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On the bright side, being offline gave me plenty of time to start (and finish) a sweater for the girl-child.

It’s a gray 4-ply spindle spun merino yarn, 5 stitches per inch. Mostly from the size 30″ child’s raglan pattern from “the knitter’s handy book of sweater patterns” by Ann Budd. I was sort of on the fence when I originally bought the book, the deciding factor for purchase was that the cover was slightly damaged and it was deeply discounted at the craft store, now I think I appreciate it much more after actually using it a couple of times.

It might not be a big deal to most knitters, but I use my handspun most of the time, so it’s really nice to have a pattern that is based on gauge and not on brand x.

Lexi is really thrilled with the sweater, so much so that I couldn’t get it back from her in order to wash and block it, or for that matter take a nice macro shot of the cable detail on the raglan shaping. Thankfully I was smart enough to weave in the ends before having her try it on.

I must spin more yarn. Must knit more cute sweaters for darling children.