Ett skritt forover og to skritt bak

I finished Miss Honeychurch last night and wasn't happy with my experiment in waist shaping, so I ended up ripping out roughly the last 6 inches and was back at square one this morning. Since I'm kind of treading water any way (waiting for the Olympics to start in 12 days before casting on for "Ravelympics" projects) it doesn't bother me too much to have to knit all that over again. Here's a progress shot of the project at least:

Not too much more to go. The good news is I have oodles of yarn left over. Way more than I expected, in fact. It's almost a problem in that there is nearly enough for another project of some kind. I think I'll just let it stew. It may end up becoming something really simple, like dishrags.

I mentioned that R and E gave us one of CL's old sweaters a while back, but I don't think I ever posted a picture so that you can see how fabulous it is. CL's grandmother knit it for him and the colors (and the fit) are also absolutely perfect for E too. It's made out of some kind of superwash yarn:

I think she pretty much just made the pattern up, and it was the first project she was able to make after having been in physical therapy, so it's got a lot of personal significance. As you can see from the background the kitchen is still in progress. KE got the travertine tiles up on the wall yesterday, though. They haven't been grouted or sealed yet, so this snap doesn't really give the full effect, but even so I think they're pretty great:

There. I feel much better producing a post that actually has pictures this time, even if it isn't the finished objects I had been hoping for.