The Sum of the Parts

My work on the Modern Fana continues apace! For those playing along at home, you’ll remember that my cunning plan was to grow a human ear on the back of a mouse. Which is to say that I’ve now grown a sleeve on the side of (one half of ) a cardigan body. The point of these machinations was/is to get all the pieces of knitting I need, while reversing the color dominance of the star bands with a minimum of fuss in the circular knitting.

Having most of the knitting behind me, I thought it would be fun to show you the various pieces I now have, and what they are/will become.

Here’s one half of the project. It’s a tube of knitting which is part sleeve and part body:

Once I cut the two pieces apart, they’ll be like this (notice I’ve gathered the sleeve cap below the facing - a new twist!):

Once I arrange those pieces into a garment, I’ll (finish and) attach this swell hood, upon which you can see the effect of reversing the color placement on the star band:

I’m working it in the round (natch), with a steek. when it gets to the right bigness, I’ll work some decreases at its center back to make it head-shaped. Once cut, the steek will attach at the neck edge and be covered by a sexy knitted band. Because sexy is as sexy does, don’t ya know.

And lastly, I’ll remove all the provisional castons, working edgings in their stead. Then embroidery. And rhinestones, mirrors, tassels and pompoms. Because more is More.

And if all of that happens, you’ll see it here, Gentle Readers. Watch this space!