The lace and cable tunic has made it past the first skein -- and it only took a gazillion different design revisions! I nearly ripped the whole thing off the needle this past weekend and started over yet again, and this morning I'm really glad I didn't. The sleeves are separated, and the whole thing is delicate and lovely. My big fear is that it will stretch to gigantic proportions when it's all said and done, but that is miles of yarn away.
Designing is a risky like that.