If I have to ask the question, the answer probably is yes, isn’t it.  Here’s the situation.  My sister is getting married on September 20th.  It is a rather un-traditional wedding and will take place at a private campground 30 minutes outside of Willits, CA.  (Those of you unfamiliar with Northern California geography, this is pretty much the middle of nowhere).  It is going to be very hot, but the wedding will be in the evening.  I’m going to be in the wedding party, and I’m looking to wear something that I won’t a) broil in, b) can nurse in c) goes with either the silver of the groom’s side or the dark red of my sister’s wedding dress (yes, you read that correctly - like I said, untraditional).  

My mom suggested a black dress, which I think would work well and I should be able to find a decent looking black nursing dress.  What I really want to do it knit a shawl in either a silver-ish or a dark red that I can use to give the outfit more color and that I can also use as a nursing cover-up sort of thing.  I’m thinking something along the lines of this shawl.  It is a fairly easy pattern, and I did a test piece of it this morning and it looked really neat.  However, do I really have a hope of getting this done by September 20th?  I consider myself an advanced beginner in knitting - I know how to do this pattern, but I’m not all that fast.  I’ve never done a project this big before either.  And then there’s the upcoming move, the start of school and oh yeah, I have a 7 week old too.  Hmm.

I spent some time last night (probably more than I should have *ahem*) looking at nursing dresses, shawl patterns, and at Etsy to see if I could find something I could perhaps buy.  But it would be really neat to make it myself…  but could I really do it in time?