Knitting Notes

• 12/17/12 -- achieved gauge with a US7
• 12/21/12 -- worked out in a spreadsheet the new cable placement for the Viking Cables. It was harder than I anticipated since the cable panels are not the same number of stitches as the original pattern and I still wanted the ribbing to flow up into the body right. I also added a slip stitch on the edges and am working the body in one piece. In the end, I’m casting on 218 (RF: 52, Back: 114, RF: 52)
• 12/22/12 -- Finished working the bottom ribbing and knitting the outer pocket halves. Picked up stitches for the inner pockets and started a few rows of the full body. Need to knit to match pocket length before joining.
• 12/23/12 -- knitted the body long enough to join to the pocket fronts.
• 12/24/12 -- body measures 14” now. Duplicate stitched the cables where the bottom of the pockets were picked up. The stitches were pulled right and had distorted the cables. A simple fix for what could have been a major eyesore!

Research Notes

• I am going to use the cables from the CPH Viking Version that Lisa Kay posted on Ravelry.
• I will do the pockets from these notes.
• Work the body in one piece to the underarms.
• Work button band wider (~4”) and as wide as needed for buttons. But not too much for the hood!
• Graft together the top of the hood?
• Continue cable up center of hood so it adds design when laying flat.
• Bust shaping like Kime’s project

a reference project: