I finally have made some progress, so I’ve got some pictures to show you.

As you can see, my flow has some issues:

It’s either that I made a mistake, or there’s an error in the pattern. Chances are, it’s me, though I did think that I followed the pattern correctly. But, I’m not ruling out the possibility of errors in the pattern, it is a new book, after all. In any case, by the time I started knitting the instep and found out that I had flow problems, there was no way I was going to go back and frog the heel turn and heel flap. These are for me, so my standards aren’t nearly as high as if I were making them as a gift.

I’ve even made progress on Wicked:

I tried it on when I was at the number of stitches for the second (medium) size.  It fit okay, but was a little high and tight, so I increase 3 more times and tried it on again.  It fit much better, so that’s where I stopped.  The great thing about this pattern is that you just kind of knit until it fits.  It’s my first top down raglan sweater, and I suspect that they are all like that.  I’m almost ready to knit decreases for waist shaping.  I may end up doing more than is called for in the pattern, because my waist is fairly small, relatively speaking.  I’ll just keep trying it on and seeing how things look.  I still love this pattern and the yarn.  I’m not so sure about the pink, but with some nice black slacks or a cute swingy skirt, I think it’ll look very nice.

I’m getting close to finishing up the 6th Harry Potter book.  I have no idea what I’ll read next, though I have about 10 books in the “to read” stack.  Maybe The Princes in the Tower, which is a library book and needs to get back.