After pinning and spritzing last time I tried the fit so far and decided that I really needed more ease in the hips and that I also wanted the peplum to extend further down from my waist. The original pattern does not extend far past the waist, and given how high waisted I am, that makes for a pretty short torso. I pulled the needles out of my knitting, and cast on again. I decided to go up a size for the bottom part, and work all of the decreases. I also worked 3 rows between each of the decreases, whereas the pattern has the last few decreases occurring every other row. This allows me to extend the peplum further down, and makes the shaping a bit more gradual than the pattern. I switched back to the smallest size for the increases, which means that I will only work 9 of the 12 increases. This gets me to the correct stitch count for the bust measurement of the smallest size. I am also spacing the increases out more, working 5 rows between the increases instead of 3. I pinned and spritzed my progress today so I could check my fit again. I have completed 4 of my 9 increases. At some point I will ravel and reclaim the yarn from my previous effort.
Pattern: Elizabeth Woodville, by Alice Starmore from Tudor Roses (2013 edition)
Yarn: Alice Starmore Hebridean 2 Ply (277 g in Red Rattle & 50 g in Whin)
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm)
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