I love sweaters, but somehow sleeves are my bane. I thought it was because I knit them last. The way the rows get longer the farther I go is bad enough, but I have to do it twice. On the Oriel Lace Blouse I lost momentum as soon as I started the sleeves. It's still sitting there; back, front, and 1/2 sleeve. This isn't the first time either. It happens every time. So when I started a new sweater I decided I'm going to make the sleeves first.
I still hate them.
The first one has crept along. I finally got to the armhole decreases (yes!) and everything went much faster. I was only a couple of rows from being done and couldn't deny the problem any longer. Somehow my decreases happened way too quickly. As I frogged I watched for where I'd done the decreases, trying to determine what what wrong.
In spite of my finance degree and my enjoyment of math and numbers, I CAN'T COUNT. That is the only conclusion I can reach from the apparently random decreases I did for this sleeve.
1 sleeve, 3 weeks and counting.
Dammit.
10.09.2007
Sleeve Hell
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You're supposed to count decreases? No wonder I have trouble.
And how about some spinning, eh? Maybe if you put some roving next to the teapot you could do it in the morning and avoid some of the kitty pacing that happens at night...
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