothing too heavy should be going on yet.

OK, back to work so I can finish the ILLs and move on to knitting and listening to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which I downloaded from Audible a week or two ago because it was very inexpensive, like $6. I like it very much, more so than I expected. I think there's a thread on it at chicklit, and I will have to check that out.