"Ravellenic Games 2012" Project and Musings

As I mentioned in my previous post, I will be participating in Ravelry's "Ravellenic Games 2012" beginning tomorrow. I will be attempting to start and finish a sweater, child's size, during the Olympics. It's just a basic stockinette stitch, raglan sleeve, crew neck pullover. There will be a "mass cast on" during the opening ceremonies and hopefully, we will all finish our projects before the Olympics closing ceremonies.
I'll be using a new-to-me yarn. I'm using Red Heart Soft Yarn. I'm using the colors, Plummy and Lavender, although I may just use Plummy.
Here are the colors

Plumy

Lavender

 I'm still undecided whether to use the Lavender for the ribbing on the hem, cuffs and collar. I'm afraid that if I do that, I'll have to stripe the whole sweater and I really don't want a striped sweater, at least not this time. 

I like the texture of the RH Soft but I have a hunch it may be on the splitty side. If it is, I'll just have to make the best of it. This sweater is for a child and I wanted something nice and soft, and cuddly for her.

I'm going to try to keep a running log of my progress. At least, that's my intention right now.