All Fired Up

I stayed responsible yesterday.  Yea me.  

As the day went on, it got easier to stay that way.  This happened.

One quarter of the front side panels are done.  More importantly, I know how I am going to construct this top.  For so long that has been something that I waffled over. The only part of it that I was certain of was that I wanted the center front and back panels to be made of the Noro yarn. 

First waffle:  sleeves.  Are they a simple straight out sleeve shaped like a T?  Are they on a dropped shoulder?  Are they a fitted sleeve or is the sleeve shaped with short rows to for a cap?

Second waffle: are the sides a separate panel or are they simply knit using short rows for shaping with a grafted or three needle bind off join at the side 'seam'?  

Or is the whole darn thing completely unshaped and simply a knit rectangle with sleeves as wide as everything else and did I have the yarn to do that?

So many questions.  I am certain that all the indecision about where I was going with this top is part of why this top was started last year and has sat in the WIPs bin till now.  It is so nice to finally have a map. The biggest trick now is to follow that map.

There will be an underarm side panel where all the shaping happens.  I am not certain which yarn that part will be made of.  That is going to depend on what yarn I have after all the front side panels are done.  There are also sleeves to knit so some of the main colour is gong to have to be reserved for them too.

Even though only 30% of this top is done, I feel like I am so close to finishing because I can see my way forward. Even more important, I am so excited to knit on it.  I am all fired up about something new even if it is not new at all.