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oops...so maybe I should have posted before now, but...I finished the first sleeve for Thermal! I cast on for the body today, but ... a gajillion teensy little stitches means I'm probably going to have pretty slow going. Ah well, it's a good thing I'm completely enamored of this pattern.

Here's the sleeve less than half done:


and here is is, finished:


wild color difference, right? the first one was taken with my computer's webcam, the second was taken with a real and actual camera (borrowed from a friend), and the second one is waaaay more color accurate.

also, it turns out my gauge wasn't off! It was spot on, 7sts / inch! (Sure, I preemptively went down half a needle size to get there, but...you know. these things, they happen.)

But seriously, I am THRILLED. I am so in love with this so far.