Gauge is perfect with the needles called for.

Is it a sign of madness knitting a project like this in a hot summer like this? Every day it’s more than 30°C, and I regularely have to wash my hands for holding on.

I had to rib an almost finished arm two times which really got on my nerves. It always became too tight and too short. So I decided to do a provisional cast on for the arms and finish the body before knitting the arms top-down.

No elevation.