Well, the left side is done! Huzzah!
Notice that the back and front are different, but the top left is a closer shade to the back than the bottom (due to the higher green content). I'm not sure that I did enough of the collar, to go round, but I think I'll be able to deal with adding more if necessary. I continued writing out the pattern line by line. I think I need it because I put a little pencil pip in my notes when I finish a line. My memory is so terrible that even distracting myself to get a drink, I forget where I am in the pattern. Strangely, I can watch a movie and knit and pay attention if I use this technique of pencil pipping. "Where am I? The right side. Where's my last pip? Ah, line 38! I must now do line 40!" I am getting much better at reading my stitches, though. "I think that this is the ssk line. Ah, ha! It is!" I feel like I've made a small hop towards understanding knitting. Seeing my first sweater pull together slowly is so exciting.
I do so love the pattern, despite being really slow. Other people in the knitalong seem to love the recommended yarn, so I'm highly tempted to buy some of it and doing the sweater again! But, what color? I need to find a Muench supplier in the area so I can see which color I like best in person and which I think will show off the stitches best.
Mike noticed the back colors. "Unfortunate about the patch of green. Right by that patch of red." he said.
"I kind of like it that way."
