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Piecing it together
I have to say — again — that I’m surprised at how quickly this actually comes together. In the last week I’ve completed the front right side, seamed the shoulders together with the three-needle bind-off, and almost have finished with the collar. There’s just one more row until I take the collar off, fold it over, and tack it down.
But. This week’s work was also challenging, particularly this weekend when I was doing the neck shaping on the front right piece. I think the instructions for the right side are actually for the left side. My copy of the pattern says to work the first nine stitches in pattern, then knit across, but the pattern is actually in the last nine stitches, not the first. That was a bit of a struggle, and I’m hoping that I’ve done it right. I know that I haven’t done it exactly right, though, because when I went to do the shoulder seaming I had mismatched stitch counts on both sides. That was quickly fixed by faking stitches, but I’m now worried about how the neck and shoulders are going to turn out. You can see in that second picture that I have some ugly gaps at the neck where the front pieces transition to the back … not sure how that will turn out.
So, on to the collar and then the sleeves. I’m thinking about just picking up the stitches on double pointed needles and then knitting the sleeves in the round, but I’m not sure. If I do that it might be better to seam the sides first, and I’m not sure I want to be a risk taker. :) Any thoughts?
