Oh and my mom thanks you for the leftovers that needed winding. It's awfully good for her OCD.
The blanket is growing slowly and is getting pretty. I am being pretty random about color choices. Basically I am trying to keep the colors broken up a bit, but that's it.
Also, it turns out I can still knit stuff that's not socks. I found out because Vivian and I made up. The construction of this sweater is not like any I have knit before. I love it, but I don't know if it's new or just unknown to me. The pattern is good, but I have messed up twice. Both messups were big enough to make me frog. Basically 75% of this sweater has been knitted twice. You have to really like it for that.
The best part is this: I have lost some weight (not loads or anything) and I was wondering if it was going to fit me once I finished. So I realize I've made the second big mistake and will have to frog back to the arm joins. Well CAHRAP!!! Anyway, I bit the bullet, frogged, reknit and then was like - WTF! I don't have enough stitches here to do all the decreases! This is terrible! Am I going to have to frog again?
Turns out I decided to make a smaller size after I frogged the body (you know, after the first major screw up) and forgot. I knitted nearly the whole sweater, and forgot what size I was making all the time worrying that I had chosen a size that would end up too big. Yay me.
I'm on the hood now. I will knit this again someday which is a real statement about how much i like it. I don't knit many things twice.
It will benefit from a good blocking, but seems to fit fairly well at this point. The sleeves are long, and since I'm 5'10'', that doesn't happen to me very often, but I will block them a tiny bit wider, and lose some length I suppose.
Finished football socks too! Pictures when I remember where I put them after I finished them.
Beautiful sweater! The Cookie, she is wonderful.
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ReplyDeleteYou and your mom are both most welcome! Looking forward to seeing more of that blanket.
xo
Very pretty sweater! Can't wait to the the blanket when it gets done, I have some yarn out here if your mom needs something more to do ;)
ReplyDeleteOh your sweater looks awesome though! It seems like we don't "talk" anymore, just because I don't hear you on the 'cast! haha! I hope you are well. I have to get some trivia to you, don't I?
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