Almost Finished

Cinnie is speeding towards the finish line.  With Cinnie, once the lace pattern is complete, it is just a matter of ribbing for the bands - in my case both the sleeves and the fronts.  The sleeves, usually completed earlier on, I left untrimmed.  Just in case I wanted longer sleeves - and had yarn left to do that with.

Turns out there was enough yarn.  Last night, after finishing the front trim, I lengthened one sleeve by a four-row pattern repeat then trimmed it with 2x2 ribbing.  That gives the sleeve approximately another inch in length.  Perfect. 

The front trim, I knit  more 'full bodied'  and loose.  Last year, with my first Cinnie - my green version -  I had to re-knit the front bands, because the lace panel pulled 'up' so drastically over the bust. Scroll through  some of the Cinnie projects on ravelry and you will see what I mean.  This year, with my white version, I purposely picked up way more stitches than recommended as I passed through the lace section.  As I cast off, through that same lace portion,  I threw in an extra stitch in every K2 section of the K2, P2 ribbing.  That gave one extra stitch to cast off for every 4 stitches!  Laid flat, here on the bed you can see that through the lace portion, it looks a bit 'frilly'.

 But when worn, it is perfect.  Since I am not yet dressed this morning,  I will save you that photo, but by week's end, with both sleeves completed and ends woven in, I will show you a modelled shot.

Also, you can see the back neck is turned under.

 In both versions of Cinnie that I have knit, I have found the back neck, in it's natural state,  to be very high.  My easy peasy solution is to fold it under, creating a back-neck facing so to speak.  Works well.

Nearing the fnish line with Cinnie has me excited.  A lovely, white, lace sweater.  What says summer more than that?