Saved!

I was able to knit the right sleeve of the pattern without repeating the misatakes I made and the stitches I picked up look great.

Although I have a lot left to knit, this is a personal victory. And the rest is yet to come. My next step is to pick more stitches for the back.

I also started learning how to write cursive Russian and I think it's doing okay.

It's not my preference; I can't write cursive English. But, this is the only way Russians will understand what I write and the only way I'll be able to read their writing.