I finished the front of Dan's sweater over the weekend and cast on for the first sleeve. Sweaters are a little depressing because when you think of a sweater, it's like the front, and the back, and then oh, whatever, the sleeves. So when you spend six weeks on the front and the back, you feel like sleeves ought to just be an afterthought. But the truth is, each sleeve is probably about two thirds of one half of the sweater - especially with Mr. Six Foot Seven - so I've got at least another two weeks of hard knitting to go. Still, I seamed up the shoulders and tried it on, and I think it is going to be good. I hope. It needs to be blocked badly, because of the ribbing, and I've never blocked anything before, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
In the mean time, I joined Yarn of the Month Club, like a dork. I'm kind of excited - maybe I'll make an afghan out of all of the swatches I like.