Doing the 2022 rewrite version for a more cropped sweater. Pattern recommendation of 3-5” of ease, meaning final chest size should be 36-38”.

Swatching, pre- and post-blocking/washing (per 4”):

I like the US 10.5 swatch better. Making size B for 38” bust. Re-mathing all lengths/row counts because, per usual, my row gauge is off.

• Cable cast on.
• Alternating skeins every 2nd row.
• Changing YO increases to m1L or m1R as appropriate.
• Knitted cast on for joining in round under sleeves instead of backwards loop cast on.
• When picking up underarm stitches for sleeves, picking up one extra in each corner and decreasing first round to reduce gaps between pickup stitches and held stitches.
• Modifying sleeve length to be 21” rather than the pattern-schematic 18” so my wrists are covered.

Other than a video on the designer’s instagram, I’m not finding much information on the “half JSSBO bind off” this pattern calls for. I hate videos, but the gist is that it’s the JSSBO, but only on the purl stitches, bind off the knit stitches as normal. I can’t decide how I like it, I might unpick the sleeve BO and replace with a sewn or tubular bind off… I will decide after I finish the second sleeve.

Sticking with half-JSSBO, as much as I like the sewn invisible ribbed bind off, I decided it’s not worth the effort to unpick the first sleeve’s bind off.

For the collar, I did a German Short Row instead of sewing shut the gap when switching directions for the broken rib.

Final verdict: ended up with less positive ease than I was hoping, but noting too terrible. The bottom ribbing is a bit tight so it rides up a wee bit, but I fully expect that to loosen with time.

The chest is at about a half-inch ease, which is still a change from my mostly-negative-ease other sweaters. I think I was impatient in my swatching and measuring. The final sweater clocks in at 14 sts/4” rather than 13, so not a huge difference but accounts for the final bust being 33.5” instead of 36”.

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