FINAL THOUGHTS
This sweater took me much longer than usual to finish. While I do like the overall finished garment, the pattern was kind of tedious to knit for sure. I also think some of the instructions could’ve been a bit clearer.

I modified my sweater to have a more cropped fit by only knitting 3 stripes, and I wanted less positive ease than the sweater called for so I chose to knit the size S instead of my recommended size L. I do think I would knit this again in the future with the suggested length and ease, and probably use a drapier yarn.

CAST-ON
I found the cast on instructions very confusing. Since it calls for a Judy’s magic cast on, the number of stitches given in the pattern is actually for just 1 needle, so you need to double the number of stitches given.

Also the pattern has you cut the yarn immediately, which was completely confusing to me since the provisional edge was still live, and the stitches were just loosening and slipping off my needle… I finally ended up watching the video on PetiteKnit’s website and I realized she does the final stitch of the cast on as a backwards loop cast on to secure it.

This was definitely very frustrating for me, and I just wish the pattern would’ve said at least SOMETHING about it instead of having to search down the video :(
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAEDPfEpwv8

Also, I’ve noticed a lot of people mention that their short rows are quite noticeable around the shoulders, but I honestly think it’s the cast on that’s causing the issue, not the short rows. You have to do the cast on with really good tension or else the stitches will look larger and you won’t have a seamless edge. The yarn I used is quite forgiving, so I did not have any issues with the cast on edge or short rows being noticeable though.

BODY & SLEEVES
I knit the body to pattern for the most part. I chose to knit 18rows between my stripes instead of 19, and I omitted the last stripe for a cropped fit. For the bind off I chose to do an Italian bind off instead of a tubular bind off.

For the sleeves, I followed the pattern decreases exactly, and simply omitted the 4th strip to match the body.

I was a bit annoyed at the number of ends I needed to weave in. The tails from doing the stripes are kind of unavoidable, but the way the pattern calls to do the yoke and the pick up for the sleeves felt a little unnecessary. I think if I were to do this pattern again, I at least wouldn’t break the yarn for the sleeves and just knit to the point where you pick up to do the short row sleeve shaping.

NECKLINE
I chose to pick up and knit the neckline before I finished the body or worked on the sleeves at all, so I could get a better feel of the final fit.

I only worked 9 rounds of the neckline instead of 13, and instead of doing a purl row I chose to do 3 rounds of double knitting instead to create the collar fold. PetiteKnit has been doing this technique in her more recent releases, so I followed the instructions for the Moby sweater.

Double knitting to create collar fold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep4SVNueEXo

Knitting down neck edge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq2mO5gYVHs

YARN
I used the Fibre Co Lore yarn in a cream and light gray color. I love the colors of this yarn and the yarn performs beautifully for colorwork, but the yarn is definitely on the more rustic side. Blocking helped a little, but it’s definitely a itchier/scratchier yarn. This probably won’t be a sweater I can wear directly against my skin.

I was hoping it would have more softness and drape, so I am a little disappointed in the final garment. It has quite a bit of structure to it, and really almost no drape.