I have not been completely neglecting my Garnet Cassie, and last night I finished up the yoke. This part involves five charts - knitCompanion to the rescue on that score! At this point I am ready to switch to the front bodice chart, joining the two front pieces and casting on stitches to bridge the gap between them. The pattern actually has you start the front bodice chart immediately after binding off the shoulder stitches with the right front piece. I am not doing this. I did not do this on my Foxglove Cassie, and I am not doing it here. I suppose it is to avoid cutting your yarn and reattaching, but I don’t mind weaving in an extra end or two. What I do mind is a missing row and a missing increase on the right front, especially when there is a cable design involved, or any stitch pattern other than straight stockinette. Well, actually, I just object on principle. It is the engineer in me. So I completed 32 rows on both front pieces, and they have the same number of stitches, so when I work the first row of the front bodice chart I will only cast on 6 stitches instead of 7, as the pattern calls for. One benefit of having that tail between the two front pieces is that I can use it along with my working yarn to work a long tail cast on, which has the happy side effect of securing that end.
Pattern: Cassie Slipover by Sarah Kaub
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Aran Merino
Needle: US 6 (4.0 for the ribbing, when I get there), US 7 (4.5 mm)
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