11-04-2021

I had some trouble with the pattern; found the font difficult to read, the instruction style did not read clearly to me. When dividing for body and sleeves, there is instruction to cast on an extra stitch but it was not clear to me what was to be done with that extra stitch. I figured it out when I got to row 17 of the chart the 2nd last stich should be a purl on the RS. Ah ha! The extra stitch is the 2nd last stitch of the right front, before the edge stitch. Looking back at the cast on instructions, I see that it is written but it did not sink in.

When you get to row 17 of the chart,
9 x 16 + 2 edge stitches +1

11-04-2021

Bound off body as per pattern using larger needle. Some of the bobbles need adjusting, just from the last row. Seems to work to pull up some slack and wrap it around.

SLEEVES 15-04-2021

pickup 8 CO stitches (no extra) 52 stitches, and as usual to avoid holes Suzanne Bryan underarm pickup method

32 rounds before lace pattern
decreases x2, round 14, 28

BUTTON BAND 17-04-2021

with 4mm picked up 67 sts
RS work buttonholes -- cocoknits buttonholes for x 1 rib
with a little slack for larger hole while still keeping it neat and in pattern. WS backwards loop co over the gap. fewer buttonholes than pattern

BO button band, didn’t twist the stitch mount for the next decrease bo. I found the BO for body got a bit messy with this added twist.

21-04-2021

buttons

http://beatknitting.blogspot.com/2008/11/crochet-button-t...

tried these, but too big with the project yarn

Maybe a felted ball?

measurements

pre-block
chest 20”
length at buttonband 16.5”
underarm to hem 9”
sleeve 11.5”
slv from neck 20”

It grew quite a lot, sleeve reaches my wrist but I haven’t measured