Part 2. (Part one is here.)

Again Jarred, black ink on white paper = good. light grey ink on white paper = not so good!

So glad that I really don’t have to read/find all the instructions on this one as it’s still firmly planted in my brain.

Changes to make it more manly.

• No waist shaping.
• Higher start to the v-neck, buttons further spaced out.
• No belt.
• Not as wide a collar. (I made Pt 1’s collar wider than recommended and it’s perfect for her sweater… just not terribly manly.)

April 22

Sleeves are almost done. I left them live incase I need to make them longer…since I will be doing the fronts differently I may need to alter them to suit.

• Sleeves knit flat to ensure gauge consistency. (It’s much easier to block this way too!)

May 20th

Body and one front is done. I am working the back… There’s a light at the end of the tunnel!

Knitting 2 of these back to back is a bit monotonous and a bit more effort is needed to stay focused and on task!

May 23rd:

<del>As I said earlier, I set the sleeves aside to check size, and discovered that there is an error in the instructions. It states to knit decreases every 4th row 5 times (For the largest size. This is where I set them aside, just before the angle part.) and it should say 7 times. I had put a marker on each set of decreases and had done all 5… I needed 8 more rows to equal the length of the fronts and to get the right stitch counts! So I am pleased that I waited to finish them :-)

Never mind… seems I knit the sleeves one size smaller than the body! User error! :-(

All that is left now is to sew, button band and pockets!

Not going to wash the sweater until all the details are done this time! One wash…

• No body shaping.
• Started the V-shaping at the underarm split and decreased every 4th row till I was down to the same 3 stitches. (Same number of neck decreases but just closer together.)
• The collar increases, starting at the V, every 10th row 10 times. (40 stitches increased.)
• see part one for how I did the collar as I am doing it the same way by picking up all the stitches first and knitting the button band/collar on.
• I will do pockets as well.

#Done! :-)

587 grams used.