Here's the project for this month. You may have seen this on my blog earlier in the year. I am re-knitting Sweet Heart from scratch. After my successful seaming on Molly, I am no longer afraid to knit in pieces and seam it together.
Hubby probably thinks I'm crazy to unravel all the work already knitted up.
Little Man insisted I take a picture of him fitting his sock. He watched me work on it. Somehow I missed a step in the toe decreases (forgetting the knit rows in between) and realized it when I was almost ready to Kitchener it.
Decision point: Do I continue with a messed up sock (and make a matching messed up sock)? or do I rip back and do this correctly?
Little Man has been patiently watching the progress on his sock. I could not give him a half-assed sock. So I ripped back without a lifeline. Big mistake! I ended up dropping the stitches and had to start back from a few rows prior to this shot. Aargh! He was sooo disappointed to see his sock unravel before his eyes. Poor guy, I thought he was going to cry. I almost cried myself.
Finally I got the courage to finish knitting Molly last night. Yesterday was spent picking up stitches for the bands and the cuffs. Today was all seaming. I was a bit terrified of seaming since this is my first knit project that required it.
The pattern is awesome!!! Seaming was a breeze as everything lined up perfectly. This little bolero will be perfect for her Jazz classes.
I've been sick since the weekend. Asthma has taken its toll. Fortunately, I had some WIPs knitting to keep me busy. OK so which project do I work on?
Sweetheart is in simmering in its own little timeout Ziploc bag. I ripped out the puckering heart and reknit the body until the pits. I will have to learn duplicate stitch to put back the heart. I had started to join the sleeves to the body but the striping in the sleeves is making it really difficult. I may just have to rip out the sleeves and just knit it all the way to the sleeve caps.
To Dye For's material (KP Suri Dream) is probably not the best to work on while I'm having my asthma attacks.
Molly is out of acrylic. After the blisters I got from working on this one, I'm not quite ready to pick it up.
So the only one left without starting a new project is Ribby Cardi. Ribby Cardi is supposed to be a very straight forward pattern. Of course, I decided to knit the body in one piece (I'm up to the pits on this one) and the sleeves in the round. I hit a senior moment with the sleeves back in November and it has been lingering in its own little Ziploc bag.
So I asked myself, why am I tinkering with such a fine pattern? I ripped out the sleeves and just started knitting both sleeves flat on Sunday. As of this evening, I'm about 17" and ready to start the sleeve caps.
