I now pronounce the second-to-last sleeve of wee's Mandarin Petit stripy sweater done! (Well, up to the armholes at least, as this is a raglan sweater knit in the round with a yoke.) And now on to the last sleeve...

Thank goodness American Idol starts tonight. I need hours of mindless tv viewing to keep me from getting frustrated with all the balls of yarn and the tangling and the untwisting and the slowness. Return to Cranford (shown twice back-to-back) got me through the end of that first sleeve. Let's see how far the first two nights of Idol (3 1/2 hours!) can get me.