The Sunrise Circle jacket is nearly finished.

Yesterday I basted the back to the right front+sleeve.

And I tried it on. I discovered that the front was now a little on the big side. It was several rows longer than the bottom half of the back:

(Top line is the back fold line; bottom line is the front fold line.)

It was also a little big and close around the neck. By that I mean it had started curving up and fitting around the neck, which it isn’t supposed to do.

So I did some calculations and came up with this list of instructions for myself:

1) Frog outer curve of fronts back to row 65. Add the raglan decreases from row 65 to row 67. Knit ws row to form fold line. Knit 6 rows of grey to form facing.

2) Use frogged yarn to finish sleeves, extending by 10 rows (yes, that’s extending. I have long arms!), adding fold line and knitting facing in grey.

3) Frog top of back to match new raglan length of front+sleeve pieces, add fold line and knit facing in grey

4) Unpick cast on row of back, frog back to fold line, knit until length matches front+sleeve piece, knit new fold line and grey facing.

So far I’ve done item 2 and most of item 1. To avoid the sewing down of the facings, I’ve been picking up stitches and doing a three needle bind off. I love how neat it looks:

I’m so close to finishing, I can hardly think about anything else. (Well, except maybe the Bendy Show.)