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Sep. 9th, 2010 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holytoastrTragic news on my sweater. After knitting up the whole front and much of the back panels, I gave everything an additional measure and discovered the stupid thing was going to be 5 inches too big across the chest. That's taking into account the ease and possible shrinking of the wool. That's a ridiculously huge sweater.
I am baffled by it because the gauge was absolutely correct before I started. Yet the end measurements are completely off.
So last night I ripped apart the back panel and am going to try knitting it the next size down. At least with fewer stitches it's going faster. Hopefully this size will fit better. I'm paranoid that it'll end up too small now. Just to mock me.
Knitting is so frustrating. With sewing, I can measure as I go along and know right away if something doesn't look right. But with knitting, I may not notice for months that something is very wrong. If I could sew on the train instead of knit, I'd totally do that.
I am baffled by it because the gauge was absolutely correct before I started. Yet the end measurements are completely off.
So last night I ripped apart the back panel and am going to try knitting it the next size down. At least with fewer stitches it's going faster. Hopefully this size will fit better. I'm paranoid that it'll end up too small now. Just to mock me.
Knitting is so frustrating. With sewing, I can measure as I go along and know right away if something doesn't look right. But with knitting, I may not notice for months that something is very wrong. If I could sew on the train instead of knit, I'd totally do that.
