May 29 finally found the right size needles! three gauge swatches later! casting on in the car on the drive to Newport, RI

May 30 ripping. I see that my cables somehow went wrong- I read the chart from right to left the whole time, instead of reading from left to right on wrong side rows. When I ripped I saw that this was coming out super super huge, so I went down from a medium to a small- I hope that’s small enough

June 1 still a little worried that this will be too big, but got a lot of cabling done in the past few days. the car ride home from RI was very productive- I’m just about through with the middle section of cable, one more loop-de-loop to go before the garter stitch

June 21 OMG I WANT TO CRY IT IS HUGE. Trying to figure out how to fix this thing- rip or steek. ugh.

August 7
So Great Aunt Judy, who was a professional knitwear designer back in the day, came to my house for my grandma’s 81st birthday party, and took a look at the sweater. She was going to help me re-block it, but when I tried it on again I realized that it was not nearly as huge as it had seemed in the midst of my dramatics. Now it’s only a matter of finding buttons and making straps and sewing in ends, and this should be done! I’m also thinking of picking up a lace t-shirt to wear under the cami- I don’t want to sweat on it or get deodorant stains all over, so that might be my best bet.

8/26/2010
This is essentially finished, still, however I am procrastinating putting on the sleeves and sewing in the ends. It should be done just in time for winter :/ I got the perfect buttons for it though- eight little white circles- very simple, very classic. I can’t wait to wear this thing, but I’m dreading the finishing!