Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Feet on Floor!

I haven't felt like I was up to sewing the shoulders and pick up the button band stitches.
But I felt like I could last night.  
And then I promptly sewed both fronts on backwards.
I didn't discover it until I had started picking up stitches on the second front and I had this armhole on the front neckline.....
Ripping out stitches for the shoulders was a LOT of fun!
But I  did it and seamed it again and picked up the stitches on the front bands again 
and now I can get going on this sweater finish!!!! 
 I did give myself a bit of a reward...
I cast on this new pair of fingerless mitts because I was intrigued with the construction!
It is brilliant.
I had planned on dyeing the yarn first as it is a skein of the Bare Hare by KnitPicks;
it is so delicious in my hands while knitting!
But I didn't want to wait to cast on so they will get a kettle dye when I am finished!
I decided to go with an easier border arrangement for the leftover scraps from the Quilt of Valor.
I just might be able to sew this together in a few days now!

8 comments:

  1. How frustrating to be on the last front section before you noticed the error: I'm glad you persevered.

    Martina Behm has delightful patterns.

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  2. Argh .... some days it doesn't pay to pick up the needles! ;-)

    Those new mitts are really cute. Sounds like you will be using them as soon as they are finished to. Brrrrrrrrr... Keep warm and happy knitting.

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  3. Oh NO! That's what i fear when i am finishing garments. I so dread the thought that I am going to have to undo it. Im so sorry!!
    Your mitts are darling. Keep telling us if the pattern in perfect and if it is I may have to SAVE it.

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  4. I have done that very thing with the fronts. It is not pleasant. Those mitts are really interesting. I can't wait to see them done. I like the idea of knitting first and dyeing later. White is so much easier on the eyes.

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  5. Yikes! I might have trashed the whole project. Those mitts look so interesting...let us know!!

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  6. ...pounding head against wall...😖 Glad you conquered — and moved on to some well-behaved things!

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  7. Ugh! I have done the same thing. Or how about making to right fronts instead of a left, I have been there too!

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