Oh, Look! Another Squinky Looking Sleeve Thing!

Yes, this is the second sleeve from the Vine Lace Cardi or, as I'm sure we're all beginning to think of it, The-When-Will-It-Ever-End? I'm about 8 rows from the beginning of the sleeve cap shaping and I really, REALLY hope to get the silly thing finished today. It would be great if I could get both sleeves blocked out today, but with the timeline that this cardi is taking, that should probably be saved for next week.

I don't think I've ever said it, and I don't know if you've realized it, but this is actually the first sweater I've ever done with my handspun. I bought the spinning batts from Spinner's Hill at MDS&W two years ago and got the yarn spun up before last year's show. Then it marinated in the stash until I decided what I was going to do with it, and now it's finally being knitted up. I do have another sweater's worth of handspun sitting in the stash that was actually spun before I spun this - it's undyed white Falkland spun to around a worsted weight (I haven't tried a gauge swatch yet).

OK, that's about all I have to say today. I promise, if you haven't given up on reading this blog, I will have something interesting tomorrow. It might be Finn and Ramius (not together, Heaven forbid) but it will be better than a sleeve part laying on the carpet looking all shrivelled and sad.