I just finished the sleeves. good timing too. my sis is in the hospital and going to have her baby within the next week. apparently this one is making up for the two girls (the girls were both born a week or two late. he’ll be a little over a month early!)

I’m having a bit of an issue with the pattern though. I’ve modified the sweater here into a cardigan. Not so much the problem. But there’s no where in the instructions telling me when/where I need to block. (I’m assuming because the pattern calls for an acrylic yarn.) So I don’t know if I should block before I seam it or after. I suppose I should go dig thru one of the books for blocking info - I have enough of them! lol

I’ve decided to use navy blue snaps for the closure, after running into problems finding a decent length zipper that seperates and being indecisive on the whole button thing (as well as insecure in my sewing abilities - don’t want it to come off and have choking hazards). The wonderful knitters at the Knitty Coffeeshop have given some advice and directed me towards this article at ChicKnits. So, off to JoAnns tomorrow with my coupon in tow to pick up the snaps and the ribbon.

In website news:
I’ve taken a lot of pics and have determined that I’ve outgrown the photo gallery thing I’ve been using, so I plan to upgrade that. I also want to finish reworking the layout here. And I’ve determined that there’s too many pics of Kashka invading here, so she’s getting her own photo gallery as well (so my aunt can love my kitty from afar. ;)).

So I’m off to work on that… updates and photos to come.