16.05.2021

I decided to go with neckline option 2 for this Anitquity Blouse.

The front straps were a bit short, so I knit them 20cm long. They still seem a bit short, but I want to check again after I finish the back straps. I kept the front strap stitches on scrap yarn for a 3 neelde bind off later, so it would not be a problem to lengthen them if need be.

It is a really enjoyable knit so far and I am already thinking about making another one in black. The body is more cropped on me than the sample pictures show. For a normal length (a tad bit longer than normal waisted jeans/pants) I would need to add one full lace panel repeat. For a cropped length I would need to add just half a repeat.

22.05.2021

Finished the first sleeve yesterday evening and tried it on.
Again, I am knitting with 3.5mm needles instead of 4.00mm.

The lenght of the strap with 20cm is fine.

The cuff was smidge too short for my liking, so I added another “popcorn-button” (7 in total) and finished the cuff as described.
For the second blouse I plan to add about 3cm sleeve length, because I really like the blousing over the cuff.

25.05.2021

I finished the second sleeve, weaved in all ends and tried it on. The fit is nice and I really like it

As mentioned earlier, an additional half lace panel repeat would have made the perfcet length. Since this is a bottom up construction I will not change it for this jumper. I ordered 2 skeins fingering weight yarn, but I only needed one. There is almost nothing left, so for an elongeated version I will definetly need 2 skeins.

I also picked up the stitches for the collar and hopefully can finish it by tomorrow.

26.05.2021

Did the collar twice: first time I picked up too many stitches and it was more like a ruffle. The second time I picked up not enough stitches so the collar wouldn’t lie flat and was rolling up.

After the third time the collar was done. I picked up stitches as follows:

• 20 sts on the strap between lace panel and shoulder seam
• 7 sts on the strap between shoulder seam an back
• every stitch on the back

I only did 6 pick-up rows for the collar and just bound off loosely instead of making a pikot-edge.