Moving right along to year 2. Chop chop!

On the agenda for this year:
puffy sleeves (ick)
dolman sleeve (ick)
matched pattern raglan (ick)
Aran
Gansey
crochet collar (seriously?!, yes, apparently so)
Fair Isle yoke
decreasing cable skirt/cape (no, really)

Puffy sleeve evilness is 95% done. I have 1.25 button bands left to go. Yes, I hate it. Kind of a lot. I was not meant to wear the poofy sleeve, no.

Dolman. A word that strikes terror in the heart of anyone with sense or boobs. This was probably the one project of them all for this year that I dreaded the very most. There have been previous posts on how I thought what I’d come up with to make it less awful was a good idea. It was, really, aside from the ELEVEN HOURS OF GRAFTING. But see? Worth it. (and my that needs blocking again)

The matched pattern raglan was another one I figured I’d never wear, but that turned out to fit reasonably well, and is (holy crap) warm and soft and has buttons that I absolutely ADORE.

The seams? They are all very matchy. So very matchy.

The Aran and the Gansey are languishing at the moment. The Gansey is swatched and drafted and ready to go, the Aran… let’s not talk about the Aran.

The crocheted collar is… DONE. I kid you not. Me. I crocheted. (and yes, I still refer to it as “crotch-etted”. It amuses me. Get over it)

The Fair Isle yoke sweater we had the option of doing two ways – one as a narrow yoke with set-in sleeves, or a more Lopi style with a wider yoke and raglan style sleeves. I opted for the narrow yoke with set in sleeves, and am sooooo close to being done with solid-colored body bit. I should be able to start picking up the many hundreds of yoke stitches tonight or tomorrow. Excitement! But no pictures yet.
The last in the list there, which still pains me to read, is the decreasing cable skirt or cape. I have decided (and Jean is going to let me get away with, primarily because a)Lara did it and b)it means WAY more work for me) to do this as the wide-yoke sweater instead of a cape or skirt, neither of which I would EVER use (ICKAY!). I have a cunning plan, but no picture or swatch or yarn for yet.

So. There you have it. Progress. With proof. Go me.

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