Since my gauge is way too big, I’ve gone down to the 3mm and I’m aiming for the size S dimensions which will hopefully mean a comfy fit. I might have to finagle the armholes and sleeves, will see when I get there.

Fdc/tr 95 to start and did an extra tr/dc at the start of row 1 to make 14.

Replacing the ch 2 at the start of rows with the stacked tr/dc but making sure the numbers are still right.

I did try to substitute my usual dc4tog version of the popcorn but it’s too flat compared to the nice roundness of the pattern version so going with the pattern instead.

The 3 tr/dcs in the herringbone start with the first behind the right fpdtr, no skipping of dc/scs on the current row.

The nested herringbone goes around the central tr/dc of the previous herringbone.

Thank goodness for the video tutorial. I definitely needed to watch it to make sure I was doing the herringbone correctly.

Count at the end of every row to make sure the stitch numbers are correct until there are no stitches lost.

19 repeats to end on row 82.

Front Left Side: Fdc 46. Row 1 starts with 14 tr/dcs. 12 repeats to end on row 54 before the shaping.

Front Right Side: Fdc 46. Row 1 starts with 21 tr/dcs. 12 repeats before the shaping.

Decided to go with a slip stitch crochet join rather than sewing cos it felt much sturdier and made for a super neat seam on the right side. Must remember that for all future garment assembly.

Easier to go from the shoulder down to the underarm and hide any extra stitches in there. Likewise, work the seam from the bottom hem up to the underarm, and from the wrist to the underarm. Don’t try and make all the edges come together. Just match the sleeve to the body and then sew up any gaps. The garment lies better then.

Using the Empire in Beluga for the border. Was sure I had started it from the wrong point but nope, I hadn’t.

For the hem and button band, I did the first round in the magenta to give me a cleaner edge. Then switched to Beluga for the remaining rounds. I did turn at the start of the second Beluga round so the back loop was actually the back loop, not sure how that went awry.

I wanted really fitted cuffs so did the first round of decreases in magenta and then did a second round of decreases in the same colour (so went from 40 sts to 27 sts) and then switched to the Beluga for the subsequent six rounds of back loop.

Didn’t need to finagle the armholes and sleeves after all cos neither are tight like I feared. The sleeves are way too long but decided to make them a bit of a balloon style with the cinched cuffs and they are very warm. Just hope they don’t get in the way of typing.

It’s very long on me, just above the knee, but fits well enough across the back and chest. I wish the collar was sturdier but maybe that was cos of the superfine merino Beluga.

Next cardigan I make I have to get the sleeves shorter but not too short!