knitting school dropout

i decided there was no way in hell i was touching kid mohair in this kind of humidity.
i started fad-classic:

i like the pattern enough that i continued to knit despite all the crazy loose ends that kept getting tangled up in the 2 balls of yarn i was knitting the straps with. now the whole thing is joined in the round and it looks like it'll be cake until i have to pick up all those stitches from my not-so-neat edges later. i'm a little worried that it's going to be too small. i'm knitting the 34" size, but it looks tiny. i think i might skip the waist shaping, since my waist seems to have disappeared sometime this year anyway.
i temporarily re-covered this chair on my porch with some vintage fabric that i've had forever.

it's temporary, only because it's not a very heavy fabric, therefore not very durable. since this chair sits outside, in new england, it's days are numbered.
i have more knitting related things to blab about, but i'm hungry.
peace. for real.