My progress so far! The big piece grows slowly, so every now and then I have to remind myself that I am knitting fronts and a back all at the same time. It’s about 9″ long so far, it has to be 14″ before anything else happens.
I’ve got stitch markers dividing fronts from the back, and marking where the different colours would be, were I doing it that way. It’s just easier than making sure I’ve only purled 15 sts, instead of 16 or anything.
With the lace pattern unstretched, it measures 27″ all the way across. I think it’ll be a good fit, as the yarn will block a bit wider, the lace stretches, and there’s a button band too. Yay!
In the lower-right photo (here’s big) you can see a line of knit stitch in the garter triangle between the two leftmost scallops. I could have put that in pattern, but I decided to do it that way to have a phony seam type thing. Although, when I got past the scallops I decided I wanted the reverse stockingette to be completely smooth. I’m fine with it, it can be a design feature.
As for the sleeves… I did that one, but I think the next one I do will have the scallops all red, and the vertical panel in the cream. Then I can decide which way I want it. I will have knit 3 sleeves in total by the end of the sweater, but I’ll survive. Any thoughts on which sleeve will be better?
Oh and a while back I said I was novelty yarn-free. Here’s a pic of what I donated:
