"There's simply no excuse for plum abuse"

(I couldn't help it, I watched Funny Face today.) But I don't think this is abuse, I think it is some fabulousness. Josephine is coming along:



I had to go with size 4 needles; the Callista was just too loose on 5's, even though I knit it on size 6's for Martine. Funny how that works sometimes. It also helps reduce the size of the garment a bit. The original measurements were a little bigger than I wanted, but I was afraid to take any stitches out for fear of disturbing the pattern.

I'm actually almost finished with the back now, that photo was taken yesterday. I'm well into the textured pattern on the top, which looks like this:

 

I'm looking forward to the V in the front - should make the second half go faster and be a bit more interesting. Not that the back hasn't been interesting, but it's second half syndrome - like second sock syndrome, but lasts much longer.