Pondering

I'm a little further along on the second side of the sweater: 

For comparison, last week: 

And the week before that: 

And before this I had ripped the whole thing out and started over. So, I've made decent progress. 

Now I have some decisions to make. It's almost back to the size of the first side: 

And, as I mentioned last week, sister-in-law doesn't remember exactly what she asked me for, so I have a little lot of leeway in how I put this thing together. 

The first thing I need to do is to get the second side as big as the first. Then, it's a question of how much bigger, or do I start to square it all off? 

What would be really helpful would be a working day where the kiddos have plenty of work to do, and I have paper and a pencil to sketch ideas. Alas, it's still summer. So, I might get these ovals to about the size I want and then get stuck for a bit. 

This Christmas present is already seven months late, so what's another month or two? (Her birthday's the end of September, so no one mention how it could become a future gift. Those deadlines would just unnerve me.) 

The Reluctant Sweater: 

• Questionable Quality
• Planning and Research
• And It Begins
• Watching the Increases
• Second Sock Syndrome
• The Wavy Second Side
• Which Way Now?
• Vacation Crochet
• Modifications