21:06:16 this was languishing - my stitch counts weren’t right; then I put it down for months and couldn’t remember where I was - so with the UFO Party impetus from the GSD Lovers Group, I’ve picked this up and will complete it …

22:06:16 ripped back to eyelet row

03:07:16 back complete. Didn’t bother within casting off for back neckline or decreases from neck.

13:07:16 body complete. Used Kitchener stitch to join the neck

19:07:16 realized that not only are the pattern instructions making me feel no love, but doing the sleeves in the round was also not a joyful process: too tight, too slow. Ripped it back and started again TAAT on straights - whizzing through now.

25:07:16 sleeves complete & set in. Had to be creative as top of sleeve was really too small to fit armhole properly, although knitted exactly to pattern.

26:07:16 sewed buttons on & added unusual picot edging as per pattern: my favorite bit of this pattern.

Never doing a Drops pattern again - got some beautiful designs, but the instructions are just too much hard work.