A rather cropped sweater is nearing completion:

For those of you unfamiliar with this pattern, it *is* supposed to be this short. This length was pretty much intentional, and correct for the smaller pattern size. But does it work? Is it really wearable?

At first, I thought it was too short. I strongly considered adding some 2x2 ribbing to the bottom. But after wearing it around the house for a little while, I like it. Its different, and that's ideal. Plus, if longer, it wouldn't be so wearable in the summer.

So onward to the finishing - wrap ties, crochet edges and neck edging.

As many others are doing, I've picked up stitches from the front edges to knit the wrap ties. Since I slipped the WS edge stitches, these stitches are picked up along a chain selvedge. I was able to use a repeat of *pick up 3, skip 1*, ending with pick up 3, to get the required 18 stitches for the tie.

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