We Interrupt This Program to Bring You an Update on the Dang Sweater-Coat.....

What was it that Kamikaze soldiers used to yell? Something like.... AIIIIYEEEEEE!!!!!! This sweater-coat is NOT going properly. The collar is so blah that I won't even insult your eyes by posting a pic of it. I will most likely rip it out again, dang it. And I don't like the first sleeve that I knitted so I will most likely rip it out as well. Sigh.... The only things I'm happy with so far are the facings that I knitted for the front closure area and maybe the Peri's Parasol edging on the bottom. About the facings: I want this sweater-coat to have hearty, "firm" edges since I intend to wear it on-the-run while working in bad weather, but I've got to admit, too, that I'm a "facing fanatic". I will knit a facing at the drop of a hat. I'm positively obsessive about inside edges being neat. And I get a thrill out of blocking this kind of stuff, don't ask me why. By the way... as you all know, I belong to a 12-Step Program--and it suggests that I be perfectly honest in all things. So I guess I will have to admit here that......AAAARGH....AAARGH.....(give me a minute).....I will admit here that my waistline does NOT go in as far as I have demonstrated in the picture.There, I feel better now....

Anyway, it's back to the drawing board regarding the collar and that darn sleeve.

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"We will now return you to your regularly scheduled program"....