Fifty-Percent-Off-Chocolate-Day Hangover

While February 14th is not the one of the more anticipated holidays around my house, especially when my special someone is far, far away, National-Fifty-Percent-Off-Chocolate-Day is a true favorite and I try to celebrate it in style.  This year I snagged some 50% off Lindor Balls (one of my favorite commercial candies), cheffed up some unbelievable Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream (from my Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream book) and brewed up a triple chocolate stout.   All in all, a highly successful February 15th.  But around 10:30 last night, I realized I hadn’t even eaten a real dinner, even after going for a ten-mile run, and my body was staging a small revolution.  That’s when you know your favorite holiday has gotten out of hand and you’re going to regret it the next day.  Who knew a choco-hangover could be so bad?

Anyway, V-Day also marked the halfway point through the short month of February.  I’m hoping this will be my toughest sweater month since I’m short a few days, but I don’t want to profess it to be the hardest when I still have 10 months to go–bad idea all around.  So, taking stock:

As I’ve mentioned, I knit both sleeves first, which is going to feel great when I finally get to join the body and sleeves–no waiting this time!  I can’t stop thinking about webbed feet when I see the sleeves laid out like that, but I love how they look on.

I’ve just started the bust increases on the body, which means I’ve still got about 35 rows to knit before joining the sleeves and the body.  I’m estimating that means I’m about 50% done with the sweater, especially if I include knitting the buttonband, picking out and sewing on buttons, blocking and weaving in ends.  Eep.  Now I’m thinking I should have spent less of yesterday eating chocolate and more of it knitting.

I think my next sweater might have to be straight up chunky stockinette.  So, sorry Zickzack Tunic–you might have to wait till I’ve knit up O w l s, Francis Revisited or perhaps Drops 103-1 before I’m ready to knit a lace-weight tunic.