January 9, 2016

Garter stripes are taming the differences nicely, as is embracing the organic nature of this particular project. I’m mentally calling it wabi sabi, but I know it’s not really wabi sabi so much as letting go of my need for perfection.

January 10, 2016

Second front is going well. I have decided to just embrace the vagaries of hand dyed yarn and let this be whatever it is when it’s done.

I think the modular construction of the fronts will help give it sort of a patchwork effect and let it look like it was planned for a certain level of organic feel.

January 13, 2016

Second front completed. Cast on for the back. Got about 4 inches into the back.

February 3, 2016

Over half way through the back now. Actual measurements will be taken tonight.

February 5, 2016

Currently at 21 of 26 inches to neck bind off. (an additional inch is knit for the shoulders.

September 22, 2016

Picked this back up tonight to put a few rows on it. 8 rows = an inch of length, so something like 32 more rows before the neck bind off.

I’d forgotten how heavy this sweater is. The back weighs a ton already. The pattern calls for sewing the back to the fronts and then picking up a number of stitches for the sleeves. I’m very tempted to knit the sleeves separately and set them on at this point, just to minimize the weight.

The front bands are going to be super heavy, as the whole weight of the sweater will be in place by the time I pick up for it.

2018.08.21

Making a WIP push on the Baroque Violet Hanten. Put a few more rows on the back.

2018.12.03

I frogged it. I’m not sure what possessed me, but there it is. This yarn deserves to be something I truly love.