In fact, the socks are almost done. Which is good, because 1) I am very sick of them, and 2) the birthday is on Monday. I'll post the full project details on Monday, plus the lessons learned (I don't like Louet Gems, and I'm never knitting on a deadline again).
I will end this short post with a nugget of priceless wisdom: the body of a sweater is much wider than the sleeves:
On the bright side, having knit the sleeves makes knitting the body much faster: I've memorized entire rows of the pattern!
