Despite the craziness at work this past week, including a 12 hour day on Wednesday, I managed to get the body done, finishing up the right shoulder this morning. As I was working the top sections of the body separately I was glad that I hadn't combined all the charts. The only ones that it might have been worthwhile combining were the three charts used for the back. Between the charts and the separate counters available in knitCompanion it was pretty easy to keep track of what I was doing and also be consistent between the sections. One thing that I did modify was the spacing on the decreases along the front neck edge. The pattern has you alternate between every 2nd row and every 3rd row, which I frankly found confusing. I went with every 3rd row, which also had the advantage of ending the shaping on row 57, which was close to where I ended the knitting on the sections - row 63 - so I ended up with a nice line along the front going into the back neck.
Next I will pick up stitches for the front edging. I'll pick up 2 stitches for every 3 rows along the front edges, and 1 stitch for every stitch along the back neck. Then I'll work the sleeves. I'll do those top down and probably make them longer then the pattern calls for. The pattern has them ending just below the elbow. I'll go at to at least 3/4 sleeves.
Pattern: Lilium by Amy Herzog
Yarn: Shalimar Yarns Breathless DK in Corfu
Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm)
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