sweater, oh sweater

I'm not sure if I'll ever end up with an actual garment. I knit, and purl, I do~ I keep trying to make a sweater. I blogged about my sweater before, and I said maybe third time was the charm. Not so... As I was knitting, I thought it seemed a little big. Well, truth be told, it was HUGE. My daughter, bless her heart, suggested that I shouldn't worry, "maybe you'll grow into it?!!!!". I kindly explained to her that I was done growing, (hopfully ;-) and that I didn't WANT to have to grow anymore to make the sweater fit.

. The lovely lady at my local yarn shop tried to help me. She did, but they didn't have the yarn called for in the pattern. So I bought the other yarn. Bad idea for my first "easy sweater project" That's what she called it. I then decided that I should buy the yarn that the pattern suggests New yarn+New year= Good, so far. No guessing about gauge, needle size, or how much to buy. I browsed on the internet one night, and found just the right yarn, called for in the pattern, and it's a beautiful blue/purple/black alpaca. With free shipping, too! *i love free shipping, don't you* I also ordered a few books so that previously mentioned yarn won't be a waste. Here is the back of the sweater:
so far so good. Wish me luck, 'cause once the front and sleeves are done, and it might be while, I then have to figure out how to put it all together. I might need to head back to the yarn shop.