I finished up the collar last Sunday and started on the first sleeve. As I was converting the sleeve instructions to knit them from the top down I noticed a couple of things. I saw from the schematic that the sleeve would be too short for my long arms, only 13 inches, where I need 16 inches. Some quick math yielded the total number of rows that I would need once I started knitting in the round (108 rows). Then I looked at the increases that the pattern called for and figured out my decreases. As I was looking at the increases I noticed that they were spaced less than an inch apart for the pattern size that I was working. I like to start the first decrease about 2 inches from the underarm and work them about every inch. I ended up working the first decrease on row 17 and am working them every 8 rows and will work 10 decreases total.
I picked up a total of 68 stitches around the armhole. This is actually
8 stitches more than the pattern size I am knitting calls for, but I
like my sleeves a little roomier. As I started working the back and forth section the first part ended up being 22 stitches, which was just enough to work the lace pattern and the 3 stitches to either side. As I worked from side to side I started working the pattern as soon as I could. The color in this picture is not great from a color perspective, but it shows the top of the sleeve.
Pattern: Adiri by Julia Trice
Yarn: Shalimar Yarns Haven in Primula
Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm)
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