Look at all those nice sweater pieces!

They don’t quite all fit on my blocking board, so they’re overlapping a bit. They’re not officially “blocking,” either, since I didn’t bother to measure or pin anything. But I did wash the pieces and lay them flat to dry. (Well, flat, except for the overlapping parts.)

The next step is to sew the shoulder seams and do the neckband. Then the two button bands.

The best part about the buttons?

I won’t have to do a crazy button hunt this time. I have two great possibilities already in my button stash. Eight each, same size buttons. One is metal with some scrollwork, one is resin/plastic that looks rather like stone. Either would look fabulous on a gray cardigan. And the best part? They’re the same diameter (give or take a millimeter or two), which means that I can make the buttonholes and THEN decide. So, yay for me!

While those sweater pieces were drying, of course, I couldn’t knit on them, so I pulled out Chappy’s blanket tonight. (He’s in his crate, watching me take this photo.) I’ve got the border done around three of the four sides, but … am not going to have enough yarn to do that border around two more corners and one more side. So, the fourth side is just going to look a little different, that’s all! I picked up stitches all along the edge and figure I’ll do a series of 4-stitch cables perpindicular to the edge until I run out of yarn. It’s not perfect for my boy, of course, but he says he doesn’t care what it looks like. He said the fact that I made it just for him is what really matters.

Now, if I can ask you one more favor? We saw a rental house today that is just lovely. I don’t want to jinx it by telling you too many details or anything, but we asked our realtor to find out for us for sure whether they accept pets (it doesn’t say that they don’t), and if so … we’d like it. It’s a great house, and while we were looking to buy rather than rent, this suits our needs better than anything I can afford to get a mortgage on, so …

Cross your fingers for us, please? If we get it and sign the lease, I promise to show lots of photos!

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