A. Christmas
and
B. The pattern is TOTALLY screwed up.
METHOD:
The yarn is from KnitPicks, a cotton frise yarn called "Crayon." I used color "periwinkle." I had to use a little larger needle than recommended -- #s 6 and 7 circular.
AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?:
The pattern is royally screwed up. That's the last time I'm buying a pattern from them, but the yarn is very nice and I may buy more of it. Someone on one of the knitting forums also had issues with the pattern.
Something went wrong when setting in the sleeves. One side of the lace is not connected properly, I think. That armhole is also a little smaller than it probably should be.
I enjoyed knitting in the round, and would have enjoyed it more IF the pattern instructions hadn't been off on the decreasing. I had a couple of questions about reverse shaping, which the local knitting group helped me to figure out. This was definitely a harder thing to knit, but I do feel like I learned a lot.
