brrrr-chilly!

sitting in the cold house, wearing my newly-knit sweater (more about that later) and trying to find out whether or not michelle kwan made the olympic team, i made a decision. what else do i have to do with my time (besides practice and knit), i might as well do this...even if nobody ever reads it.

first sweater:
i finished knitting my first sweater tonight, and it is waaaaaaay too big around the torso. i increased the pattern i was using because i was afraid the large size wouldn't be large enough. turns out it probably would have been fine, based on how gi-normous this purple pile of yarn is. and, i almost ran out of yarn. who am i kidding--i DID run out of yarn while making the sleeves, and had to unravel three rows from the bottom of the front and back, cause i still had to make the neck and seam everything up! unraveling from the bottom (i.e. your cast-on edge) is a LOT harder than from the top. won't do that again if at all possible. picture to follow.