The Mandala Saga

I ♥ the Mandala Sweater.
I ♥that it's knit in squares from the outside towards the center.
I ♥ the rustic yarn and the colors.
But I don't like the very wide sleeves, so I plan to try to knit them to shape.  I also realized that when I started this it was OK to wear a sweater with 6" positive ease, but that has changed, so I will be re-knitting the body squares that are already finished.  I ripped the first one out quickly and re-knit it quickly to ease the pain.  I won't be ripping the sleeves till I'm positive that the shaped form will work.  So that means I will be making the 8 body squares first to make sure I'll have enough yarn to make a third sleeve.

 So, the process went something like this:  The chart shows the original square sleeve, with the tapered modification drawn in:

These are the original big-square sleeves:

Completed, smaller, body squares, some blocked, some rumpled, the beginning of a seam:

The first part of the sleeve modification, worked with short rows:

Till next time:  Nothing profound to say, just have a nice spring!!