I don’t wanna talk about how long this yarn has been in my stash. Hopefully this will be the project to get rid of it. And it was - I finished with only a few scraps of yarn left over.

Modifications: I wanted a slightly wider shoulder at the top than in the pattern, so I cast on 4 extra stitches (2 at each shoulder), then modified the armhole shaping to end up with the correct number of stitches at the end of the armholes.

I increased the armhole length to 7.5”, as the length called for in the pattern would have been much too small for me to wear it over a shirt with sleeves. It would almost be too small for me to wear as a sleeveless top - I don’t think I’ve ever knit an armhole less than 6.5”.

I made the body as long as I could with the yarn I had, and would still have preferred another inch or so. Finished and blocked, it measures 1” longer than the pattern schematics. I think adding 1 more cable would have been perfect, if I’d had enough yarn.

I wish I had delayed the increases for the body for a few inches, so that they started below the bust, especially since I made it longer. It’s a little wider than it needs to be, especially with such a heavy yarn, but it’s OK.

The hem wants to roll up a little, which I’m not too pleased about.

I think this would be a good top to do in a really lightweight yarn (maybe tape or ribbon?) to be worn as a summer top.

This is the newer top-down, in-the-round version - I understand it was originally written to be knit flat and bottom-up.

Although it was good that I knit it the “new” way because I needed to make it as long as possible, and it was a good learning experience on how to knit a v-neck pullover top-down and in-the-round, it was pretty fussy to do. It would have been much simpler to do the seams than to fiddle with the provisional cast-on, and working in all those directions. But I realize some people will do anything to avoid a seam. And I really am glad to have had the experience of doing it.

The size I selected has zero ease when worn over a shirt.

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