I pulled out the long-stalled English School Slipover tonight and added a few more rows. It's now divided for fronts and backs, so not only is every other row a purl row (which is slower, and is kind of awkward on this yarn), but I also have a bunch of stitch holders flopping around. They are like giant safety pins, only a thicker wire. And yes, I know, you CAN use waste yarn but I always worry given how I stuff things in knitting bags and the like that I'll drop stitches off waste yarn and make even more work for myself.
I have about six more decrease rows for the armholes, and then just have to knit plain until it's long enough. Then the front is similar (but has a deeper neck opening, so more decreasing) and once that's done, it's just the arm and neck bands.
I also started the "sort bags" of soil today, and since I had only the one (early) class, I managed to finish four, which is 1/9 of what I have. I might be able to do a couple each day the rest of this week. I'd really like to get through all these samples before I go to visit my mom in mid May; I am tentatively planning a June sample date and I don't want to get too many samples stacked up ahead.
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