Green Sleeves

Annoyed. So annoyed. I decided to block the 4 pieces of Cypress that I've already knit. Get them clean, measured out so that when I'm done the back (I'm about 1/3 of the way there) I can block the last piece while working on some of the finishing, like weaving in the ends, and then sew it all up before doing the final ribbing and button band. I get my measuring tape and check the schematics, see if I need to do any stretching after the pieces have been washed. The two fronts are fine. The two sleeves are NOT fine. ugh. One sleeve is 18.75" and the other is over 21".  Fuckety fuck. I cannot stretch out one sleeve 2"...and as far as I know you can't shrink a sleeve 2". ARGH. I decided to go with frogging the 21" sleeve back about 8" and re-doing the shaping on the sleeve. Pissed me off. Because now the formerly 21" is a shade over 18" (very very precise, yes?).
I know the sleeve will grow a bit after a wash-I can probably stretch it decently so that the sleeves are reasonably close. I hope. 
I should have taken pictures to show how completely ridiculous the difference in length was, but I was having a mini-tantrum and couldn't be arsed to grab the camera. 

The crazy thing is, the first cardigan I made, I thought I was absolutely brilliant for knitting both sleeves at the same time! I knit them on my interchangeable circs and used a longer cord to accommodate both pieces. Patted myself on the back for my clever-ness.  But, I found it boring, and working with two balls of yarn made my knitting less portable. Plus the balls kept getting tangled. So I opted to just do the sleeves one at a time for Cypress. Never again though! My sleeves, from now on, will be knit together.

I had hoped to have this last piece of Cypress done by the end of March, and now I don't think it's going to happen. Partially because of the sleeve setback, partially because I've spend too much time on Ravelry and Knitty looking up sock patterns! Throw in a little sock knitting here and there, and you can see how Cypress is fallen by the wayside.

I've not knit with self striping yarn before! It's so lovely! I'm enamored of this sock. And even though I feel clumsy and oaf-ish with my fat fingers fumbling on the tiny needles, I think I can see why people like knitting socks.

I may change my mind when it comes to turning the heel and knitting the foot. Right now though, I'm digging sock knitting.