I know it’s been quiet here for the past couple days. I’m using ALL my free time, (believe me, that nothings free thing is right… I’m working for this time)knitting. Time has been divided into smaller bits of time.. a stitch at a time time, one by one, segments of mattress stitch time. The Ribby is slooooowly being seamed together. Instead of the seed stitch zipper band, I made one using Icord… twice on one side. Somehow, the impossible happened, impossibly. In spite of the fact that both sides of the front were knitted at the same time, on the same needles, One of them appears to be LONGER. Nearly ONE INCH LONGER! I know that it isn’t really so, but no matter how many times I have laid one on top of the other, the INCH is still there. It won’t be when I’m finished, but it is one of those little things that always pop up when it’s time to put the whole damn thing together. This is where I always get stuck, mired in the muck. Projects sit months around here waiting to be sewn up. I really don’t like doing it. Maybe next time, a top down, seamless project, or maybe another shawl. Eight more rows, the Paddler is sitting next to my chair, taunting me, eight more rows.. and I still have more seaming, more mattress stitch and then a #@*% zipper. Got to go..
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I made a baby jacket a year ago. Everything matched in size but they said block it before seaming. Suddenly the sleeve head was too small for the armsceye and the back was an inch longer than the fronts on a six inch long jacket… Why is it that the finishing seems to take longer than the actual knitting?
Judy, Do you have the same number of stitches on both sides? If you do, then it will block out, if not…well you know what you have to do…
Hmmm…seaming…it’s why I knit shawls most of the time 😉 Sending seaming karma your way.
Oh, isn’t this FUNNY!!!! We are both at the last 8 rows of the WP shawl! I just did up the last pattern row and am about to go into the border. I’m thinking that, with any luck at all, I will be able to wear it with my new dress on Sunday afternoon when I go to sing Evensong.
Today’s batch of dyed yarn is cooling in the kettle on the stove. My first attempt using Synthrapol for the pre-soak and Citric Acid instead of vinegar. I must say, it’s nice that the house does not smell like Kosher Dill Sheep Pickles! And the yarn looks pretty good so far, too. Mummy Brown over that godawful yellow, and it came out nice and stripey again. I can’t wait to see what it looks like dry, but must be patient until morning now!
I can’t get to Rhinebeck this weekend, so have fun for me, OK????
Paula
Oh, isn’t this FUNNY!!!! We are both at the last 8 rows of the WP shawl! I just did up the last pattern row and am about to go into the border. I’m thinking that, with any luck at all, I will be able to wear it with my new dress on Sunday afternoon when I go to sing Evensong.
Today’s batch of dyed yarn is cooling in the kettle on the stove. My first attempt using Synthrapol for the pre-soak and Citric Acid instead of vinegar. I must say, it’s nice that the house does not smell like Kosher Dill Sheep Pickles! And the yarn looks pretty good so far, too. Mummy Brown over that godawful yellow, and it came out nice and stripey again. I can’t wait to see what it looks like dry, but must be patient until morning now!
I can’t get to Rhinebeck this weekend, so have fun for me, OK????
Paula
Oops! Sorry, I did not mean to post twice. Not sure how that happened…
Sewing up the ribby, what a chore…it took the brains of me, my fiance and my cat (didn’t ask for his two cents, but he gave it anyways!)to figure out how those crazy looking sleeves got sewn in! I still haven’t found a zipper, nor am I looking foward to installing it…
I just wanted to let you know that your hand-dyed yarns are absolutely gorgeous! I love them all and as soon as I find the right pattern I will definitely be purchasing some. Good luck with the finishing work…