Well, I've got one arm of Elizabeth I pinned down for blocking (that sounds funny!). With two toddlers I don't have much "safe" space to lay things out for blocking, so I'll have to do one piece at a time and it will take me a few days to get all of them ready for sewing. I'm actually looking forward to the sewing this time, for two reasons.

First, this is my very first raglan sweater. It's only my fifth adult sweater over all, but I've had problems on the others with the sleeves and shoulders not sitting or draping really well. I'm hoping that the raglan will just be a better fit.

Second, this was my one UFO (unfinished object) after a year and a half of knitting and I'm excited about it finally getting done. Much thanks go to my knitting group the Knitsmiths and the ASOF'ers at Yahoo Groups for inspiration!

I just can't wait to put the sweater on after all the problems I've had with it (my substitute yarn was quite a bit off on row gauge and being new to knitting, I didn't realize how important that was). I've ripped out and reknit about 50% of it and since I'd let it sit for so long, I had to unkink the yarn before reknitting. Thanks to Bagateller for posting instructions and pics to guide others through it! Anyway, now it should fit. The yarn I chose (Orkide from Marks & Kattens) is soooo soft and beautiful and I just love the shaping and detail of the sweater itself. Here's a close up of the edge pattern and darts on the arm. Pretty, pretty!