Sweater #2, done
Jan. 25th, 2022 09:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI am back at work today. My work's rules changed to 24 hours symptom free, and everything cleared up on Sunday.
I finished my second of three unsleeved sweaters! I got the majority done on Sunday, and yesterday I just had to finish the sleeve cuff and then do the button bands and collar. I played yarn chicken and lost. Had to rip the collar back one full row, and then used EVERY LAST SCRAP, including one of the tails from where I had joined a section and an extra-long tail from the other sleeve to finish the bind off. One of the longer strings from the original knitting had breaks in it, and it reminded me that Guido had "hunted" one of the balls when I brought the yarn home, carrying it into the living room in his mouth while crying that "I caught it!" cry he so rarely did lol. It should be fine.
Then I blocked it, which I NEVER do right away. Now that the tools are out, I'm going to block a different sweater tonight lol.
Since those two are done, there is one more left. The sleeves are fully cabled, which means I will have to do them one at a time. I have already put the collar and button band on, and it's been sort of blocked bc it got wet with ceiling juice when my apartment flooded. (I washed it already) I CAN DO THIS! I even pulled out a ball of yarn to start with! I might even start that tonight.
AND THEN!!! More sweaters!!! I already have yarn for two, an open cardigan and a buttoned cropped cardigan. I no longer support the designer, but the yarn was purchased for that specific project, so I may go ahead with it after all. I haven't decided yet. One designer I like just put out a new pattern today that she is hosting a knit-along for, so there's a good chance I'll hop onto that too. I don't tend to buy sweater quantities of fingering-weight yarn, but I have 2+1 of another set that I had started to make a shawl with and have since given up. It's not quite enough as written but... I might be able to make it work.
I finished my second of three unsleeved sweaters! I got the majority done on Sunday, and yesterday I just had to finish the sleeve cuff and then do the button bands and collar. I played yarn chicken and lost. Had to rip the collar back one full row, and then used EVERY LAST SCRAP, including one of the tails from where I had joined a section and an extra-long tail from the other sleeve to finish the bind off. One of the longer strings from the original knitting had breaks in it, and it reminded me that Guido had "hunted" one of the balls when I brought the yarn home, carrying it into the living room in his mouth while crying that "I caught it!" cry he so rarely did lol. It should be fine.
Then I blocked it, which I NEVER do right away. Now that the tools are out, I'm going to block a different sweater tonight lol.
Since those two are done, there is one more left. The sleeves are fully cabled, which means I will have to do them one at a time. I have already put the collar and button band on, and it's been sort of blocked bc it got wet with ceiling juice when my apartment flooded. (I washed it already) I CAN DO THIS! I even pulled out a ball of yarn to start with! I might even start that tonight.
AND THEN!!! More sweaters!!! I already have yarn for two, an open cardigan and a buttoned cropped cardigan. I no longer support the designer, but the yarn was purchased for that specific project, so I may go ahead with it after all. I haven't decided yet. One designer I like just put out a new pattern today that she is hosting a knit-along for, so there's a good chance I'll hop onto that too. I don't tend to buy sweater quantities of fingering-weight yarn, but I have 2+1 of another set that I had started to make a shawl with and have since given up. It's not quite enough as written but... I might be able to make it work.
