Sesame Sweater (Post 1)

A while ago, I promised myself that I would finally knit a sweater. I started knitting a tank top last spring. Unfortunately, that kind of failed miserably. I finished the back piece and it was at least 3" too short (and that was after adding a couple extra inches anyway). After waiting it out a couple of months, I decided that I would start knitting a sweater. After all, there are a lot more sweater patterns out there to knit than there are things for summer wear, right?

After much browsing, I became very interested in MagKnits' Sesame Sweater. After getting a nice gift certificate to City Knitting for my birthday, I bought all the yarn that I would need to knit up the largest size of the sweater.

It's been a long work in progress. The pieces themselves are actually not too difficult to knit up. It didn't take me long at all to knit the back. It didn't take me long to knit up the sides. It's taken me about a day to knit up one of the sleeves. For whatever reason, it's just a bit difficult to actually work up the motivation to knit up each individual piece.
I just finished knitting one of the sleeves. I am very much afraid that this thing is going to be huge. Damn my large chest circumference. :P

Further updates to come. Hopefully I will be finishing all of it up in the next week or two.