On Friday, I finished the back of Florence.

Florence wrinkly

The Habu Cotton Gima is quite wrinky before it’s washed. Here, you can see unblocked wrinkly stitches above and blocked stitches below.

Florence pinned out

After I grafted front and back together, I pinned the whole thing out to determine what size it is.

Florence smooth

Then I machine washed and dried it (in defiance of the instructions on the label). Now I have nice smooth, drapey stitches.

Florence try on

And it fits! This is how it looked after I knit in the neckline.

I finished sleeve number 1 this morning, and it looks about right, though it’s so stiff it stands straight out from my arm in a rather silly fashion. I’m sure it will be fine once I block it. On to sleeve number 2!

I have yet to wrap up my repairs on the turtle sweater, but I did create a chart for the intarsia turtle and post it on the Design page (see sidebar on the right), should anyone wish to replicate it.