I feel like I am getting eaten alive by this thing. This photo was taken a few days ago but the sentiment is still the same: This sweater is a monster! Knitting the sleeves off of this giant mass is a huge annoying undertaking. I have to stand in order to work the entire piece needs to be turned continuously as I knit in the round. It’s a little easier once the sleeve grows long enough that it can stand away from the body but even that is awkward. Everything about this project is awkward. Errrrrr.
One of the good things about knitting something of this magnitude is that I’m really exercising my problem solving skills. For instance, the working ball of yarn kept getting in the way of my knitting and as a result I kept accidentally tangling the rather delicate 5-ply wool. So! I quickly sewed up a little cube-like bag from some scrap flannelette, attached a short strap to it so I could then wear it across my back. This way the working yarn is always at my back, close to my right side and completely out of the way. Sounds simple, I know, but you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to realize this solution!
I am really eager to finish this thing and I can’t seem to knit fast enough. I want it to be done so I can move on to other things. I just learned how to do knotted netting and I’m already dreaming up ideas. And I really have to write, something I haven’t been making any time for this semester despite being a seminar that is all about writing. Oops. Once the sweater is done…..
3 Responses to ““Awkward” is the word of the day.”
Why don’t you knit the sleeves separately with a provisional cast on and then graft them to the body of the sweater?
That would be a logical way to go about it but I suck at grafting and in the long run I think it’ll be faster to do it this way. I just have to grumble the entire time I’m doing it. Heh.
What about…a round table and a lazy susan?
It looks fantastic, btw. I’m inspired as I watch your creative efforts!