Anyone have an extra clue I can borrow??

So here's how not smart I am. How very, very out of touch with reality I really am. See this lovely shrug? This lovely, ruffled shrug?

I just ordered the pattern and the yarn... and paid extra to put a rush on the shipping of the yarn and pattern so that I could knit this in black to go over a red short-sleeved dress I bought for Bean to wear to her Holiday concert ON DECEMBER FOURTEENTH. For fuck's sake.

Oh, and I still haven't managed to knit anything at all yet, what with the pain in my hand and all.

Um, and I have never knitted a shrug. Or ruffles.

But we were out today and she saw this pretty red dress with short sleeves (in DECEMBER, people! Would it really be too much to ask for designers to clue in to the fact that we want our daughters to not catch pneumonia in their Christmas dresses??) that would look fantastic with a little wrap. We couldn't find one to match it in the store, but she looked at me and said, "You could knit something like that though, right?" And I heard myself say, "Sure! I'll look for a pattern tonight!"

For the love of sheep.

So IF it comes when it is supposed to (Wednesday) I will have a week and part of a day to make something I have never made before. All 5 skeins worth.

And I haven't unpacked my house yet, either.