What we've got here is a yet-unnamed (okay, I have a few ideas, but it should be a surprise!) sleeveless shell-like pullover in progress, knit in Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk with relatively large needles so it'll be sheer, with a lace detail at the front neck you can't see very well here.
Even though the neck opening is pretty wide on the front and back (7"), I tried it on the other day and nope, not fitting over the head. Which makes sense when you remember that an adult human head's around 20" around and 7+7 = 14. Doh! So, I have to rip out the back so far (not so bad, just a few inches) and make some vertical straps, at least 3" long to get that 20" circumference, to go on the sides.
Oh, shoot, and that'll mean the underarm shaping will have to be undone, too, since those 3" are going to be distributed evenly on the front and back, making those 7"-long armholes 8.5" long, which is definitely longer than I want.
See, folks? This is what happens when you don't do all your math ahead of time!
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