Turned out great. I did make the panel. I got some black buttons that look a bit like bugs and or pine cones some gray ribbon. The ribbon is not as soft as I think I need but it works until I can afford to spend $10 on 2 yards of soft ribbon. Here is is from the back in the cardigan style

Here is is from the front in the cardigan style. I like it. It is comfy, but you can’t lift your arms because the “sleeves” pull up over your shoulders. I think it looks really classy. When I lose weight, it will look even better. Comfy and warm, it is great for work. I can’t wait to make another. I want to make it in baby alpaca grande about 8 ” longer and maybe 2″ wider.

Here is the hood, which I wore while I worked from home yesterday because it was so friggin’ cold.  The hood is nice and big and fits over my gimongous head.

Here is the shrug. Not my favorite. I can’t get it to button over my “assets” and I couldn’t decide whether to put the lacing at the top or bottom.

Here is the sleeve. In this picture, it looks great, but the arms don’t close properly. Where it isn’t pulled tight over my arms, the buttons keep coming undone. I might try double buttoning it.

I can’t wait to make the next one. I would do the lace border only 2 or 3 yarn overs wide, though. The k3tog hurts my wrist.

In other knittin’ news, I have started knitting some toe-up Monkey socks. The pattern is upside down since it was written for cuff-down socks, but I think I like it better. They look awesome. I would give you pictures, but the batteries on the camera just ran out after I uploaded all these pictures. They are for Socktober. I am also almost done with the Tea Yarn socks. They are nice and simple.

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