well this is new

Finally finished the pieces to Dad's sweater! It's blocking right now in hopes that it will be dry enough to assemble and ship in the next day or so. 

I can't say that I have ever made something that has required blocking as a mid-project step before. I can totally see why you'd want to do it. These pieces are squirrelly and oddly shaped where they have to join and I can imagine how wonky an arm would turn out if the pieces weren't tamed into shape beforehand. I used the pattern schematic, which was very clear, to get it laid out just right and inserted a few pins in key places plus blocking wires up the sides of the body.

Now we wait.