Let me show you.  This is the shoulder seam of my capelet that made me realize that I completely forget how to sew a seam like this.  It's been so long since I've made anything substantial.

Luckily for me I picked up this great book a few weeks ago, knowing that I would need some help on  the seams of my sweater.

It has great illustrations like this that show how to do just about anything, and explains a million different Japanese pattern symbols.

I succeeded with the shoulder seams, and although they are not perfect, I think decided that they looked good enough to move on to the collar.  Shortly thereafter, I finished the turtleneck and was thrilled to pull it on and dance around.

Note to self:  Use stretchy cast off at the top of a turtleneck.  (This is the most accurate shot of the real color of this yarn). 

So here is my progress-to-date.  When I have the energy to bind off the turtleneck, all I'll have to do is knit that ruffle at the bottom and I'm all done!  Would you believe it took me so long?  I'm deleting my works in progress from my sidebar right now because I'm sick of reminding myself how slowly these things are moving along. 

One last thing.  I got a notice for an unexpected package today!  I called the post office, explained that I had a package and gave them all the details they needed to redeliver it tonight.  What an accomplishment.  I haven't opened it yet because this super cute packing tape was on the outside of the box.  Do you think it's decorative or should I really wait?