Progress!

This weekend I had some good, solid knitting time and was able to make some recognizable progress on the cardigan for J. The 5-year old had friends over on Saturday afternoon, and I was able to work on it for quite a while throughout the day. I got to the point where I could knit without looking at the pattern, which was great, and actually saved me from lots of mindless mistakes (i.e. blindly following the wrong row of the pattern). I'm just about done with the side cables (known as pattern panels B & C), which will be a good milestone in my progress. From there on in, its just Pattern Panel A up to the arm decreases- onward!

We also stayed home and watched La Vie en Rose starring Marion Cotillard as French singer Edith Piaf. The movie was great, albeit, tragic. Plus Edith Piaf was a knitter, so it was the perfect movie to watch while working with wool (although she did get terrible arthritis, so that's not so great). This is a photo of her knitting in the hospital after stomach surgery. There is even a yarn with a colorway named for her.