I will soon be a member of the sweater club. I'm making impressively fast progress on Interweave Crochet's Josephine pullover (...and it's a good thing, too, because my list of projects to finish before Christmas is growing by the minute. Oh Plymouth, how I love thee!) I chose this sweater not only because it looked like a fast project, but also because it has my 2 favorite things ever: an empire waist and bell sleeves which I cleverly plan to make even bellier. I just wouldn't be me if I didn't modify the pattern somehow, so I'm making it in Sirdar Snuggly held double for the knitting and single for the crocheting, and following the instructions for the small in order to get an XL due to my gauge difference. So far, it looks like a doll sweater, but sure enough, it stretches out to half my bustline, so I have faith that my calculations are correct and that I will not have spent all this effort for nothing. Here's what I've got so far:


For this month's free pattern, I've got a little credit card holder wallet-type contraption. This was such a great excuse to finally buy one of the little horse buttons I've been eyeballing at the 'Ewe for so long:


For those wondering, the HP puppets are still coming, and also a pinstriped & flower-adorned felted clutch purse as soon as I sew a zipper on.