We’ve got some duplicate stitched dots:

A collar and button band:

And some buttonholes:

One sleeve is on, and I am working on the second. I love how blocking makes everything snap into place, I wish I had discovered it sooner. I still have to seam up the body and sleeves and that’s it! It will be easy to do the mattress stitch, since the two-row alternating stripes line up perfectly. It was a piece of cake inserting the sleeve for the same reason.
I am not sure how I feel about the collar. I think it should have gone on after the button band. What do you think? I’m not going to take it out, but I would have done it differently if I had thought about it first.
The buttonholes are strange – there are 5 on each side of the loops, and then opposite one side’s loops are holes in the band, I am guessing to pass the other side’s loops through when buttoning. Now I really need to find some buttons. I should have the other sleeve on in a few days, so maybe I can find some buttons on line and have them by the end of the week.
Meanwhile, I have been working on a sock as my passenger in the carpool knitting. It’s Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn and I love the color. It’s the same yarn I used for my Clapotis, and I bought 2 skeins so I can make a pair of gloves this summer, to take on my Vermont vacation in October. To go with the Clapotis that I am sure I will need in Vermont in October. Since we are only going to see the leaves change (and hope that they will after the crazy weather they are having) we are just going to be driving around. We will be stopping in Harrisville and Green Mountain Spinnery, along the routes we’ll take.