This started with a co-worker chatting to me about her discovery that the Ranunculus is far and away the most popular pattern on Ravelry, and she wasn’t sure why. We did some research and learned that it’s very modifiable, and because popularity breeds popularity, there were tons of knit-along videos available to help knitters through the tricky parts. I could tell that this was probably a little bit above my skill level, but thought it would be fun to attempt with the help of all those videos.

It’s obviously way too big, even at the smallest size (1), but I did some math and figured out that if I used DK yarn with size 6 and 8 needles, I could get the right size. Unfortunately, I forgot to switch from 6 to 8 after I finished the yoke (facepalm), so it’s a bit smaller than I intended, but I still think it looks nice.

My other big mistake was not accounting for the fact that smaller needles meant that I would need more yarn, so I ran out of grey before I got to the end. My yarn shop no longer had that color, so I switched to black for the remainder of the body, then undid the ends of the sleeves and added black to the ends. I actually think it turned out really well! I might do this again, on purpose, for another project.