Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Sweet!

Okay...so I frogged it. The sweater was just TOO big. But now? oh, now it fits like a dream. :)
I swear I'll get this picture thing figured out soon! I've done about 6 or 7 inches below the armseye..it's starting to look like a real sweater now. Or maybe a sweater-vest.

I also found a knitting circle! I found them on the internet, and their day to meet is Thursday, so I'm going to head out and see what I can find.

This sweater is starting to look SWEET!
I think it will need some embellishment when it's done....I'll be looking for ideas....

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Sweater Sense

Okay, I've been negligent about posting my progress because I've been making so much..well, progress! I got my neckline issues figured out and have even gotten so far as to join up under the arms...which is where I sit now. As I look in the mirror, I realize...it's loose. Really loose. Now, it fits through and around my arms comfortably, but the size around the back? Huge! That negative ease is just that...gone somewhere else. Now, since I signed up to crochet my favorite sweater, not my favorite sweatshirt, we might have something of an issue. If it tightens up in the next row or two, it should be okay...so for now, I'm going to switch to a smaller hook, which I planned to do anyway, and start decreasing by two stitches under the arms instead of just one. If this doesn't help, I may try and put in some decreases down the back as well...so for that, I have two questions.:
1-does the decreasing show the way the raglan increases do? and
2- is there such a thing as a princess-seamed sweater?

'cause if I can save it through some creative decreasing, I will...I really really don't want to frog it!

And I will post pictures soon, I promise. I know this site looks really dull without them. :)