This project has been in the cellar since the middle of the summer, completely stalled out. Before Emma came up for the first time, knowing only that there was going to be a 4-year-old in the house, we thought it might be wise to get it out of the way. I haven’t worked on it since. But I got back to work on it on Sunday. I don’t think I got the cane soaked enough this time, or else it’s been overworked by now, because I broke it in two places. There ought to be a way to loop the ends around previously worked loops on the bottom to secure them; I’m not really worried. Anyway, I now have four of seven steps done. That doesn’t mean I’m more than halfway done, though. The first three steps are much easier than this one was, and I think the next two get a little harder yet. So I think it’s more realistic to think I’m a third of the way done.
