July 5: Swatch with MC Clay, with test on colors Treacle and Phantom. Decided to go with Ancient as the contrast color.

August 4: Not sure if the Ancient shade is too much contrast although I love the color. Ordered color Boulder to see if that might work better as contrast color.

August 22: The Ancient is working well with the Clay body, knitting while in South Colorado overlooking the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

October 31: Need to add another inch or so to the upper body before attaching sleeves and starting yoke. 11.5 inches seems to be a little short.

November 20: Working on the yoke. Easy to follow pattern and lovely yarn.

December 3: Finished yoke and began neck ribbing. Color work tighter in chart D than in charts A,B, & C. Might be due to closer stitch pattern in chart D. Used same larger needle 3.5 mm in all charts. Hopefully blocking will smooth out variations.

December 5: Finished. Blocking has, thankfully, smoothed out any puckering. Sweater is to gauge. Sleeves still a little long at 16 1/2 inches to underarm, and could have been a little shorter since I am only 5’ 3 1/2”. They still look fine and feminine.