ok, so i stayed up most of the night again - but i finished the little red aran cardigan - and well, it looks pretty ok if i say so myself. of course work was too busy today for me to get away to the notions store on west 57th, sigh, but i can look at my little cardigan while i am doing my computer work... and remember that there is another world...while the phones ring off the wall.

notes for next time
the sleeves are little too long - almost the same length as the body - either make them shorter (i may cut the edges and redo these...) or make the body longer (i did try adding some more border but at 2 am it didnt work - either i was too tired or ... probably too tired and it wasnt a good idea anyway).

need to make the fronts a bit bigger - i didnt really allow for the overlap and for any decreasing at the neck - luckily the shawl collar helps to hide that - but next time i will make a wider first panel so i can decrease it - just a little i do like the shawl collar - maybe needs to be a bit wider next time too.

didnt steek cause its cotton - but i need to figure out some better way to do this with cotton - i will have to experiment - i did the tahki cotton classic in the round and havent cut it yet - so i guess i will find out how cotton takes to steeking... nothing like jumping right in as a newbie steeker.

so maybe tonight i will redo those sleeves' length - although i already did the sc edgeing - and after all maybe his arms are longer (its hard to design for a baby thats thousands of miles away.. in louisiana)

need to review that size chart i have at home in my sofa knit bag.

next project (as if i need another new one) is for the new cousin baby girl - born this week... another southern baby - dont know about making a wool sweater. although with a/c prevalent in the south maybe... well have to see - am going to check out the new nichols/malcolm baby design book (cant remember the name now ) and see what may appeal to make quickly.