Notes

• 2,0mm for collar and button bands

• 2,25mm for body/cuff ribbing

• 2,75mm for body

• Pattern is very well written and fun to knit! Lace/cable chart is not difficult but there are 2 cables done somewhat close together which tends to pull that section of the pattern tighter.

• Yarn is wonderfully tweedy with little flecks of color that add to the stockinette sections, there are some thick/thin sections within the yarn. Softens after blocking

• Knit as written for the 35.75” except for the buttonbands and collar. I dropped down to a 2,0mm needle and picked up more stitches, nearly 1:1 (127st). Knit L front 13r then bind off, R front knit 6r, button hole row, 6r then bind off. For the collar I picked up more stitches as well (132st), then knit 4r, button hole, 3r, then bind off

• Added 1 extra button, so 9 buttons total. Tied buttons in place for pictures

• Sleeve cap design was so well written! Worked long sleeves so [19r, dec] x 3, then [11r, dec] x 7, 24r even. Did not work completion row of chart, instead I decreased the extra stitches on the 1st round of ribbing

• 11r ribbing, then twisted rib bind off

• Original pictures on white fabric mannequin with 36-37” bust so the sweater is pulled tight

• Used smaller mannequin to photograph finished sweater, with a 32-33” bust

Yardage

• Body: 162g
• Bands/collar: 12g/8g
• Sleeves: 52g/53g - 105g
• Total: 287g