Overall this was a fairly easy knit. This was my first sweater/cardigan/jacket and my second colour work project and it was very straight forward.

The final fit of this cardigan does leave something to be desired for me. The shoulder of the cardigan slides right off my shoulders and makes it quite awkward to wear. The sleeves are way too short despite sizing up for them and adding extra rows. I will have to add extra rows to the ribbing as well in order to be able to wear this cardigan regularly.

I am incredibly happy with the yarn. I was nervous to knit this in acrylic but the pound of love yarn was easy to work with and after the vinegar soak and machine washing it feels very soft. I’ll absolutely use this again in the future.

Modifications
Sleeves - An extra 2 rows added before starting the colourwork chart. 4 extra rows added right before ribbing at the end of sleeve.
Button band - added an extra 3 rows before adding button holes

Blocking
Panels - soaked in water and concentrated vinegar for about 30 minutes to soften acrylic. This worked very well and the difference in softness of the yarn is very noticeable.
Finished garment - soaked again in water and concentrated vinegar for about 30 minutes. Machine washed + dried on medium heat

Knitting diary
October 8 - cast on! Finished ribbing and all stockinette in MC on right side panel. (2.5 hours)
October 9 - ended up finishing 1/4 of the colour work chart for the right panel. Very slight puckering at the bottom but should block out. (2.5 hours)
October 10 - Mini road trip & knitting in the car. (3 hours)
October 11 - 2 rows from completing chart. (1.5 hours)
October 12 - finished right panel and started blocking. Casting on left panel and starting ribbing. (3.5 hours)
October 13 - finished ribbing and switched to larger needle size (.5 hours)
October 14 - halfway through colourwork chart and about to start decreases. (3 hours)
October 15-18 - finishing up left panel (3 hours)
October 19- cast on and done half of ribbing for back panel (1.5 hours)
October 20 - finishing ribbing and finishing stockinette before chart set up.
October 21 to November 1 - very slow progress. A little more than 1/4 of the chart. (~3 hours)
November 3 - Halfway mark of colour work chart. (2.5 hours)
November 4 - Finished colour work chart and very close to being done back panel. Bit of a marathon knitting session (~5 hours)
November 5 - back panel finished. All panels are being blocked now. (2.5 hours)
November 6 - shoulder seams crocheted together. Stitches picked up for sleeves and all rows before colour work chart completed (2 hours)
November 7 - 1/3 done chart (1.5 hours)
November 8 -a little over halfway done chart (2 hours)
November 9- done sleeve up to the ribbing. Added an extra 4 rows before cuff. (3.5 hours)
November 10 - finished with ribbing on first sleeve + bind off. Picked up stitches on second sleeve and knit until start of chart. (2.5 hours)
November 11 - a little bit over halfway done chart on last sleeve. (4.5 hours)
November 12 - finished sleeve w/ ribbing. Crocheted all seams and blocking before adding button band. (4 hours)
November 14 - picked up stitched for button band and knit a couple rows. (1.5 hours)
November 15/16 - finished button band, weaving in ends and blocking :) (1.5 hours)

Total hours: ~54 hours