Aw, geez!

Sure, the knitting continues alright. I even have a bit of extra time today thanks to some blizzard conditions, so I can knit up a storm while waiting for things to open. I stopped last night when I was finished the 3rd ball of yarn; just short of 3/4 of the way through the 10th repeat of the lace pattern.

However, I've been wondering why it is that my buttonholes appear to be on the other side than those in the photographs in the pattern. And then last night, taking a closer look, I noticed that the raglan increases are sort of better-looking on the inside than the outside. And then it dawned on me: I've got 1/2 of it inside out. The lace should be facing the other way. Now, it's not the hugest deal. I am not religiously opposed to buttoning things in the "masculine" way, given that that's a ridiculously arbitrary assignment. I'm not excessively distressed at the way the raglan increases look right now.

And, thanks to the fact that I'm spit-grafting all of my ends together, the inside and the outside are both equally presentable and they'll continue to be so. So, if I happen to finish the sweater with a lot of extra time, the option remains available for me to carefully, carefully, cut the sweater apart at the point that the lace begins and graft it on the right way around. I just have to remember that I might want to exercise that option when I attach the sleeves. Or, alternately, I have to make a final decision before then.

Even though I really am slapping my forehead and crying "d'oh!", I don't think I will go through the fuss & bother of the big switch. It's fine the way it is.