WIP it real good!

I finished that intro post because I wanted to go back to knitting on my futon, but then I realized that this is a knitting blog, n'est-ce pas? I should tell you all what I'm doing. Right now I'm working on my very first sweater! It's a cardigan--Knitty's Samus. I'm using Lamb's Pride in "Spice", which is a lovely, dark, warm red. I'm doing one alteration to the pattern: I'm shaping the waist with decreases and increases. My problem is that I have an hourglass figure (no, not one of those Barbie doll ones, it's a good deal thicker in the middle), and the pattern has no waist shaping at all as written. I finished the cabled band around the bottom (isn't that gorgeous?) and picked up the stitches along the edge. I did some calculations and started doing the waist shaping, but realized that due to my inability to do math and some sloppy measuring, I was going to be off. Now I'm undoing a few rows and I'm going to start over on that part. It's going to be a bitch figuring this out, and I've been short on sleep lately. I'm starting to catch up, though, so hopefully by the time I sit down with the tape measure and calculator again, I'll get it right. I've never altered a pattern this much before. I know, it shouldn't be a big deal, but...OY. I'm not used to it. But I must have a sweater that shows off my curves. I MUST! Otherwise I won't wear it, and that will make me very sad.

So: back to undoing my lovely work (sigh) and then on to a proper waist (yay)!