extremely slow WIP

To avoid flare-ups and the like with my wrist, I am basically stuck with one or two rows a day for now. The foregoing makes the following story much more annoying than it would normally be.

I want to knit this pattern that I got at Stitches from Tess' Designer Yarns. Cute, isn't it (this is a poor picture, trust me, it's cute)?

But the "dress" is for a boy, so I've been working on some slight modifications. There will be no shaping at the bottom, and it will be shorter. And as long as I'm at it, it's going to be top-down and in the round. Brilliant, right?

Unfortunately, I'm not brilliant. I tried to be better, though. For once, I knit a swatch. I was worried that the Rowan cotton glace wouldn't be appropriate, that it would shrink, that it couldn't be washed, etc. So I swatched and washed and dryed. Yes, the yarn shrinks. About 10% lengthwise. But it holds up well to washing and drying (despite the label saying the contrary). Here's my nice swatch:

So then in my attempts to do my mods I made several false starts until I finally settled on a number to cast on. Then I knit several rows. Then I went looking for my circular size 4s (I was using straights until I get to the end of the button band), and realized ...

... I was using the wrong-sized needles. Doh!

And I started again.

*sigh*