After cranking a few pairs of socks, finishing a pair by hand, and doing a bit of spinning I got The Sweater out of time-out. Still couldn't match gauge in pattern on the second sleeve so I employed drastic measures: ripped the finished sleeve, knitted both sleeves in stockinette. With luck it'll look planned, as I intend to do a double garter ridge right around the whole thing when I finish the current repeat (not too far in the future) on the body, then finish the yoke in stockinette while I do the shoulder shaping.
Ugh. At least the upper body/shoulders shouldn't bag - I'm still knitting a skosh on the tight side.
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