I am very very proud of me. It took 2 coffee shops, a library, and 11 dollars in food/coffee/tea but I managed to study all day. This might not seem like a big deal, but lately I haven't been able to study for more than 15 minutes without going nuts. This is not a good thing with boards coming up. I have about 50 million subjects to study over the next few weeks so hopefully my motivation will come running back to me. So I finished one of the armwarmers:

This one was worked from the opposite end of the skein of noro than the one I had started previously. I think I got a weird skein because there was a repeat of the brownish pink/purple section that the other skein I bought doesn't have. Anyways I'm considering this one a practice one for a few reasons. For starters......

Oh yeah, nice big hole right under the thumb. I think I need to pull the stitches for the increases tighter or something....this is the first thumb gusset I've ever done and it's not very good :) Reason #2 is that I knit and bound off the stitches a little too tightly. There's not a lot of room to spread fingers out and the thumb is really snug too. And reason #3 is that I'm not sure how crazy I am about the color combo, plus I think the person I'm giving these to will like the colors on the other end of the skein better. Soooo I'm going to make a new pair from the darker end of the skein. Luckily this pattern is fun and quick so I don't mind doing them again :)