Progress on some fronts

I had fully intended to get the body of the rice stitch cardigan on the blocking board today but I was foiled by G, who got home from the gym before I did, thereby beating me to the washing machine.  He wanted to run a load of gym clothes.  I wanted to soak and spin the rice stitch cardigan as a preface to pinning it to the blocking board.  Although I was eager and attentive, sitting and knitting on the sleeve in close enough proximity to the washing machine that I would hear when the cycle stopped.  I did not get the sweater in the machine in time for it to be out before darkness fell, robbing me of adequate light. 

The sewing room cutting table is still piled with work and various projects so the only opportunity to block is in the guest room which is unfortunately devoid of adequate light at the moment.  One floor lamp is not adequate for my aging eyes, and the sweater will have to wait until morning.

Unfortunately I have reached the point on the sleeve where I should be ready to begin the shaping for the sleeve cap, but I want to be certain of the length first, and this requires blocking and assembling the sweater.  I am tired of ill-fitting sleeves.  I suppose I might have to slip the first sleeve off onto waste yarn and begin the second before the cap is done.  Better that than knitting and ripping.

In the meantime I got all my sweaters stowed away back in their home in the Sewing Room Closet.

Everything fit but the space is full.  For future sweaters I will either have to eliminate existing garments or use up some fabric to clear more space, or use up the yarn that is hogging two shelves.  I wonder if those shelves hold yarn for the same quantity of sweaters that would be produced, or if there is actually room for more sweaters than yarn.

As you will note, not all sweaters are hand knit, but a significant proportion are, and there are even some you may recognize.