Fanfare! Fanfare!!!!!
OK, that would have been much more effective if I knew how to add sounds to a blog--and didn't find them annoying. I have used over 100 balls of yarn this year!!!!! 101 to be precise, since I'm knitting the two sleeves simultaneously. They'll be shaped for a raglan-style sleeve, and why the designer didn't attach them at that point and finish as one piece is anyone's guess. I started this sweater--formerly known as the Glitterspun Sweater as I couldn't find the pattern & the actual name--long enough ago that I wouldn't necessarily have questioned the designer's directions. I know--it's hard to believe I ever had THAT problem. Oh well. I'm sure that somehow sewing seams is character building. I tried to convince Calisto that she should be the new knitting side-kick, but she's pretty shy about public appearances. Theo, like many celebrities who let fame go to their heads, may have developed a drug problem-- there was a little too much ...