4 more repeats of section 3 to go.

I have dropped my eighth stitch, and am part way into my 9th repeat of section 3. I have a picture here of my Clapotis, although you cant see the eighth drop, since I haven't pulled it down very far yet. I'm making this clapotis for my husbands mother, so I hope she likes it. She told me about a lovely sweater that her sister made for her with a lace shawl collar, and she was so impressed with it that I'm getting nervous about my gift. I don't want to react angrily if she seems less impressed with my knitting. I feel like I'm being silly, but I want my gift to impress her, because she knows that I've started knitting and I want to show her my progress. Maybe I'm just being insecure. Yeah, there's no maybe about it, I am, lol.

Back to my progress:
Since I'm almost finished my first ball of yarn (335yd or 306m) and I'm finished the majority of section 3, I would say I'm in the ballpark of 50% (how do I change that neat little meter?). I'm knitting late into the night now, since during the day I usually have other distractions to attend to, and I need to get some real progress going now. Gifts go out at the latest by the 20th!