Knitting Olympics checkpoint, Day 4
4 days into the Knitting Olympics... and 3 days before Stitches West. I've been working steadily but slowly on my Olympian project and I've achieved 5 inches of armhole depth, on my way to 9". Or course, every row gets longer, so I'm slowing down a bit. May not finish by the deadline, but this project is something I'm *really* proud of so far.
And I've learned several valuable lessons in just 4 days.
Friday, Feb 10 Design phase
Marilyse helped me out with a sketch to make my idea a reality
Cast on party! At 8pm, I had all 86 stitches on the needle. Ready to knit
Other Olympic knitters and their projects -- lace, Arans, afghans, and socks
Saturday, February 11 Took a break to go birding at Pt. Reyes and found 15 Snowy Plovers.
By 1 am, shoulders are ready for sleeve pickup
Monday, February 13 Starting to look like a sweater! 18 rows into the sleeves
And I've learned several valuable lessons in just 4 days.
- The math is always right - do not decide '90 stitches sounds too big, I'll just take 4 off'. If the math says 90, cast on 90!
- Always, no always verify your needle size. I thought I was swatching on 7's, but they were 3's. I like the fabric, so I kept going on the smaller needles, but I'm worried about having enough yardage to finish
- Use a sharper needle point to pick up in the dark. It took an hour to pick up 37 stitches on my Addis and knit into the back of each strand lifted. Didn't help that I was sitting far from the windows at Sunday's SnB San Jose gathering. It took 10 minutes to do the same on Crystal Palace bambool d.p.n.'s Next time, I will choose the narrower point the first time!
Friday, Feb 10 Design phase
Marilyse helped me out with a sketch to make my idea a reality
Cast on party! At 8pm, I had all 86 stitches on the needle. Ready to knit
Other Olympic knitters and their projects -- lace, Arans, afghans, and socks
Saturday, February 11 Took a break to go birding at Pt. Reyes and found 15 Snowy Plovers.
By 1 am, shoulders are ready for sleeve pickup
Monday, February 13 Starting to look like a sweater! 18 rows into the sleeves
posted by spinnity at 2/13/2006 07:51:00 PM
5 Comments:
Yay, you're designing your own pattern. That's awesome! Hope to see you at Stitches. It's been a long time...
Spin-ni-ty! Spin-ni-ty! Spin-ni-ty!
(3 cheers from the cheap seats)
I must add, that yarn is to die for! I couldn't stop petting it at lunch yesterday. You are indeed a lucky girl to be getting an entire sweater out of that goodness.
"The Math Is Always Right"
I think this needs to be cross-stitched onto a pillow so I can have it in sight every time I knit from now on. Or better yet it needs to be colorworked into a knitted pillow. :)
Oh, Abigail, you are so right. Seriously. I have **got** to get over thinking "well, that can't be right" just based on numbers I don't like. Must. Believe. Simple. Algebra!
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