Sonnet progress

So it took me forever to even start casting on, and now I've knit up one skein of yarn and knotted in another, and here is my progress (oops, was chatting on phone while doing casting-on of additional stitches and forgot to immediately start box stitch, I figure it'll be OK if I can remember to match it on the other side). But I'm pretty happy with how my i-cord edging is turning out.



I still haven't figured out the exact details of doing the short-row waist shaping, but I have gotten some good tips from y'all (trying to up my "Dixie" rating).