She’s finally finished! Here she is out in the wild (aka the Walmart parking lot). I love the result, though the sleeves grew o bit more than expected with blocking. Absolute confidence builder, this sweater.

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Clue 6 is finally done. I went rogue on the sleeves, starting with using part of the clue 1 chart. Then (because I liked how it looked in the steek section), I did vertical stripes on the forearm, finishing with 3 rounds each of colors A, B & C before the cuff. I also did fewer decreases on the arm and did 14 decreases right before the cuff because I like the look of a cinched cuff. The 3 plain rounds of each color is to match what I did on the body for a little extra length, so it hopefully ties in and makes sense.

Knitting finished. Now to weave in the ends and block. I chose 3/4 length sleeves and a narrow neckband because I have lots of body heat!

…up next: sleeve island. Bonus picture of Jethro napping nuzzled in the yarn.