Rapunzel is a huge mass of ends. I love this sweater, but could do without the mass of ends to weave in. Ugh! Here is a quick look at the back at the front pieces of Rapunzel when I had only woven in about half of the ends. 
Pretty ugly isn't it? It took quite awhile to weave in all of those
ends. I was so wrapped up in the knitting that I kept putting off
weaving in all of the ends. By the time I finished the
front pieces I was a bit horrified at all the ends to weave. I hadn't thought of it rationally and realized that with two separate pieces there would be twice as many ends as the back piece had. Rational I know, but I wasn't thinking it at the time.
Here is a much nicer shot of the front pieces from the front, where you can't see all those ugly ends.
Much better don't you think? Here is a shot of the finished back piece:
I am loving this project so much. I am amazed at how fast it's coming along. I've only been working on it a month or so, and I've already finished three pieces. That's incredibly fast for me. I'm just past the intarsia section on the sleeves so they should start moving faster now as well. This project is going so well that I'm not sure it's going to fit when I'm done with it. I started knitting the large size instead of the xl thinking that with as slow as I normally knit, by the time I was done with the sweater it would be in the right size. Now I'm going to have to work harder on the diet t catch up.
I'm going to have to start a new traveling project tomorrow. I start my new job in New York on Monday so I'm going to have to have something to keep me occupied on my new longer commute. I have my ipod all set and loaded with good stuff, but I need some knitting as well. I have a sock on the needles, but am comtemplating starting a new pair of fingerless gloves, as I lost my favorite pair of lime green ones just after Christmas. (In the mall. I'm convinced that someone stole them as I was only in two stores and they weren't anywhere to be found).
I'm a nervous wreck about the new job. Not so much because of the work itself, I'm pretty confident in what I do that I'll be fine in that respect, but a wreck about meeting new people. I sometimes wonder if I have a touch of social anxiety syndrome. It's always amazing to me how real the fear of such situations can be to me,even though my rational brain knows it's pretty stupid. My wish is just to blend in with any crowd and hide. It's going to be a rough week. I had worked at my last job for 4 years and was just begining to feel like I was getting comfortable with the co-workers outside of my department. Yes, it takes me that long.
