09/15/2019

Body ribbing completed! I think I’ll likely make it to the first body chart tonight.

10/06/2019

I am loving this knit, it has been so much fun! I am about to knit the very last chart and hope to complete the yoke by the end of the week!

10/20/2019

Okay so I knew better to knit this in superwash yarn but I told myself it would be fine and I’d do an excellent job of reinforcing the steek. Well…I didn’t. I just did the standard crochet reinforcement and it was not enough. I picked up all the stitches for the buttonband and became really nervous. After knitting all the short rows I decided to do a steek sandwich with some wooly yarn (using the sport weight wool) hoping to give additional reinforcement and at the very least put it out of sight and out of mind. I think it helped but I suppose only time will tell.

I absolutely love this sweater, the fit turned out exactly the way I wanted and I love all the colors. I was so excited to wear it I gave it a quick steam and have been wearing it without any buttons on it…who knows if I’ll ever get to sewing some on.