First things first–for our Sleeve Watch update, you can see that they are moving along nicely. When I try this on (well, try on ONE sleeve, anyway), it comes just past my elbow, which is fine. Any length from here is perfectly satisfactory. I might even deliberately opt for 3/4 sleeves anyway, just to make this sweater that little bit more versatile.

In terms of yarn–I’ve got this much left. I’m not exactly sure how much is in there, and the center of the ball is pretty hollow, so … we’ll see what that translates to (grin).

Here’s a better idea of the scale of that collapsing ball of yarn.

I did some baking today, too. I finally got to try out a recipe from one of the cookbooks I won from Marsha in April.

I’ve been drooling over this carrot cake recipe in the Fresh Start cookbook. Actually, it could be either muffins OR cake, and I opted for cake. I used my Baker’s Edge pan, which I love, but which made frosting it rather challenging (grin). Worth it, though, because this was a YUMMY recipe, and I didn’t even need to grate any carrots for it–it uses baby food, strained carrots instead. Nifty, huh?

Dad and Chappy approved.

Mom and I turned our extra “MV Fiber Farm” pin into a refrigerator magnet, too. And I dusted and thoroughly-vacuumed my bedroom. And did laundry. And took Chappy for a nice, medium-sized walk. And have been working my way through the Little House series, and feeling all the while that, compared to the hard-working pioneers, I am a lazy, lazy person (grin). Which, really, compared to them, I AM (bigger grin).

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