A month and a half, really? It's been that long since I posted? I guess I shouldn't be surprised, we had a lot of life stuff happen. As in, we lost half of our finished basement to an undisclosed grading/water issue and the water/mold issue that it caused. Good times. I've had my pity party about it and we are moving on. I only occasionally want to yell at the previous two owners and their decision to not disclose anything, this is progress. I do wish the dryer hadn't decided to give up at the same time, but I *love* my new washer and dryer, so that's an upside.
On the design side of things, I have made progress! I actually finished writing the pattern and grading it into 6(!!!!) sizes. I was originally planning to make it into 4 sizes, but I found out that the patterns that sell best have a size range of 2-12, so I went for it. A couple of Sunday mornings spent at the coffee shop with my calculator, and it's done. For the most part anyway. I still have to type all the final numbers into the pattern on the computer (I did my calculations old school on paper) and then check and make sure that my measurements of certain parts work.
I can say that I have never actually spent any time before now pondering the proper neckline depth of a size 2 versus a size 6 or 12. Or the armholes. Oh, the armholes. They are very important, but they are not always easy to figure out - how deep, when to start underarm shaping, how many stitches to cast on for the underarm. Especially when you have other factors to work around, like stitch patterns and chest circumferences.
The hardest part is behind me, I think.
