Next up in the WIP lineup is this bottom-up sweater knit in the round that I started knitting ages and ages ago with some stripy Noro Cash Laine. It's a colorway that looks like black and raspberry in a certain light but is actually green and raspberry. I like the colors a lot and thought they would make a practical sweater for the long, cold Japanese winters. Turns out this year has not been so cold and I have hardly needed a winter jacket, let alone a big bulky wool sweater. But I'll be here for one more winter (I swear, it will be my last) so I might as well get this done so I can start wearing it in the fall!

I stalled out a lot because I'm not really using a pattern for this sweater and needed to sit down and figure out exactly where I was, how many more increases I wanted to make, etc., etc., before I could start working on it regularly again. Now that I've done it, I can enjoy the mindless stockinette while I watch new episodes of 24. Woop!