Sunday, August 11, 2013

Year of Projects: Less than Perfect


This week I sewed the side and sleeves seams on my Perfect Sweater. After I'd sewed in the sleeves last week I had a feeling they were too big but I was hoping it would be ok. It's not. They look ridiculously huge and you see a lot of puckering at the arm hole:



I think they got stretched out during the blocking process. The fact the the sweater was so long after blocking probably should have told me something. . . I talked to my mom (my nickname for her is the yarn yoda) and she said I could either a) turn it into a vest or b) take the sleeves out and reknit them. Right now it's in time out until I decide. . .

One problem with this pattern is that there's no schematic showing the dimensions of each piece. There's a general description with the basics but not a detailed picture. 

I had this vague feeling that I should finish this sweater before starting the second one in case I had issues so now I've decided to listen to that feeling! I've stopped work on that project and am going to make Mork instead. Since it's ribbing it's stretchy thus making the exact fit less critical.

But today I'm going to work on my Color Affection because in a shawl one size fits all.

10 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear about the sleeves and hope you come to a decision your happy with. Love the Mork and looking forward to seeing Color Affection.

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  2. Love the Mork pattern. SO sad about the completed sweater. I would have put it into time out too. Have fun on the shawl.

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  3. Mork is a lovely pattern and with all that rib, a good fit should be easier to obtain. It's frustrating when you've put in so much knitting time and the finished sweater doesn't work out, I'm sure after you've hidden it away for a while you'll find a solution.

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  4. I hope you and your sweater can come to a mutually agreeable solution!

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  5. Oh bugger. A time out is always good. Work on something that makes you happy.

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  6. What a shame about the sleeves, making items that fit is the one reason I don't make garments. I can't live with the disappointment.

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  7. So sorry about the sleeves! I think you're smart to go work on something else for awhile. I guess I would probably take the sleeves off and re-knit them but not right away.....give yourself some time. I shouldn't give advice though as I've never knit a sweater. It's so pretty though that it's worth it I would think.

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  8. I'm sorry about the sleeves! It's so annoying when that happens. I think if it were me I would rip and reknit, maybe after doing a swatch and blocking it to work out just how much the yarn grows when blocking, so I could size the sleeves accordingly

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  9. Boo, I'm sorry about the sleeves. I think this is why I'm afraid of knitting, it creates lovely items but you need to fit them together and they need to fit in size! Scary thing :P

    I hope you find a way to tackle the sleeves that still makes you happy :)

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  10. Good luck with the sleeves. Such a pain when that happens.

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