I really got into the rhythm of the pattern last week and made some real progress.

I had put it down for a while while I worked on the Jaywalker socks and swatched for another cardigan that I have been mulling over for a while in my brain. In fact, I hadn’t been knitting for a while at home, I was playing with new toys, racing my husband on XBOX, reading a book or three, and just wasn’t feeling it.

But a few weeks ago, I picked it back up again and really cranked along and got to the top of the sleeve, all 18″ of it, and bound off on each side and started the shaping. I followed the directions, and suddenly I was done! But it didn’t make sense. I got out my calculator and did a little math and realized it really didn’t make sense. So I put it down for a bit and wrote to the yahoo group for White Lies Designs, hoping someone had an update version of the pattern that had the correct calculations.

I waited for a few days and didn’t hear anything, so I finally wrote to the designer directly and appealed for help. I bought the pattern back in 2003 or so, and she agreed that there had been a few corrections since then. She sent me the corrections and now I can get back on my way.
But meanwhile, while I was waiting, I was in such a knitty mood after signing up in Ravelry and putting in my done/half-done/dreams of projects, that I spied another member’s Eris cardigan and decided to pick that up. I’ll show some of that tomorrow, as I’ve been cruising along on that sweater, and since it’s with Aran weight it’ll be done in no time!
Meanwhile, take a gander at the lace and edging on the Heirloom Lace Jacket. I love the color, the yarn, the lace, I am having a hard time deciding between the two patterns.