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So close....
Jun. 3rd, 2008 10:41 pmI'm just six rows from the end of the second pattern repeat on the sweater and I can't knit. My right hand is not happy today, at all.
Of course, even after those six rows I still have about one more pattern repeat (thirty two rows) before I do anything interesting but it would be a landmark and I could photograph and update my Craftster KAL (that no one has joined *sigh* ) and my Ravelry projects page.
Thirty eight rows from now I will be starting the armscye and venturing into the real modifications for this sweater. My total stitch count will be cut by one third. Things should speed up, potential screw ups excepted. About sixteen rows after that the front piece will have another reduction by about one third as I shape the neck (I may add some neck shaping to the back too, but that would be about ten rows later).
Then the body would be done.
The sleeves of course will be a bit less exciting. They'll start with short rows of sixty two stitches (as opposed to the body pieces which started at two hundred and two) and increase by two stitches every few rows until they reach one hundred and thirty six or so. But then they too will have a drastic reduction as I shape the sleeve cap. It's sort of like the long slog up a gentle slope until you reach the crest of the hill and can coast down the steeper back side. :)
At that point it's done but for the seaming and the knitting of a few rounds of ribbing around the neck. :)
Of course, even after those six rows I still have about one more pattern repeat (thirty two rows) before I do anything interesting but it would be a landmark and I could photograph and update my Craftster KAL (that no one has joined *sigh* ) and my Ravelry projects page.
Thirty eight rows from now I will be starting the armscye and venturing into the real modifications for this sweater. My total stitch count will be cut by one third. Things should speed up, potential screw ups excepted. About sixteen rows after that the front piece will have another reduction by about one third as I shape the neck (I may add some neck shaping to the back too, but that would be about ten rows later).
Then the body would be done.
The sleeves of course will be a bit less exciting. They'll start with short rows of sixty two stitches (as opposed to the body pieces which started at two hundred and two) and increase by two stitches every few rows until they reach one hundred and thirty six or so. But then they too will have a drastic reduction as I shape the sleeve cap. It's sort of like the long slog up a gentle slope until you reach the crest of the hill and can coast down the steeper back side. :)
At that point it's done but for the seaming and the knitting of a few rounds of ribbing around the neck. :)
