I've finally got the collar of the Farmer's Market Cardigan knitted. Let me just say that I am now firmly opposed to collars that are knitted seperately and sewed on and if I never have do another one again, it will be too soon.
Here is the collar and pocket edging finished and pinned on. I had gotten both sides of the collar knitted and grafted at the back of the neck during knitting group last night. It was then that I discovered that the right side band was not long enough. What's more, it was not long enough at the spot where it turns the corner from the pocket to the front of the sweater. I was faced with unravelling and reknitting it (not going to happen) or sewing it on and hoping it didn't look lopsided. I chose option 3 which was to cut a strand where I needed the extra length, put it on needles, knit the extra length then graft it back together. I did this but it wasn't easy and there was a lot of swearing and growling during the process. I didn't realize how much of this I was doing until the girl sitting next to me quietly slunk off to ask someone else to help her with her knitting rather than bother me. I apologize to everyone in the group who were very nice and offered help at several points to which my reply was leave. me. alone. They did and it got fixed.
Now, I get to sew the collar on (yay, my favorite, not).
2 comments:
I love Connie Chang Chinchio's designs, but I hate knitting most of them because they are awfully fiddly. I feel your pain.
But at least THE HARD PART IS OVER. right? And it really wasn't a problem at group-- lotsa people really enjoyed learning/teaching at the same time. :]
Best of luck with the rest,
~pati
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