I made the first quick mockup of the 30s lawn dress. The bodice is very simple, basically two pieces. Actually three, the front has a center seam, but it has a side closure so acts like two. It has a split kimono sleeve, so also easy. It also means there's only so much fitting you can do and I always find loose things odder to fit than fitted things.

Anyway, it looks pretty good. I had to take in the side seams a bit, not a surprise since I think it's for a bigger bust than mine. There's a weird neckline step, for lack of a better term, that's not in the layout of the original instructions or mentioned in them and doesn't make sense, so I'm guessing the original pattern had a tear. The side seam is also curvier in the original drawing than the pattern. I thought it needed a little more curve trying it on, so my instincts are apparently still intact, so that's good!

Not bad for a quick pinned mockup!

Even though the skirt is clearly too long and I'm sure needs width in the hips, I'm not worried about it. Hopefully it will be easy to adjust.

I knit a row yesterday and a row and a bit today. That's a lot for the new me!

I was going to leave on prep for my eye specialist appointment on Friday, but decided I'd rather just take the whole day off. I think that's best. No stress and rushing. Plus, sleeping in!

Work, every other week protest, then I helped my mom find a place she needs to go, then made dinner. I'm glad it's the weekend!

I'm still a little sore from the not-an-accident yesterday. I can't imagine what an actual accident must feel like.

I've wasted too much time looking up other cases of automatic braking braking unnecessarily. The internet is full of anecdata on it.

Anyway, my already long following distances are getting longer because I'm worried about other people's cars getting confronted with fluttering objects and stopping. Which probably means more people will cut in front of me. Whatever.

I'm kind of surprised how much this has gotten to me. Sigh.

Remember how on Friday an actual car pulled in front of me and I had to slam on the brakes and the automatic braking system was all meh?

This morning, a small yellow plastic bag fluttered in front of my car, the auto braking started beeping, and the brakes slammed so hard that my things flew everywhere, coffee spilled, the Jeep behind me nearly rear ended me, and flung me forward enough that my hip, back, and shoulder hurt. I was so flustered with the force and the beeps from the car and all the cars beeping at me that I couldn't even figure out how to make the car move for a few moments.

I'm seriously considering trading it in for a ten to fifteen year old car. Except I also don't want ten to fifteen year old car issues. That's why I got this car.

Anyway, it was a long day and I'm happy to be home and still have the heating pad on my still sore shoulder.

The first thing I did when I got in my car on the way home was turn the auto braking off. I don't think I'd feel safe in a car with it again.