"TEMPTING" Summer Top

Cast On:  4/30/07                                                                                             Finished:  8/1/07

Free pattern can be found here

My Notes:

As easy as the pattern looks,

it has its "issues".

The sweater is knit in the round

up to the armhole area.

The sleeves are knit in the round

both separately.

Then, all three "circles" are joined and

the newly created yoke is knit up to the top.

The tricky part is getting the 2x2 rib

sequenced correctly so that

the K2's meet the P2's in order

as you leap from front bodice to left sleeve...

and from left sleeve to back bodice...

and from back bodice to right sleeve.

No easy feat if you don't plan ahead

or are not forewarned.

The pattern was a complete bore from

the cast-on edge to the sleeve area...

where it immediately became

a nightmare to figure out.

I would not recommend this pattern

for new knitters at all. 

For those who are not faint of heart:

Knit through the boredom,

and hack through the problems.

The pattern is not well-written.

It is absent of helpful details & tips.

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