sleeves first...

2x2 rib is just about the most painful stitch...ever! So, I decided to get the sleeves for Kirk out of the way first. The body of the sweater is in a cable pattern and the sleeves have a bit of the motif at the wrist, then ribs all the way up. I finished the first one last night.

Here's the whole sleeve:


The shaping of the sleeve cap:


The cable motif:


And here it is stretched:


Sorry for the bad color in these pix...the lighting in the apartment was horrible this morning.