Came across a pattern with Xs (photo 1) shortly after returning from Amsterdam (XXX), thought it would be the perfect use for Manderley (photo 2), a long-ago Plucky Classic that is a beautiful, broody green-blue (and less steely gray than the photos suggest).

Construction is magical contiguous shaping, first across the shoulders (photo 3) and then down through the sleeve cap (photo 4). Concentration required, but there are enough repetitions after each landmark to make this a good Netflix project.

Alternating two skeins. One has more light spots than the other, so there’s a point at the neckline where the changeover is visible (but probably only to me).

Update 4/21 stuck on sleeves, chugging away.