12-02-2023

Playing chicken with this project! All leftover stash yarn; I have no idea how much I’m working with.

2023-12-07

Weeeellllllll… I have two extra increases on one side and I need to take out 8 hours worth of work. So, this is going in time out for a bit.

2023-12-29

We’re back in business! I frogged to the error and got everything back on track.

I’ve just finished the chart with the whales. I kind of DIY’d it because the chart for the 2-3 year size skips the tail in the back center, and why?? It’s so cute! How could you bear to skip it? So I loaded up my stitches with a billion markers to make up my own spacing, made the whales themselves one stitch wider, and worked it out so I could keep the tail. I’m very pleased with how it turned out.

Next up is the second set of waves and then the bottom ribbing. I’m certain I’ll run out of the lace yarn before completing the sleeves, but I did get another skein of Malabrigo Marine. Unfortunately this new dye lot is wildly different from what I had before. The blue tone is actually fairly close, but now it’s variegated with black? I don’t know what’s up with that. Seems to me this is far enough of a departure to warrant a new color name from the dyer, but what do I know, lol.

2024-01-12

Knitting complete, ends woven, and all blocked! Just need to get some buttons, which look to need to be about dime-sized for the button holes.

2024-02-07

Took a bit for the buttons to arrive, but they turned out just like I was hoping! I think the shade of brown looks really good with the yarn.

Total time: 54 hrs, 4 min