The cardigan is proceeding well. I’ve passed the armhole bind-off and now I’m continuing with the back, while the two front parts wait their turn. Meanwhile the knitting looks like a torture device, with cables and needles sticking out everywhere.

Knitting a cardigan from the top down sounded simple, but turned out hard to get right.

Knitting a cardigan from the bottom up sounded intimidating, but has thus far been easier. Although, the part that sounds intimidating is the assembly and of course I still have that ahead of me.

The previous pattern I attempted had a lacy yoke that I just couldn’t size correctly. Only when most of the body was done could I see properly whether the yoke fit or not. (The answer: not.) And by then it was too late to do anything about it.

This cardigan (Drops 88-4) is also hard to try on when it’s hanging in half-finished parts. But what I can do is lay the parts flat on top of an existing cardigan to check the size and shape of them. And that looks promising!