A Woman, A Plan, A Raglan

...Nalgara ... nope. No way I can make that a palindrome. So, I have a completed, lightly blocked cable band and a sleeve and a bit (three-quarters length). But, more importantly, I have a plan.

Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Without Tears provided the key to converting Emily's pattern to a raglan. I have basically redesigned the entire sweater, keeping only the cable band from the original. The sizing wasn't really right for me, either. And after knitting The Cable Band That Ate Cleveland, I want the sweater to fit properly.

So, what I shall do is to finish the other sleeve, pick up the appropriate number of stitches around the cable band, and knit the body up to the armholes. Then, I will join the body and sleeves on one needle, leaving some stitches on the inner sleeves and sides of the body (these stitches will be grafted later). Finally, I'll knit up to the neck, concentrating the decreases at the front and back shoulders. I decided on plain hemmed sleeves, but I'm thinking of adding a Little Something at the decrease lines.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Ours was lovely, and we had fun with the Parents at the Anna Nalick/Rob Thomas concert. G and I noticed as we were leaving that there seemed to be an abundance of minivans in the parking lot, and my mom and I had also noted at intermission that there seemed to be few people there under thirty. Anyway, Mr. Thomas put on quite a show for the Soccer Moms!