11-01-2025

By the armhole steeks at the latest I had the pattern down, and now it is a pretty relaxing knit.

11-08-2025

Pausing after starting the first sleeve to knit the neckband; I plan to block the sweater-in-progress this afternoon so I can measure how long the zipper will need to be, then continue with the sleeves tomorrow.

I’m hoping I can get two other sweaters ready for zippers this weekend as well, and then order the zippers next week so that they will (hopefully) be in here in time for me to finish those two by Thanksgiving and this one by Christmas.

I’m copying my Glenesk neckband here: picking up 123 stitches, working 5 repeats plus one edge stitch on each side of rows 1-13 in garter, one ridge in Kittiwake, and then binding off.

I don’t have any spare Sojourn to line this with (poor Marie) but I should be able to find Caroline which I think will be an acceptable substitute.

11-23-2025

I ran out of Witchflower about a third of the way down the second sleeve, so have dipped into stash to finish the sweater. I also just realized I forgot to weigh the individual colors, so will just enter the total finished weight when I’m done.

Ended up adding a tad more Kittiwake for the last repeat on the second sleeve.

12-10-2025

Again copying Glenesk, pick up 1/1 along front and 2/3 along collar
n.b. - k2tog, k2 for i-cord to make the smoother side the right side

12-12-2025

In the final Glenesk copy, I’m using Sojourn to knit a collar lining. Since I bound off the collar I’ll pick up stitches along the top with a US 2, then knit the appropriate length (3” or so?) and bind off.