I love this yarn and the pattern is an easy knit for tv! I look forward to using more of this yarn - the total with shipping to Florida was $122 which is very reasonable for an international order.

After a long Christmas break I am back to finish this one up. The body is done and I have tried it on. The yarn feels amazing and it drapes very nicely.

When I got to the sleeves, I was confused as to why there was a garter stitch added when the body had been done using a braid so I changed that and knitted the braid. I was running out of the silk yarns so I completed 2/3 of both sleeves and then took the remaining yarn, divided by 2 and then just kind did my own thing until all of the yarn was used up.

Before blocking, the sweater is very wide and very short. After blocking it stretches down more in length to a more normal shape. I love the shorter sleeves and the yarn is fabulous.