5/11 -- I think this may be my favorite sweater ever. I’m almost sad to see the warmer weather come so I can’t wear it.

Almost finished with sewing the sleeves in -- I added about 3/4 inch of reverse stockinette, knit back and forth instead of in the round, to be a facing for the armhole steeks. On a quest for 8 pewter clasps.

4/11 I cranked out most of these sleeves on spring break while riding in the car. They are almost ready to cast off and sew in.

1/11 I’m of the “don’t think about it, just do it” school of steeking, so this happened without me photo-documenting the process. Front bands were finished over Christmas, the neckband finished New Year’s Eve, and I cast on for the sleeves too. I’m attempting to knit them the same way I do most sleeves, like 2 socks on 2 circs. (See the comments for an alternative way to do both sleeves at once that probably makes more sense, but I’m staying with what I know for now).

12/10 I’m loving the colors on this, as it slowly grows. Almost done with the body. Fortunately the ugly yarn ends and color-jogs will go away when the front steek is cut. When I start the sleeves, I’m going to attempt to do them two at a time on 2 circs, as I normally do. The large number of different colors, some held double, will make it a challenge. I think I will do what the Siren’s Heart Jacket pattern called for: I will create a 2-stitch false “seam” of black yarn that goes all the way up the underside of each sleeve and conceals the color jog every round. It’s a tiny bit like intarsia because the black yarn doesn’t get carried around, just pulled back to the start of the 2-stitch seam and worked over and over again, all the way up. There will be lots of ends to weave in, though.

I cast on Friday night, couldn’t resist any longer, using Lucy Neatby’s crocheted provisional cast on. I am now working in the round and knitting the two ends of the hem together: a nice neat finish but it takes awhile. The more I looked at my swatch, the more I liked the colors better than the original and wanted to get started.

11/10 Swatching for this. Using various thrift-store unravelled yarns, approximating the “mosses and berries” colorway. Most yarns are so fine they need to be doubled.