Finally got started on this again last night. I've made it a good number of rounds without screwing up (I think anyhow). Hopefully pictures will be coming soon, it's looking pretty cool. I did cheat a bit though. I did a 60ish long chain for the provisional cast on and skipped a few stitches here and there to make the cast on stretchy enough to go around the 24" needle. Hopefully, this will help someone else. :) Diana