10-26-2016

Joined the sleeves to the body last night. I wound up doing an extra repeat of the lace for the body (seven repeats total).

I wasn’t sure about the second skein; once it got going itself there was some flashing of some of the lighter areas, but it doesn’t bother me as much as it did originally (when it was stacking…).

I wasn’t sure about the pattern instructions after the arm join, so I hope I’m doing it right, that you do 9 plain rows and then go to whatever the directions say for your size. I’m about 4 rows into the 9 plain rows.

I wanted to finish this for this weekend to wear on Saturday (and have a new birthday sweater for the second year in a row), but I’m not sure that I’m going to make it… That’s what I get for getting distracted with KALs at home when I should have been knitting this.

10-31-2016

Five rows on the neckline left, then binding off, sewing in ends, and blocking the lace! :)

I altered the neckline to have the twisted rib all the way around, so I altered how I decreased around a bit to keep in pattern and wind up with an appropriate stitch count.

Should be finishing (at least the knitting) tonight! :)

10-31-2016

Done! It fits great so far too. Blocking will open up the lace a bit, which is needed, otherwise I’d wear it as is. Will block tomorrow and then seam and sew in ends. I love it already. :)