The Russian Poncho, Final

I finished it.

If you had told me last week that this week's post would have the finished Russian Poncho, I would have laughed. Hard. I wasn't that close to finishing.

Apparently I was...

The front.

The back. It kind of reminds me of a butterfly.

Apologies for the awful pictures. Finding a spot with a plain background and good enough lighting proved to be impossible.

So, yeah. Tuesday, I rewatched the video because I was curious as to how she assembled the piece. And later that night I figured, "I have four squares, I might as well assemble the body". Somehow that gave me enough momentum to get that final square finished. And suddenly Friday night I was attaching the hood. All that I needed to finish Saturday was an edging along the bottom.

Now on to the next project...

In case you're keeping track, here's a bit of a timeline:

• The pin on Pinterest that started it all.
• My initial swatch.
• The first square.
• Adjusting the outside rounds. 
• The link to the video (in French).
• Last week's 5th square. 

The Finisher

I've gone through weeks of accomplishing not very much. And then this past week suddenly all my projects kind of came together.

It's weird when that happens.

On Tuesday night, I finished four different things. Four. In one night.

Well, mostly they only had a bit to go.

So, here is a partial viewing of some things I finished last week. Because I kind of want to show them off.

First, I finished off the Pokemon Pokeball beanie I had a really awful picture of last week...

My little hat stand works great to photograph hats. (Picture me going all "duh" when I figured this out. I mean, it was made to display hats. Why wouldn't it be a good thing to take pictures of hats on?)

And I finished another block of the Russian Poncho...

Which leaves me with only two more blocks to go. And then the assembly. That might take a while...

I even made more unicorn gift card holders. (Plural because I made two. I figured I might as well. I even managed to list it in my shop.)

At this rate I'll have nothing to work on...

Nah. That's not going to happen. I can always come up with something else to work on 😉

Fixed It

Last week I revealed the first block of the project I'm calling the Russian Poncho.

And I mentioned that I made a mistake. It's a subtle difference, but one that was kinda bothering me. (I'm not posting the picture from Pinterest of the pattern as I don't know the copyright, but you can check it out via the link.)

Well, I fixed it. Here's the updated version...

Look at the outer rounds. It's visible in that purple band between the bands of teal. See it?

I think it makes a big difference. And it wasn't a big correction to make. I even managed to complete a second block this week...

So, progress.

What did you make progress on last week?