Fixer Upper

Thank you guys so much for your kind comments and all the Rav hearts on the Yoshino dress! They are much appreciated :-)

Now, remember the Chic Cables and Lace Cowl? The one where the neck ribbing flared?


Well, I fixed it. It was nerve-wracking to cut into the knitting, even with a lifeline in place, but it was worth it.



Here is the neck ribbing, reknit using 2 needle sizes smaller:



I also managed to avoid 2 of the problems I had had with Wisteria. I used your suggestions for picking up extra stitches around the armhole and then decreasing to the right number on the next row, and I had no armhole holes! Yay! I didn't have any problems with loose stitches around the cable; maybe the extra slack was taken up in part by the yarn-overs in the lace? For future reference, though, Techknitting recently had an article on that very subject, and I plan to use the tips the next chance I have.

Here's the final result, with and without the cowl:






More info in the gallery and on Ravelry.