This might explain why I haven't been blogging much.
I wrote to Z saying that I was ready to take ALL of my yarn to the dumpster outside (oh, what a lovely dumpster dive experience this would make for many). I am in a knitting funk and it's not funkilicious. Eg: I have decided once and for all to frog the Simple sweater. It just gets TOO short in the front when stretched across my chesticles. Yes, all that needed to be done is put a zipper in. gah. What should I make instead with the frogged yarn? A baby blanket? A hangman's noose?!
Last night...after losing my place in the damn cable pattern yet again of the CNR...I finally got back on track and continued on. When I measured the front panels...I remembered to stretch them slightly to the correct width before measuring the length. Yup. Good. 1.5" left to go before starting in on the shoulder shaping. la la la. Knitting away...K4, Tw2R p3, k2, Tw2R, p3, P1, [Cr3L, Cr3R, p2] twice, Cr3L, Cr3R, p1. la la la. WAIT.
OMG.
I threw the knitting down to get out the back panel...measured it. Sure enough it was short if I stretched it to the correct width THEN measured the length. Luckily, I had kept the skein of yarn attached and frogged the shoulder shaping...not too devastating...sure. Back on track. Knitting more length. La la la. The back is just a series of K2s and Tw2Rs. la la la. WAIT. geezus.
The length would need to come in the body...NOT the armhole. Argh. I laid them out next to each other. (The armhole shaping on the back panel really does look better, but I threw it down in disgust to take this picture for you all.)
Man. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. sigh.
I'm going to go sit in the corner in the 74° incredibly muggy weather with my hair puffed out into an afro sipping a cool beverage. I almost feel better already...well except for the frizzy afro thing happening over here.
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