There is a moment, in almost every large project I do, where I am convinced that everything has gone terribly wrong and that it is unfixable and terrible, This is the point that Leon rolls his eyes and says ‘knitting, it’s so relaxing” like all the strangers do who see me knitting in public. IT'S NOT RELAXING. ITS VERY STRESSFUL.
I finished the sleeves of Still Light.
I’m stressed about the sleeve length – I’ve tried it on three times, and one time it was too short, the second too long and the third right, so it’s anyone’s guess what length they really are.
The hem flips up – this is because I didn’t go down a needle size when knitting the ribbing. To be fair to me, the instructions didn’t tell me to, but I do know better. Hopefully blocking will fix it. I feel like it’s kind of bunchy in the underarms, but maybe it’s not. I certainly didn’t want it to look like a sack. And blocking: I know that the fabric changes significantly on blocking, so how it fits now isn’t really indicative of ANYTHING. I only have the pockets to go, and then I will block is and have answers to all these questions. I just hope it’s not a disaster. Ahh knitting, it’s so relaxing!
I’m stressed about the sleeve length – I’ve tried it on three times, and one time it was too short, the second too long and the third right, so it’s anyone’s guess what length they really are.
The hem flips up – this is because I didn’t go down a needle size when knitting the ribbing. To be fair to me, the instructions didn’t tell me to, but I do know better. Hopefully blocking will fix it. I feel like it’s kind of bunchy in the underarms, but maybe it’s not. I certainly didn’t want it to look like a sack. And blocking: I know that the fabric changes significantly on blocking, so how it fits now isn’t really indicative of ANYTHING. I only have the pockets to go, and then I will block is and have answers to all these questions. I just hope it’s not a disaster. Ahh knitting, it’s so relaxing!
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