On the needles

 

Everything was going along so smoothly until I tried it on…..the sleeve was too wide almost the right length but I still needed to decrease 18 more stitches in the sleeve before the cuff. This yarn is too heavy for puffy sleeves so I ripped back to the red ribbon. It took less than 10 minutes to rip and rewind the yarn. Do some math start decreasing immediately instead of knitting 2 inches before the first decrease. Now I’m decreasing every 6th row instead of seventh. I’ve learned that knitting instructions are suggestions because I am probably not built the same as the designer.  The first time I knit this pattern the arm pit was too short for me— easy solution knit a few more rows before dividing for the sleeves. I always add length in the torso too. Experience is the best teacher. —Ann—