Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Closing out 2019

 This morning, Bill and I headed out for an early day visit to the boys and their dad.
The beautiful St Johns River shone in the sunshine-yes, Sunshine!
  We have had 13 days of grey and the sunshine was so invigorating!

Since I am between meaty knitting projects,
I took two knitting miscalculations to work on!
I found that the two mitts I made on the knitting machine
were the same from the beginning of the wrist up
BUT
the ribbing at the wrist was 3 rows different!
So, I snipped and unraveled the rows and bound off the live stitches so I have a matching pair!
I also didn't like this CoBoo sweater when I wore it one day;
the folded hem just wasn't at the right mark on my hip.
I ripped out the stitches to fold the hem up, 
added 2 1/2" of rib to the front and back separately
leaving a slit on each side seam.
This is a really nice way to avoid the 'hug' under a rounded belly!
Now to decide if I want to add rib to the sleeves, too.......

I hope you filled this last day of 2019 with love.

4 comments:

  1. Good for you fixing the pieces so they're something you'll actually wear and use. We have had lots of gray days too and last night and today about 7 inches of snow. Not good for the partiers tonight. I'm glad I'm staying home.
    Happy New Year!
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  2. I love the tunic look you got with that sweater. All of sudden I've discovered the comfort and warmth of leggings and now I can't find a thing to wear with them that covers what I need covered.

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  3. It's been dreary here, too, and more of the same today. It's satisfying to fix/finish projects before the new year.

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  4. Love the sweater, it sounds like a perfect fix.

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