Oh, man. I just checked and I haven't worked on the Peacock Sweater since last September.  And if you knew the whole truth about how many times I've made and remade and remade this sweater, you wouldn't blame me one bit.

There were two little tiny (but deal killer) issues with the last incarnation.  I didn't like the shoulder increase (too pinched and tight) and I didn't like the bust decrease (two big holes in noticeable places).  I never blogged this, but I was finished with the body of the sweater last September and had much of the sleeves done before I realized I *would not* wear the sweater with those two issues.

So it sat.

For months.

Until I finished up a bunch of projects and looked around wondering what I could work on.  I guess I'd had enough of a break to fall back in love with this sweater.  Thank goodness, too, because I had almost 3 hours of hand charting to do before I could even START frogging it.  I know exactly how long I charted, too, because I did it at a craft night were everyone else was crafting away.

I started frogging at that craft night and ended frogging about an hour into another craft night.  I was getting seriously sad near the end of the frogging.  The sweater body is 52 rows long and I frogged back to Row 7.  I kind of felt like I needed a hug.  Thank goodness I was with friends.

But once I got back to crocheting, with all my charts and all my practice with this stitch pattern, I quickly added row after row.  And I just had a 3-day weekend during which I crocheted quite a bit.  I'm back to row 40 and almost done with the final hip increase.  Then it will be easy no-thinking rows until the bottom edge.

But don't think there aren't any challenges ahead.  There are the sleeves to add, a neck edging to decide on, and possibly sleeve and bottom edgings to add.

And ends to weave in.

Cross your fingers that there isn't much more frogging to be done.