Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Knitting frustration...

OK... it's time to get mean (just kidding).  I was so excited to make the Cyclamen sweater and I've been having nothing but trouble.  Seems to be on ongoing theme with me these days.  Knit...rip...knit...rip... what's wrong with my hands?


This sweater was supposed to be a nice, easy, quick knit.  It started out easy but by the time I was done with the back the thing had grown like wild flowers.  You can definitely say that a size 10 needle is wrong, the gauge is wrong and the measurements are wrong.  I ended up ripping out all my hard work, going down to a size 9 needle and a smaller sweater size.  I have now finished the back, left side and left sleeve which I seamed together to see how it fits.  The sleeve seems a little bulky and the sweater is still a tad too big.  Do I want to rip again or just go with it?  I think I'll take it to my knitting group tomorrow and see what the "experts" think (AKA Lisa and Sue).  For now, I think I'll just sit and wallow in my own frustration.

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