I had an enormously difficult time with the lace repeat the first couple times 
… then I got some help from some online knitters and now I’m halfway there! I have until Sept 16, which is when the birthday party is for the one year old this is intended for. I think the front will be much easier now that I have the repeat down.
Can’t figure out how to get my pics small enough, so you can check it out in my blog (Sep 5 2006 entry).