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Yes, progress– much more progress in length and width than I expected (the measure is near the right front meets sleeve angle.) I was a little worried that changing the gauge would alter the angle of the raglan shaping and cause all sorts of disasters, but just by good luck it seems to have had little effect on the geometry. Yay!

BTW if you are insane and want to try the size 1 version the gauge is 6 stitches equals 1 inch, 7.25 rows equals 1 inch, and I started with a cast on of 132 inches for a 20″ neckline (if you’re doing the math on stockinette stitch, which would be 22″ you’ll realize this is because I did the neck in an inch of ribbing.) Place 4 stitch markers for the increases after 30 stitches, then 6, then 60, then 6– work in stockinette stitch increasing 1 on both sides of each stitch marker. (I’m knitting one below one stitch before the marker, then k 2 stitches– then knitting one below the last stitch knit. I know it sounds confusing but it is actually easier done that described.)

While perusing blogs I found Julsey (Peony Knits)and found myself obsessing over the capelet pattern that she shares.

I like the shaping, I even like the color she used. I don’t like the yarn-over treatment of the raglan shaping and I don’t particularly like teeny garments in bulky. And I think that a bit of trim wouldn’t hurt. So after a bit of math I found and using directional increases instead of yarn overs I’ve reduced the gauge significantly (from size 11 to size 1 needles), swapped off for a gradient red yarn that I created, and started knitting.

Here’s a detailed shot of my increases.

So far I’m pretty happy with the results and so long as it doesn’t look like one of the kids has spilled Kool-Aid randomly on the capelet I think it might turn out nicely.