What Next?

While it's still May, this is not a Me Made May post.  I'm planning a wrap up/overview post for next week.

No, this is me rambling about what to do next.  This month has given me a bit of a boost in terms of getting stuff done and I'd like to keep that momentum.  In the past I've tried to use "alongs" as a motivator, but my record with that is really, really poor.  Still, I've been thinking of how I might adapt things to actually make them work for me.  I'm wondering if it would be better to participate a little less formally.  Sort of like I did here with MMM '19.  I officially signed up, but without a Instagram account, my participation was limited to this blog, so mostly for me.

All of this is leading up to something of course.  I'm considering joining the Outfit Along hosted by Andi Satterlund of  Untagling Knots and Lauren Taylor of Lladybird.  I've signed up for this annual challenge twice before now and dropped out about 1/2 way in, both times (for various and mostly bullshit reasons).

This year the set up is a little different.  Instead of working on new items specific patterns (one knit and one sewn) participants are encouraged to finish up any UFO's they have from previous years. The rules being that the knit and sewn items work together as an outfit and at least one of the pieces is a UFO/WIP.

As I've bombed on this effort twice now, I have UFO's/WIP to be getting on with.  One set I  actually blogged about here before (hmmm, the link for the sewing pattern image is broken, will try to fix).  The sweater was started, then frogged due to technical difficulties.  I restarted in the second week of the challenge period, but something else must have happened, 'cause it's only partially done.  The coordinating dress never, ever happened.  I'm not sure I even bought the pattern.  Still like that pattern, but wasn't all that thrilled with my fabric choice.

The second (actually first) attempt at this along is only recorded in my project notebook on Ravelry.   That time I ran into issues with both the knitting project and the sewing project.  Knitting was an issue with the pattern sizing and the project was frogged and restarted.  The coordinating dress was an issue with my choices.  The fabric and pattern didn't want to play together.  I could have maybe worked around that, if I wasn't also fighting with having to do a full bust adjustment as well.

All that said, I think my only choice is the sweater from the 2015 challenge.  That I actually know where it is!  However, I won't even think about doing the dress I'd originally chosen.  I have been planning to try out a pair of  capris from Gertie Sews Vintage Casual.  I have some pale pink bottom weight twill in my stash that I was planning on using for these.  No idea why I want that, I just do.  It's a fairly sturdy fabric with absolutely no stretch, so I'll need to play about with it.

The challenge starts tomorrow, so I'll need to make a decision today.  Maybe I should flip a coin

Next time, MMM '19 wrap up with actual pictures.  And, I guess, my decision.