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Everyone is now recovering at home. My day 5 is today. Picking up sts for other sleeve so they match before I forget what st counts were.

After much debate have decided to knit sleeves as written.

Everyone is recovering. Yay for vaccines and meds for the family member who is immunocompromised.

Finished back hem with my mods. I need to clean up the seams but I think I like it.

Attempted first go at modifying the neckline (that’s too deep a V for me to wear comfortably even with a shirt underneath). What I did works, but it doesn’t hang correctly when worn. I need to rethink the geometry and why it is doing what it’s doing. Once our caregiving push calms down and I can catch up on sleep.

Picked up for one sleeve. Got 48 sts. I like how the arm feels so I’m going to keep seam as is.

return to project.

We all have covid [I was last one infected] so more (slow) knitting time. Finished the back body and modified front hem.

Please keep that in mind if you attempt this modification. It took me several tries to get it right so I can’t promise these scribbled notes make sense!

use a circular ndl to pick up loops of sts along bottom edge. A, B, A, B etc. At center I had 3 in a row of my solid color.

(I may have A and B switched. modify so it matches)

w/ RS facing
Setup
Row 1: w yarn color matching p/u st K-cast on 8 sts.
R 2: P to last st of same color switch to other color, k2tog.

Knitted on Border:
Row 1: w A sl1, (k,p) to end.
Row 2: p to last st, switch to B and k2tog. // this creates a “purl bump” mimicking the pattern on the front).
Row 3: w B sl1 (k, p) to end.
Row 4: k to last st, switch to A and k2tog. // this creates the “knit” as on the front.

This isn’t exact the same as the front as the stitch count never shifts to rearrange sts.

For the back hem, just change the (k,p) to knit or purl as appropriate to match the design.

Site visit (I’m the passenger) led to some knitting time. Still working on the back.

For previous notes, please see the ravelry project page. I need to rethink how I work these notes.

Finally squared off half the back. Seamed shoulders and one side so I could try on and check fit.

I definitely want to work the bottom hem and the sleeves differently to preserve the lines that I like. Hope to finish squaring and finish the back soon. I want to wear this now that the weather has turned.

Also need to think on how I want to firm up the V-neck, it’s very deep.