Seamless Top Down Raglan has Earned a Time-Out!

Having so much trouble with the seamless top-down raglan. After trying two other top-down patterns and finally realizing that their formulas broke down with bulky yarn (the Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan and one other that I have since forgotten), I turned to Barbara Walker's Knitting From the Top Down. So far Barbara has not steered me wrong. What's giving me fits is the yarn, or lack of enough.

History of the yarn Shortage

You see, there I was, innocently shopping at Sealed With a Kiss in Guthrie, I don't remember how I managed to dodge the family long enough to make a break for it. I was walking by the closeout area when I was reeled in by some gorgeous multi-color yarn. But it was bulky gauge, and I'm a rather tall, wide-shouldered person and bulky yarn only looks good on non-bulky people. Plus it was on closeout, all sales final, only two skeins. But it was pretty. Then I saw the new Twinkle book, Big City Knits, and saw the cute Best Friend Jacket. I checked the yarn amount. I could just squeak by and make that jacket with the closeout yarn. Kicking myself, I bought it. Got home, opened up the book to thumb through the other patterns, and out pops a slip of paper. ERRATA. Yarn amounts for the BF Jacket and others are WAY SHORT. Screwed.

So that's how I ended up with this yarn, that has tried to be a jacket, a scarf, and is now trying to be a seamless raglan yoke with a contrasting color yarn for the lower sleeves and lower sweater body. It's just not cooperating. Pics later.