I went down one needle size to get gauge.

This pattern allows for a vertical or horizontal stretch. I needed the horizontal stretch to get the 36” width I need but when the piece was stretched sideways, the length got much shorter. That meant that I had to add 14 more rows than the pattern called for before beginning the sleeve bind-off and bind on. Be sure to stretch sideways when measuring the length to the armhole!

This yarn is a bit difficult to work with because stitches made of the small areas of the yarn tend to“hide” under the large stitches. Using stitch markers every 13 stitches helped me to know to look for “hidden stitches” when the stitch count was off in a 13-stitch section.

Other than that, this was fairly easy to knit and very stunning.