01-22-2018

Cuff: 1.25” = 12rds plus CO

01-24-2018

Unblocked Gauge: 24sts/4” & 30rds/4”

01-25-2018

Blocked Gauge: 24sts/4” & 30rds/4”

01-25-2018

I’ve decided to follow st counts for size 4-6yrs and rd counts for size 2-4yrs. With my gauge, it will end up size 2-4yrs.

02-03-2018

Yoke Issues:

1) I knit one stitch past the BOR, turned the work to the WS, and slipped the stitch to the RN. (I also put a locking green stitch marker on the original BOR stitch).

2) I used cotton embroidery thread and a crochet hook for a provisional cast on directly onto the left needles (looking from the WS). I also put some extra simple crochet stitches on both sides of the cast on, and used a locking green stitch marker to hold the last crochet stitch since the cotton is so slippery).

3) Now the working yarn is to the right of the cotton provisional cast on. So I purled across the cast on with the working yarn, and followed the pattern directions for placement of stitch markers. Except, I left the original BOR locking green stitch marker on the stitch (you can’t really see it in the picture because it’s on the other side of the work). I placed a locking purple stitch marker between the right body stitches and the provisional cast on stitches that I just purled. I placed one more locking green stitch marker at the end of this purl row where the pattern says to turn. I thought if it were there it would help me see where the end of the yoke work is and the body stitches begin again, so I wouldn’t accidentally not purl them together again.

02-05-2018

My yoke fix did NOT work. Even though the pattern doesn’t say to break the yarn when starting the yoke, break the yarn. Because I did not break the yarn, but moved a stitch so that the yarn would be on the correct side of the provisional cast on to keep knitting (as the pattern directed it should be), I now have a too short stretch of yarn that I’m going to have to cut and weave in before I’ll be able to successfully graft the stitches together to finish the yoke. If you look at the picture, you can see my last stitches for the yoke on the green cable to the left, my provisional crochet cast on with white cotton thread on the right, and leading from the bottom of my live stitches to the top of my provisional cast on, a stretched out bit of yarn in the middle of the picture. This is where I ought to have broken the yarn. I’m going to have to fudge a fix or completely rip out the yoke, and do it again. The yarn’s pretty sticky, so I’m going to cut, carefully weave it in and hope for the best.

03-10-2018

Here’s what I think the pattern ought to have said:

(This would be right after the sentence saying, “the yoke patten from this point is knit from side to side, working at 90 degrees to live stitches).

Break working yarn. Using a provisional cast on and waste yarn, cast on # stitches onto the RH needle. Live stitches should be at the right end of these cast on stitches. Turn work to WS, and using sweater yarn, purl across the provisional cast on, PM, purl 2 stitches from body, PM, purl 1 stitch from body. Turn work.

If you follow the pattern after that, you shouldn’t have any problems.