Using a cable cast on with size 7 needles to make a smaller neck opening. Also only cast on 79 sts.

Did KFB for M1s and YOs for yoke increases.

Did raglan increases until I reached 216 sts. Did NOT remove raglan markers.
25 left front stitches, 45 left sleeve stitches, 57 back stitches, 45 right sleeve stitches, 25 right front stiches.

Then did 21 eyelet increases (using kfb) as follows:

left front - knit 7, pm, knit 4, kfb repeat (5 sts increased) until the 1st raglan marker knit sleeve without increases.
knit back same way as front - knit 4,kfb repeat. 11 sts increased. knit sleeve without increases, right front - knit 4, kfb until 7 sts left, pm knit 7 (5 sts increased)

236 sts total

continue working raglan increases until 252 sts are reached
button holes rows - 6, 24, and 43

Started lace pattern on row 46 and divided for sleeves on row 51:
k7, move marker, k28 slip 49 stitches onto scrap yarn, cast on 7, k70 , slip 49 stitches onto scrap yarn, cast on 7, k 28, move marker, K7

pausing project to work on Bubba’s birthday sweater left off on row 3 of lace pattern

hat can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/FrontierDreams/tovilink text

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Add buttonband overlap: The pattern is written to open up/fly away a little bit below the buttons. If you’d like it to overlap all the way down the front, you can add a few extra stitches to the fronts.