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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Left and Right.. Just Right.

Late last night.. at around 1AM I finnally did it... I finnally finished... The Right Front.

It looks amazingly similar to the Left Front.. but.. you know.. for the right.. Which is just what I wanted ofcourse.



So there we have the Back, the Right Front, and the Left Front... and I will admit to you here and now that I have no idea how I am supposed to seam those together.. The collar construction really confuses me and I have no clue what I'm doing..

But I'm not going to worry about it right now.

Next on the agenda is the sleeves.. and hopefully working them in the round. I'm going to try my darnedest to do them in the round because I personally know that a seam down the inside of my elbow drives me totally insane. I will persevere. If I can make it through the right front... I can make sleeves round... Right?

I hope so.

In Jaywalker news.. well.. there isn't much.. I got almost down to the toe and decided to try the sock on.. and.. er... it didn't.. fit. It was too tight to pull over my ankle.. So I increased my stitches to try again and it really seems too big and the yarn is doing something funky to the striping pattern that I really don't like.. so I'm thinking I might try a bigger needle size and go back to the first number of stitches to see what happens. Unfortunately I can't take a picture of the stripey weirdness right now because the sock is in the car.. and the car is at Wal*Mart with my husband.. So maybe once I work out what I'm going to actually end up with I'll post a "before and after" picture to show the weirdness.

Speaking of pictures.. I do finnally have a picture of the bear I made for my Aunt Nelda (The one I finished in the police car.) Unfortunately my dad misunderstood what kind of picture I wanted.. so this will just have to do:


This is my Mammy and Pappy, the bear, and their dog Sam


I wish the detail of the bear was better.. but I guess I just have to take what I can get in this case.. cause if I heard right the bear is already in Atlanta with my aunt.

So there you have it.. and I am really eager to try the sleeves out.. so I must go do that before I get too tired to think straight.. lol.

Sleeves.. in the round... I can do it!! (I hope.)
-Kim-   10:31 PM
 


8 Comments:

It's looking GREAT so far! Collars are always confusing =) If it was me, I'd put the body together before I did the sleeves - but that's me and my paranoia! lol I'd much rather pick up the stitches around the sleeve hole than seam it. (lazy AND paranoid - great)

You did an impressive job so far though, even with all the confusion of "do it again backwards" =))
JustApril, at 9/07/2006 8:05 AM  
Your sweater looks great so far. Keep it up. Cute cop car bear, and cute pic. I'm doing my second pair of jaywalkers. My first try was too small, too, so I ripped them and started over. Now, I love 'em!
AR, at 9/07/2006 9:19 AM  
the bear is awesome! I've been wanting to knit a stuffed something since I started. Maybe when I can actually afford some nice yarn, lol.
christina, at 9/07/2006 2:06 PM  
You are braver than I. I have to have the sleeves flat to be able to seam them into the armholes. The sweater is gorgeous, I love that color.
Restless Knitter, at 9/07/2006 6:27 PM  
Great job on the sweater! Do i remember correctly that this is your first sweater? It is amazingly perfect!

I made 2 pairs of socks, ever. The first pair was too loose. The next pair was too tight and I gave up on socks....but you can do it, I know you can LOL
Kim, at 9/08/2006 8:01 AM  
Duh, never mind about the first sweater thing..now I remember you made ribby...
Kim, at 9/08/2006 8:02 AM  
Ooh, you're closing in on finishing that sucker! It's going to be gorgeous. Love the bear too!
lobstah, at 9/08/2006 3:17 PM  
ooo, what a great color. And your gauge looks awesome. The sleeves are going to be great!
m., at 9/11/2006 7:33 AM  

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