158 yards--or almost 5 inches of knitting.
I started yesterday a few rows into the
3rd skein of wool, I ended last night half a row into the
new skein.

This marks skein 3 on this vest--(of 7.
75 skeins that were in my stash).. Right now, measured from the
slightly lowered neck line, the center back length is 13.75 inches
(let's say 14 inches!)

The remaining half skein, and the
partial skein will be enough yarn to make a generous collar--(the
stitch count at the neck line is half the stitch count in the body)
-1 full skein would yield almost 10 inches—or really, little less,
since I think the collar is going to be ribbed, and ribbing eat up
yarn at a faster rate than stocking knit. The ribbing will bring the neck snugger (but not too snug) as it add length to the sweater vest as well --which is why I think I will need at least a 10 inch collar (enough to go up, fold over and come back down!)
After the body and collar, I will still
have 2 more skeins of yarn! More than enough to add sleeves-maybe
not long sleeves—but then I don't much like long sleeves anyway!
It's mild today, --and the forecast is
for continued mild weather—but February is usually the coldest
month in NYC winters—and at this rate, when the next cold snap
arrives (next month is just next week!), I'll have another warm
sweater/sweater vest to wrap myself in to keep warm!
Given that I added 4.5 inches in length
to my vest—it's should be very clear that no progress at all has
been made on the socks!
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