Ok so last year I made a Deschain in white. It was lovely!! Until I washed it in the machine. And the yarn went from a longer drapey garment, to a wide, high backed, odd tent shape that just didn’t suit my body any longer.

I loved the piece, and have since gifted it to a friend on whose body it is much more fitting, but I really wanted to make myself another one.

While I loved the white, I saw the texture in this Zooey in the black and thought it would do very well! After thinking about last year’s incarnation, as well as some Ravelry research, I have decided to make the following modifications:

Modifications

• Go down to a US 10/6mm needle.
• Use the short row and some other construction mods from THIS PROJECT as quoted below:

Cast on back, p 1 row, do short rows 20 sts from each end to raise center back. (K 3 sts past previous DS)2x, (k 4 sts past previous DS)3x, 2sts rem at each end. k until 7” down sides (30 rows), put back sts on hold, pick up sts for right shoulder, cast on neck sts, pick up for left shoulder. K front pattern to back length, doing a slip st before and after lace panel every odd row. Join for working in the round. do slip st every odd round for faux side seams.

For the front panel, I picked up sts across the CO edge of the back as follows:

Pick up 31 sts, CO 35 sts, pick up 31 sts.
(If the full width is 97 sts, the lace pattern is 29 sts, and it says to leave about 1/2” to 1” on either side of the lace before seaming, 97-29=68; 68/2=34; I get about 3 sts per 1”, so 34-3=31.)