2018.05.02

Shoulder increases complete. Working on sleeve and neck increases.

2018.07.13

Difficulty deciding how to deal with button band and side edge. Went through various options:
. 1 x 1 rib
. Cables with hole for button

2018.08.19

Frogged back about 3”
(18 rows before underarm join, and a further 6 rounds for the body)
Not happy with button band decision and edge.
Going with seed st after cable cast-on 10 st each side fro button band

Slip st i-cord selvage
RS: k1, s1wyif, k1
WS: s1wyif, k1, s1wyif

2018.08.19

Completed yoke and slv increases for size large resulting armhole depth on 5”
Continue until 6.5 inch - about 14 more rounds before separating sleeves

2018.08.22

Progress: 7 rows below armhole join

Faux side seam
50 st each front
98 st back
150 st total

Button band - 7 seed st, 3 st i-cord side edge
Eyelet every 12? Rows both sides

2018-12-19

Picked this up after many month hibernation.
It is 6 inches below underarm join.

2019-02-24

#DEstashREstashMAL2019

Using the MAL as a push to get this project completed!

2019-02-27

1st ball of yarn complete
body at 7inches from underarm. Placed st on hold to complete sleeves and see how much yarn remains.

Fit on shoulders and across chest is good. Needs 2 - 3 inches more in length. Maybe a lace stitch for yarn to go farther.

LEFT SLEEVE

with 3.5mm place sleeve stitches on needles, p/up 11 st underarm. K 2 rounds
change to 4mm, K 2 rounds

TO DO
Do same for RIGHT SLEEVE and then place both on single needle to knit at the same time

2019-03-19

OTHER SLEEVE
61 stitches
Decided to go with 3.75mm rather than 4mm

61 st (50 plus 11)
Both sleeves set up on the 3.75mm 32 inch cable

2019-04-04

RIBBING
continue button bands in seed stitch and maintain “side seam”
2 x 2 rin (broken)
WS p2, k2 etc
RS k

2019-04-04

Excited to have bound off the body!!!
2 stitch i-cord bind off, which is unlike binding off since you don’t slip a stitch over another stitch. 30 minutes for the 222 stitches. Love how it blends into the i-cord edge of button band.

2019-04-05

Not just pleased to be done with it after almost a year on the needles, but pleased with how it turned out, especially since I was making it up as I went along.

After completing the body, went back to finish the sleeves that I had placed on hold. Decided the seed stitch was not right; Finished with broken rib and bound off with 2stitch i-cord same as body. Sleeves are about 2/3rds length comfortably reaching below my elbows.

Before blocking:
20” neck to bottom
15” across at underarms
10.5” sleeves from underarms

It fits, with a wide v-neck, seed stitch button bands and i-cord edging.

2019-04-05

MODS ===================

cardigan - not joined in the round
size L adjusting for gauge of laceweight yarn

50 st each front
98 st back
2 st Faux side seam
150 st total

BUTTON BAND
7 st seed stitch and slip st i-cord selvage
RS: k1, s1wyif, k1
WS: s1wyif, k1, s1wyif
Eyelet (buttonhole) every 13th row on both bands

RIBBING - about 16 rows broken 2 x 2 rib

BIND OFF - 2 stitch i-cord