06-10-2022

Apparently I started this Feb 26, but I don’t have any notes. Looks like the photo is from Mar 2. I had continued working it. I had joined in the round, completed raglan section 1, and was ready to do the compound raglan. So that’s where I started this morning. Today I completed the first four row set and then the first of three repeats.

Oddly, I’m having trouble with the M1R and M1L. It doesn’t seem to compute when I get there. I remember this being a problem when I was working on it before and I had to look up how to do it each time. Now I’m finally getting the hang of it, but I still have to think about it. This is the first time I’ve done M1 increases, but I don’t remember other increases being hard to learn.

That combined with the compound raglan makes this a little harder in terms of remembering where I am in the pattern. Nothing wrong with the pattern, just my old brain not wanting to learn this new trick.

Anyway, very glad to be back on track with this and I hope to work steadily now and get it done. I think it’s going to be really cute and I would love for it to be a staple this summer!

06-13-2022

More progress yesterday and today. I finished the last two rows of the compound raglan section this morning, then joined a new ball of yarn using the Russian join, which I just learned about yesterday. How could I go this long without ever having heard of this? I need practice with it, but the join felt strong and so I guess we’ll see if it holds and if the ends stay tucked away.

Then I separated the sleeves from the body and cast on underarm stitches with cable cast on from WS (using Chili Dog tutorial, the Elizabeth Smith one only shows right side, although the thumbnail shows WS…?). Cable cast on is another thing that won’t sink into this brain of mine.

Then I knit four of 18 rounds of stockinette in the body. After that’s complete, the next step I believe is the a-line increases.

07-10-2022

My row gauge is not the same as the suggested yarn. So I have reached the garment length as indicated in the schematic, still having quite a number of rows to go. I tried it on and it looks great. But as tempted as I am to finish the hem, I think I will do the neck first. That can alter the length quite a bit, so better to take care of it early. I wish I had remembered to do it much earlier in the process. But it’s now or never at this point. I’m in the Body Shaping section for my size, having completed 3 of 5 repeats of rounds 1-6.

07-10-2022

Wish I had taken notes when I started this. Apparently I was knitting on size US 9, although the pattern calls for 8. The yarn I used called for US 7-9 to get 16-20 sts per inch, so I think I used the 9s to approximate the pattern gauge. I do remember I didn’t do a swatch because of a combo of laziness combined with not getting such great results from my swatches and deciding it didn’t really matter. As I said above, it fits great, so all’s well that ends well. But anyway, the neck ribbing uses one size smaller needle, so I’ll use an 8 for it.

07-11-2022

Did the neck ribbing last night. Tried it on this morning to verify it was long enough, which it was. So I did the bottom ribbing and bound off. On to sleeves next!

The total garment length is 24”. My row gauge is not the same as the pattern’s, which has caused a couple of minor problems. I knew I needed to watch the inches and not rows before doing the body shaping, but then forgot. Knitted too far, so the eyelets start too low. Part of the reason I reached length long before being done with the increases. But not a problem. I fits great and looks great.

07-13-2022

Done! I finished the second sleeve last night and did the sleeve ribbing this morning. I love it! I think it’s my favorite pullover that I’ve done so far. And the best fitting. Compound raglan for the win!