4mm to meet gauge. I nearly gave up on being able to match the patterns gauge but I found that when I went up to 4mm I was then able to hold the thin yarn under more tension than I would normally do (compared to a DK yarn on 4mm) enabling me to match St and row gauge. The yarn is nice and soft and has coped with me frogging some of it quite happily.

Cast on using provisional cast on and started with stockinette section - this is so I can go back at the end and add length to the ribbing according to how long I want the sweater and how much yarn I have left! Therefore body was finished 2” sooner than pattern said to allow for a hem of at last 2”.

I wasn’t sure when to do the bust darts as pattern is a bit vague about them. I stopped at 14.25”, row 13 then did 12 short rows followed by a couple of ordinary rounds to ensure I ended at round 10 ready to start the neck shaping.

Worked Chart A for initial neckline shaping in the round.
Then we divide the front neck and then create armholes.
Fronts = 72 rows since splitting for front and back.
Back = 68 rows since splitting for sleeve and back.

I joined the shoulder with Kitchener stitch for a smooth and invisible join.
All my back neck sts were left ‘live’ ready for the neckband.

Neck sts bound off with 3.5mm needles.

Hem of body - ribbing on 3.5mm = 4”/10cm, I used 4.5mm to bind off so the edge is very stretchy.

Sleeves: I had 80g/392yds left for sleeves. So I split it into two and worked until it was used up. My ribbing is 14 rounds on cuffs - I made sure I had that much left by allowing 4 times the space the sts took up on the needles for each row. I used 2.75mm for the ribbing and bound off with 4mm. I omitted the cable to save a bit of yarn as I knew I was running low.

Yarn Note: Dia Light has proved to be a perfect yarn for this sweater. Even with plenty of negative ease (on me especially) the fabric is dense enough not to be see through. The yarn is also soft and easy to knit.

Photographed on me and my sister.

While knitting this I watched:
Black Sails - season 2
Outlander - season 1, episodes 1-9
Vikings - season 1-3, up to episode 8
Bosch - season 1
I Am Slave (film)