Front and Back
I just got the front and back of that darned sweater blocked out tonight. I'm going to do a little math and start the sleeves, probably tonight. Someone asked if it is possible on a machine to rip back just part of the garment and start from where the mistake was. Yes, it's not even all that hard to do such a thing. You can rip back either one row at a time or take the garment off the machine and rip back inches.
In the case of the sweater front, I went ahead and ripped the whole thing out - not just because of the single dark blue line, which I've now fixed - but because I had made a mistake in the number of stitches I cast on the first time around. If you look at the picture below, you can see I've basted in two lines marking the columns where I'll pick up the button bands. It's going to be a cardigan, but in order to get the stripes to be the right width and to match perfectly, I knit the front in one piece and will be cutting it. On the first sweater front, I hadn't put in as many stitches for the steek selvedge as I would have liked.
I am a bit of a contrarian when it comes to steek width. Most sources that I've read suggest relatively narrow steeks, in the name of avoiding bulk in the front of the sweater. My feeling is that it is better to have a wide steek, then use it as a facing by tacking the rough edge down, allowing the stockinette to curl under enough to hide the edge under itself. This keeps the bulk of the rough edge spread slightly away from the bulk of the pick-up stitches, and I think makes for a happier sweater front. But that's just my feeling on the matter.
The important thing is, I'm done with the two big pieces of this thing, and in a couple more nights will be done with the machine for this project altogether. Then, I can go enjoy some quality time on the couch while I hand knit the ribbing at the bottom, the button band and the neck band. Oh, Joy!
Oh, and we're all still sick here. Sophie woke up with a high fever this morning. I took her to the doctor and he thinks it's just a virus, but she was a pitiful little thing all day long. I'm feeling a little pitiful myself with a headache and a rough throat. I'm hoping it is just a little virus that will clear quickly and not strep. Must go to bed early tonight and get some rest.
In the case of the sweater front, I went ahead and ripped the whole thing out - not just because of the single dark blue line, which I've now fixed - but because I had made a mistake in the number of stitches I cast on the first time around. If you look at the picture below, you can see I've basted in two lines marking the columns where I'll pick up the button bands. It's going to be a cardigan, but in order to get the stripes to be the right width and to match perfectly, I knit the front in one piece and will be cutting it. On the first sweater front, I hadn't put in as many stitches for the steek selvedge as I would have liked.
I am a bit of a contrarian when it comes to steek width. Most sources that I've read suggest relatively narrow steeks, in the name of avoiding bulk in the front of the sweater. My feeling is that it is better to have a wide steek, then use it as a facing by tacking the rough edge down, allowing the stockinette to curl under enough to hide the edge under itself. This keeps the bulk of the rough edge spread slightly away from the bulk of the pick-up stitches, and I think makes for a happier sweater front. But that's just my feeling on the matter.
The important thing is, I'm done with the two big pieces of this thing, and in a couple more nights will be done with the machine for this project altogether. Then, I can go enjoy some quality time on the couch while I hand knit the ribbing at the bottom, the button band and the neck band. Oh, Joy!
Oh, and we're all still sick here. Sophie woke up with a high fever this morning. I took her to the doctor and he thinks it's just a virus, but she was a pitiful little thing all day long. I'm feeling a little pitiful myself with a headache and a rough throat. I'm hoping it is just a little virus that will clear quickly and not strep. Must go to bed early tonight and get some rest.
posted by Shelly Kang at 9:03 PM
1 Comments:
The sweater looks great! Sorry everyone is sick in your house:(
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