Rain, Rain...

Rainy days in Boston mean it must be time to do more knitting.

I finished the first sleeve for the baby dress last night. It's nice that they go so fast, shaping the sleeve cap at the end seemed to take longer than I expected. No photo yet (it's very curly st st and I was too lazy to pin it out last night), but hopefully I'll be blocking the pair tomorrow.

Knitting the sleeves with the correct hemline made me realize that I may have made a second mistake on the hem of the dress. I'm not sure I did my three-needle knit together in the right row. I think Nancy is right, though, and we'll be the only ones who know. I hope a good blocking or a little pressing will flatten out the curling hem.

This dress needs one button for the back closure. I'm thinking about a silver/pewter one with an edelweiss-type design. What do you think? I'll have to do some shopping at Windsor Button. I'm thinking of stealing an idea from a fellow Knitsmith, Anne, who gave a present wrapped in tissue paper and tied with yarn with a button on top. Maybe I'll use a larger size of the same button...

I'm sorry I overlooked replying to people's comments in my previous post. I was trying to hurry it up and get to bed. Thank you for the complments on the sweater. I think it's even cuter in person, but I don't know how to take a good photo of it. Kerstin, I hope you had fun at the Harlem Globetrotters! We missed you at Knitsmiths, too, but maybe you'll get to come this week? Ingrid, Flashy Lace is a great sweater and a great knitter, but it's done with faux-cables. It's clever placement of the yo and decreases (ssk in the body, k2tog in the sleeves) that make it look like cables. (Speaking of cables, I'm still looking for some sticky size 3-ish needles so that maybe I can get gauge for St. Brigid. Is there a Knitsmith who might loan me a set? Circs, if you've got 'em? I could bring my yarn on Sunday and swatch there...) I'm glad you were happy about pictures, Mom. I'll try to take more soon. The rain isn't very inspirational, and concerts tonight and tomorrow will keep me away from the house. And finally to Nancy, thanks for your vote for schools! I'm planning to visit home for Easter and look at schools that week. The familiarity of home is certainly a consideration in this decision. Now I need to figure out how I'm going to make up my mind!