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May 14, 2006
deja vu
After a big vacation week, my relentless knitting speed has been slowing down, it is normal.
what is not so normal for me is, that I have joined both shoulder seams and side of Gwen before finishing the first sleeve, to see if it really works for me. And the result is that:
Gwen's right front. But...don't you think something is wrong with this ? It looks...a kind of....double-hem like. Did you rub your eyes? No, it's not your fault:
I am knitting the second right front now. After joining the seams of body of Gwen, I even knitted the front edging too to make it more decent, and tried in front of mirror. I forced me to think it is OK and acceptable, but if I leave it as it is, I cannot gain 50g of weight from now, rather I had better to lose 2kg.....
After finishing the first sleeve, I checked my current leftovers. I had 3 bland-new balls and a ball of three-quarter left, other than crappy leftovers. The finished sleeve needed slightly less than 2 balls. The right front needed slightly more than only one ball. At that stage what I have to knit is only the second sleeve and with that all will be done. so I see I have enough yarn to knit ONE MORE RIGHT FRONT, even if it is a bit larger than the first one.
So far I kicked off. During I have knitted a sleeve, something disturbed me and felt unconfortable, I knew something was wrong. The most annoying thing is, to knit and complete a garment which are turned out unwearble. I love Gwen and I absolutely want to wear it, without the looks too tight and unsightly. I want decent look and fit to me. As I have yarn to use, I immediately start.
So...I untied once joined seams for the right front, both shoulder and side. Of course the front edging too. It was painful, but now I feel better. The second right front is the size S instead of XS, and I am adjusting the number of stitch at the point of front decreasing to match the left front. Hope next time I could show the the FO...
And I don't forget my Electra. Last week finally I've got the buttons:
It is Rowan's abalone. As I found out that my LRS(local Rowan shop)was not only short of the stock but their stock won't be supplemented in the future, I ordered to a online shop in England and got it. Now what I have to do for Electra is just to join both sleeves to the body and place these beautiful buttons!
Posted by trico at May 14, 2006 10:22 PM
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Oh it's too bad Gwen is not going smoothly! I hope the reknit you did fixes everything. Very brave of you to just redo it all!
The buttons are beautiful. I'm really looking forward to seeing your finished Electra. What is the English shop that you ordered the buttons from? I've been looking for a place to order Rowan buttons and beads since there doesn't seem to be any shops around me that sell them...
Posted by: Marie at May 15, 2006 06:00 PM