April 26, 2026

Used Roxanne Richardson tutorial for a 1x1 ribbed cast on (https://youtu.be/3F5k-v3Nqyo?si=F1gnVUHcbh6pnLu5).

Accidentally cast on 187 instead of 185 and just let it ride. I did NOT want to do that again. Bound off 1 extra stitch in the underarm to compensate. Used k2togtbl for underarm bindoff.

April 26, 2026

I really don’t like bottom up knitting. I never feel like I’m getting the length right. I understand the why. It’s so much easier to make tank top decreases. But I can’t think of a single time I’ve nailed the length. Hoping this is different

May 5, 2026

33 rows for straps to start

May 6, 2026

I think I will have enough yarn to lengthen this. I may cut off the ribbing, knit until I run out of yarn, then graft the ribbing back on.

May 10, 2026

I don’t need to lengthen this and I have nearly half a cake left. I really thought I would play yarn chicken. Man, I’m super bad at estimating yarn requirements lol. That said, I used significantly less than the pattern recs.