It took me a solid month to knit my duster and gauntlets for Rinoa, with no pattern and only myself to use for sizing (and then it was another day to add the trimmings, such as the bias tape, the closure -- which is permanently shut, so I have to put it on like a sweater -- and letting the wings dry; I used a stencil and fabric paint over an acrylic outline. @_@). There are over 52,000 knit stitches in the whole thing, and I'm a small person. I know exactly how you feel, CoCo. NEVER. AGAIN.