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Sewed the buttons onto the FLS today! The first sweater is officially completed!
I’m glad I knit it for 3/4 sleeves, because they’re pretty much full-length now that it’s been blocked:
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This is where I currently stand on my FLS:
We have a finished sweater, people! It is blocking right now, and all I have left to do is sew on the buttons. These ones:
I’m really happy with it, and can’t wait for it to be dried, so that I can try it on and snap a few more pictures.
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Seeing
* almost finished sock on the couch
* dishes in the sink, ready to be washed
* Neighbor’s dog sleeping in the sunshine
* My big orange cat, stalking birds through the window
* me, in a pretty skirt
Hearing
* METRA train passing by
* Birds chirping
* The occasional huff-puff of a jogger running past my open window
* Faint hammering from someone’s home-improvement project
* The humming of a quiet house
Tasting
* cold coffee that I left too long
* crisp water, yay
* soon – lunch with Lauren
Touching/Feeling
* mysterious stickiness on my desk, wtf
* a sequin from the skirt poking into my calf
* my hair, just brushing over my shoulders
* A cool breeze, in Chicago, in the middle of July. It’s 65 degrees outside, and I love it.
* hot water from the spontaneous pedicure
Smelling
* sadly, the litter box that I cleaned not five minutes ago, thanks Buddy
* the aforementioned cold coffee
* not much else; I have a bit of a stuffy nose