Muse Top

Start Date: 05/01/2016
Finish Date:

So the components on this are the hem, the front, the back, and the sleeves.

I read ahead in the pattern, and noticed that the front and the back are knit separately and then seamed together. What? I need to pick up stitches to make this and then it wants me to seam? and the hem is attached in the round. No no no no. World of no.
I then spent the rest of my knitting time figuring out if it would be possible to knit it in the round, and by golly I think it will be. Now I am even more excited than I was before because I know that I will be more efficient working on it this way.

Hem:
05/01/2016 - 51% complete
05/02/2016 - 72% complete
05/03/2016- 100% complete!!!!!

I completed 98 repeats instead of 97, as the extra .5 inch will come in handy when it comes to casting on the body, and getting the front and back panel of lace to match in their size of 3 inches.




Body:

05/03/2016 - I started picking up the stitches along the hem to start the body, and I have knit about 3 maybe four repeats of the 9 I need to do before beginning the decreases for the waist. This is gorgeous so far! So glad I worked it do knit in the round, it makes it far more addicting and means I never manage to put it down because I can just keep going round, and round, and round.



05/06/2016 - So as you can see this is super quick, or at least is is since I changed it...oh dear, but seriously, it needed knitting in the round.

05/08/2016 - I got to the start of the arm holes, and started them, and I have knit like crazy, 1 problem, my modification did not take into account that I would be purling my YO's but you win some you lose some, and at least when i do the back I will know how to knit it forwards and backwards, which I do not feel is a problem and so far so good, everything is turning out the way it is meant to. 18 rows to go and then I am at the end I should think.

05/15/2016 - the front is done (well done as far as the pattern says to go) and the back is now 16 rows from starting the shoulder straps. The pattern wants you to BO the front where I am, but it just feels too short, so I was thinking I would block it still attached to the needles see how much length I get, and then try it on and then I think I will feel better about the entire process.

05/23/2016 - it is blocked, and the collar is complete, just have the sleeves left to do! It is a tiny bit short, but it is not that short...it will work out I think. The arm holes are a bit big, but I think that will work out once the sleeves are done, and everything is all well, and I am super pleased with how it looks.

Sleeves:
05/28/2016: Sleeves! The first time these were attempted something went very wrong. Needless to say it got frogged. I knit the sleeves separate from the body of the sweater, because my arm holes ended up too large to pick up and knit properly. I made it longer, I still pray that it blocks out about another 2 inches, that would be amazing. After I knit both sleeves, I blocked them, and sewed them on.
I have no idea what buttons I am going to find, but I am prepared to just not have buttons as I know that I don't want to have the wrong buttons.

05/29/2016: The sleeves are on! I just need to tweak a couple of things, and as I am sure I said before it is not quite long enough.....going to block it again and see what that does for it, and then I have 1 other minor adjustment to make weave in the ends, and the world will be my oyster.