Parasol Progress

This project is taking me forever, but I am making progress on the parasol I started in July.

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It’s hard to believe that I’m now on my 3rd month of working on this project. Thankfully, I’m in the home stretch, working on the last 10 rows or so:

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Unfortunately, those are going slowly because I’m putting beads into the edges as I go.

The designer posted a video in August of how to put the parasol together onto an umbrella frame. She also sent me a note that I might have made my parasol a bit too big for the frame. She’s probably right, and I may need to buy a beach umbrella (they’re larger) to get it to fit right. For now, though, I’m continuing in my merry way.