Good News, Bad News

Good News
I'm not innumerate... just stupid (and forgetful).
So I'm looking at this jumper, trying to work out what to do on the yoke, and it dawns on me that the pattern I wanted to use - feather and fan - works over a multiple of 12 stitches as well as over a multiple of 18. And since I clearly don't have a multiple of 18, I wonder if I have a multiple of 12? And then I think, 'That's a familiar thought...', and I go back to my pages and pages of calculations, and realise that in fact, that was what I intended to do all along. (Some days I shouldn't even get out of bed). So I whizz up the yoke, working my decreases in, whizz round the neck (including Elizabeth Zimmerman's suggested short rows because I'm feeling invincible) and cast off. I sew in all my loose ends, sew up the underarms, and Voila...

Bad News
The neck is too small to go over Katie's head.
So I'm going to have to unravel the neck and a fair chunk of the yoke and work out what to do next. And I've never successfully picked up stitches after unravelling in my life. Generally if I bugger something up this badly, I wind up undoing a whole piece. But because this jumper is basically knitted in one piece, that just not an option. So I grit my teeth, gird my loins (without quite understanding what that entails) and start unravelling... And what do you know?

Good News
It worked! I managed to pick up every stitch (and with none backwards yay!) and I can now work back up the yoke and make a bigger neck! And I'm throwing a photo in now in case it all turns to custard again and gets thrown on the fire:The girly pink jumper is not the only project on the go, of course. I actually finished off Jessie's cardigan. I went to a handful of shops (two seconds to type that - three days to do it!) and

Bad News
I couldn't find any buttons that would work anywhere. But we are not to be defeated by a mere dearth of buttons! Oh no! Katie and I got busy with the fimo and created our own:
And, Good News
They work!You can't really see them in that picture, but Jessie's forced smile was too good not to share! Here's a better look at them in place:The 'I' keeps coming undone because it's so skinny, but do I care? Not even a little bit.