An Almost FO!

My nephew is a budding rock star, as you can see from the video . . .

It looks like he doesn't quite like ringing, echoing noises just yet, though.

I'm pleased to report that I'm finished, almost finished, with Lola's Green Raglan Sweater. Just one problem . . . remember when I ripped out part of the body before knitting the sleeves together with it? Well . . . I should have ripped out less. It looks way too short on me and really draws attention to my belly. Ugh. I'm going to have to perform surgery by cutting a stitch near the bottom, above the border, knit on about one inch, and then grafting the bottom back on. Going to be loads of fun, isn't it?

And here's a close-up of the neck - don't you love the pattern and the shaping? It was achieved by putting in two sets of short-row wraps. Isn't Meg Swansen a genius? And she learned at the footsteps of the Great Elizabeth Zimmermann, a genius in her own right.

I'm now moving on to finish up the Briggs & Little Hybrid Sweater, now that I have an understanding of the shoulder shaping is achieved. I'll need to go back and reread the pithy instructions some more.

Oh, the job hunt? Well . . . got a recruiter to forward my resume to client, talked to another recruiter about my qualifications and gave a code sample and an url to view my previous work. No job offers yet, though. Sigh.