I am a happy, happy girl today.  Why, you ask?  Mariah is done, baby!  I put the last stitch in the zipper at around 9:30am today and she is set to make her debut tonight at Daisie’s birthday party (at Chucky Cheese, no less).  If the sun peeks out tomorrow, you can expect pictures on the blog. 

What did I do on this sweater that I’ve never tried before?  Here’s a list:

Closed Cables- loved them.  Need to do more.

A hood- Tedious but I like it.

Zipper- I sewed for years and never put a zipper in anything.  I now know why.  It sucked but I like zippers so I’ll probably be doing it again.

That’s all I can think of.  I did a lot more hand sewing than I probably needed to (hand sewed the zipper).  I need to get my machine fixed so I can use it.

What’s next?  Finishing Wavy.  Finishing the socks.  The paisley shawl from IK.  Another sweater, nothing quite so exciting this time.