I can tell that my documentation is getting into the shape it needs to. It’s happened at least twice now that I wanted to make sure I articulated a particular concept only to find I had already satisfied the point. Maybe I’m just forgetting what I’ve already edited…either way, the information is included and I’m pleased with how it’s communicated.
I’m also pleased with my progress today.
And my floor is clean.
So after I mopped the floor, I laid out the silk and had an easier time marking it than the previous two times. I think it being silk taffeta helped. The marking pencil drew on the fabric better than the other two weaves of silk, more easily? And I somehow managed to cut it out in a supremely tidy fashion. And you better believe that I immediately cut the angles in the okumi (overlap panels) so there was no chance of messing that up again.
I did stray from the pattern slightly. I cut the sleeves longer. I don’t know if the garment I’m working from isn’t actually an uwagi and is some other upper layer or if it simply isn’t made to be worn with the hitoe. The pattern calls for the uwagi sleeves to be shorter than the hitoe sleeves which would cause the hitoe sleeve to bunch up in the uwagi sleeve. The sleeves are meant to nest neatly inside one another, they lay flat, see the sleeves on the court ensemble worn by Empress Michiko in November 1990:
Nice and flat. Nobunching from a layer being bigger than the one above it.
But it will be a day or two before I work on the sleeves. After getting all the pieces completely cut out, I marked out the body. It probably would have been a good idea to mark the okumi stitch lines too, but I didn’t. I raced ahead to sewing and have a completed back seam and one side seam to show for it so far. My goal was to have the uwagi cut out and the back seam finished, so total win!
Tomorrow’s goal is to have the okumi attached.
The pressure is on To perform at top level And beat the deadline
Competing against myself, Success lies in finishing.
