Foxglove Cassie - Bodice Done!

After pondering the way the yoke is finished and joined, I decided to modify the pattern.  As I mentioned in the last blog post, the left front chart (P1 in the pattern) has an extra row and an extra stitch as compared to the right front chart (P5 in the pattern) and I just couldn’t go forward with that.  So, when I was working that final row (row 32) I worked an extra row on the right front, and did an increase, following the established pattern.  I then cut the yarn, slipped the right front stitches from the right needle to the left needle, reattached my yarn, and started working the front chart (V1 in the pattern), but I only cast on 6 stitches instead of 7 stitches as I had already done an increase on the right front to match the left front.  I worked the first 2 rows of the front chart, and then started working the back chart (R1 in the pattern) using the other end of the yarn cake.

I continued working through the two charts, working from both ends of the cake until I got to the first increase row.  At this point I looked at the length of the armhole and decided that it was too short and that I needed to extend the straight section between the decreases and increases that shape the armhole.  For the front (chart V1) I repeated rows 19-26 and for the back (chart R1) I repeated rows 18-25.  I worked those rows 2 times total and then continued on to the increase section and finished out the charts.  At this point I have joined the front and the back and now I get to work in the round until the body is long enough, or I run out of yarn, whichever comes first.  Once I finish using up the second skein, I’ll use the fourth skein to work the collar and the armhole edging, so I know exactly how much yarn I can use on the body.  I tried it on, and the fit is perfect.

Pattern:  Cassie Slipover by Sarah Kaub

Yarn:  Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Aran Merino

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)