more than a week after ‘finishing’ the irregular-rib raglan sweater, the toggle is done and sewn on, meaning:

the irregular-rib raglan is DONE!

first, a close-up of the toggle, hand made by sop and me:

blood wood toggle , leather from scraps bought at the local leather shop

sop seems fairly happy with it:

although i do think he might have studied the poses in the book a bit too ardently:

sans lipstick at least

Final notes:
Pattern: Irregular Rib Raglan from loop-d-loop
Yarn: Beaverslide Dry Goods wool in charcoal
Needles: Addi Turbos (i normally use bamboo), size 4.5mm
Modifications: 1) I didn’t bind off the armholes, i kept the stitches live for later grafting (anyone know why this isn’t a good idea?). 2) I cast on the sleeves and body with a 4mm needle and knit the first 3 inches at that size to tighten up those edges a bit. 3) Hand-made toggle. Relatively easy, but had sop asked me to remove it afterwards, well, things could have gotten ugly.
What i learned: I finally ‘got’ right and left decreases to the point of knowing what to use when. I know this is a simple concept, but i have always relied on looking (okay, a right-dlanted deacrease is made how?….). Due to the irregular shaping in this pattern, it finally set. Can’t explain why it hadn’t before or why it did now other than i finally stopped looking it up and just did it myself.