The other side of Elspeth’s front is finished.

I’m not really obsessed with the place mats. It just looks that way.

I had made good progress with one sleeve when I consulted the picture in the book. It seems that the Rowan folks made their decreases right on the edge instead of with a one stitch selvage. Theirs looks better. So I pulled out the sleeve and started over. Now I am wondering if I should pull out the body sections to the armholes and work the decreases on the edges. *sigh* I think I will finish a sleeve and seam a tiny bit of the shoulder to see how it looks and then go from there. Of course, all of this could have been prevented if I had just looked at the stupid picture. But no. Emily had to make a copy of the pattern instead of lugging that massive Rowan magazine around. Except for boring y’all, there isn’t any sort of Time Crunch on this project – Mom doesn’t have time to put the crochet edgings on until October. Essentially, I could work on Elspeth forever. If anybody’s wondering, Calmer is a great yarn for anyone who is prone to re-do. It has proven incredibly sturdy and I haven’t noticed any ill effects.

I’ve still got plenty of time before M’s cardigan yarn gets here – mail service was suspended because of the lack of power and substantial amount of water in the sorting facility in Mobile. Jean has been holding on to it for me.

Oh! Oh! I have to say that Knitting on the Edge is a wooooonderful book! I finally got it from the library and I think I think I am going to change up the band and cuffs of Empire Dreams with lacey yummy embellishment somethings. My plain little sweater may not end up all that plain.