Using sport weight yarn on 4s got me gauge. I ended with 1.9 grams of yarn left - talk about yarn chicken!

Pockets

Added pockets! Ten sts in on both sides, held 22 sts. Put them in 4 rows after last increase row, 22 rows from bottom ribbing (I wish I had placed them higher).

I picked up 24 stitches at the top of the pocket on size 4s, then turned the work to the wrong side and cast on 13 stitches with a cable cast on.

I then knit, starting on row two (WS):

(p1, k1) twice, k1, p6, k1, k2tog for all wrong side rows

p2, k6 (cable back on third row of right), p1, (p1, k1) twice.

Cast off tightly on same size needles, and mattress stitch sides down to front of garment.

To sew down pockets: https://tricksyknitter.com/blogs/learn-to-knit/sewing-poc...

16.4 grams ball 1
8.2 grams ball 2

Raglan increases

For the increases on the yoke, instead of doing the m1pl and m1pr I am just doing m1l and m1r.

Weights

Knit both sides of collar with one ball yarn. Took 55g.

Started alternating when I picked up stitches. Ran out of ball one at end of fifth repeat of yoke chart. 50g second ball remain.

Finished 7 repeats of yoke plus two rows before splitting for arms. 39g ball two, 87g ball three (used 29.8 total grams for repeats 6 and 7)

Finished the two small skeins (17g total) that I had left and I’m 3 decreases down the second sleeve. About 100g of yarn remaining. (Two balls - 63g and 38g)

Second sleeve done, 78g left (51.8+25.9)

Adding length on the bottom: 2g per row.

Ribbing and bind off done! 18g + 25.9g remain for cuffs and maybe pockets (can also do pockets in fingering weight of the same color or in dark grey). Bound off in pattern using size 6 needles.

Pocket top cabling is 5g per pocket.

I used about 350 yards more yarn than the pattern calls for, and had no yarn left over at the end.

Sleeves

Started the decreases at 4 inches. 32 rows.

Cuffs on 3s, 22 rows. Bound off with 5s.

Progress dates

August 15, 2016: cast on, knit one side collar
August 30: finished collar, picked up stitches for yoke
December 30: picked up after long hiatus!
January 10, 2017: yoke increases complete
January 14, 2017: split for sleeves

_time passes_

January 12, 2020: finished the body decreases.
January 25, 2020: finished body increases. Held stitches for pockets.

_pandemic happens_
I don’t know, I decided to make a big blanket when the pandemic hit.

June 13, 2021: finished the right sleeve, sans cuff
August 1, 2021: finished left sleeve, sans cuff
August 24, 2021: finished top of left pocket. So close to the finish line.
September 2: finished right pocket
September 6, 2021: wove in all the ends