I spent an awful lot of time thinking about the neckline of Still Light, before I picked up the needles. As written it's quite a wide neckline, and I wanted it a tad higher. I was also worried about the ribbing flaring. There are various solutions to this, but the most obvious seemed to be a tubular cast on. There are different types of tubular cast on, and I chose a very simple one that makes a firm edge.
I also choose to start with 8 stitches less. I increased up to the correct size before joining in the round. Hopefully this will narrow the neckline.
I'm quite worried about the sizing, I've got an 86 cm bust, so I'm knitting the 90cm. I tried to try it on when I got to the 80cm size, but I don't think learnt anything. My gauge is perfect AFTER blocking, and slightly larger before blocking, so who really knows how it is going to come out.
There is a weird thing about how this pattern is written, which is that after the side markers are established the stitch counts are not given. Then, when the pleats / pockets are established I managed to deduce a stitch count by working backwards and making some presumptions. This is rather frustrating, and seems like a strange omission. All that said, I am really enjoying this knit. The Holst Garn yarn is lovely and sheepy, the knitting itself is soothing stocking stitch in the round, and, for a garment in light fingering on 3mm needles, it is growing at a steady pace.This is where it is at after 10 days of knitting. Although it looks like I've made a lot of progress (and I have) I have only used 2 of the 6 balls of yarn I bought, so either I am going to have a lot of yarn left over, or I have another 20 days working on this marvellous project. I'm pretty happy either way.
There is a weird thing about how this pattern is written, which is that after the side markers are established the stitch counts are not given. Then, when the pleats / pockets are established I managed to deduce a stitch count by working backwards and making some presumptions. This is rather frustrating, and seems like a strange omission. All that said, I am really enjoying this knit. The Holst Garn yarn is lovely and sheepy, the knitting itself is soothing stocking stitch in the round, and, for a garment in light fingering on 3mm needles, it is growing at a steady pace.This is where it is at after 10 days of knitting. Although it looks like I've made a lot of progress (and I have) I have only used 2 of the 6 balls of yarn I bought, so either I am going to have a lot of yarn left over, or I have another 20 days working on this marvellous project. I'm pretty happy either way.
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