19 January 2020: all finished, washed and dried. Turned out great! Sweater weighs 434 g.

Measurements taken flat:
Neck circ: 7”
Chest circ: 18”
Body ribbed hem circ: 16.5”
Upper arm circ: 6”
Sleeve ribbed cuff circ: 3”
Yoke colorwork length from c/o edge: 9”
Length from c/o edge to sleeve/body separation: 11”
Overall length center front c/o to b/o edge: 20”
Sleeve length from underarm to cuff edge: 16”
Body length from underarm to b/o edge: 11”

Plymouth Homestead is overall good. Somewhat disappointed with all the joins that I encountered.

11 January 2020: started right sleeve last night, finished it tonight. Ate up 52g of MC.

One more sleeve to go.

Sleeve:

• 48 sts plus 8 c/o sts = 56 sts
• Knit 14 rounds before first decrease k2, k2tog, knit to last 4 sts, ssk, k2
• Decrease every 8th round seven more times, down to 40 stitches
• Knit 20 rounds
• Switch to US6 for colorwork ribbed cuff
• One ribbed round in MC
• b/o in pattern

31 December 2019: body finished. Now onto sleeves.

5 November 2019: Switched to US7, knitted a couple of rounds, increased every 20 sts to get to 252 stitches. Knitted five more rounds before separating body and sleeves. C/o 8 sts per underarm.

• 48 sts per sleeve
• 78 sts front / 78 sts back
• Underarm c/o 8 sts per side instead of 10
• 172 sts for body
• 56 sts for each sleeve

After separation:
Knit 14 rounds before first 4-st decrease (ssk | k2tog), then decrease twice more every eight rounds, down to 160 sts. Knitted a bunch of rounds. Switched to US6 for colorwork ribbed hem. One ribbed round in MC. B/o in pattern.

Homestead feels good. BUT two skeins had multiple joins… fingers crossed the other three won’t. Also hoping end product doesn’t grow and sag once washed.

4 November 2019:Just completed yoke. Yarn used so far:
Frank ochre: 17g
Sand: 50g
Brown heather: 78g

1 November 2019: top down, c/o 72 US6, size 4

Us7 plain stockinette
Us8 colorwork