twistedloops

There has been very slow progress on the NaKniSweMo sweater.  I measured the swatches after blocking, and there were minor changes in size.  The swatch that was closest to the appropriate gauge was the Denise US5 (the middle swatch in the photo).  This was the swatch that had spot on gauge before blocking.  After blocking, the row gauge was still fine, but the stitch gauge was now too big by approximately .25 stitches per 4 inches.

Currently, I’m working on the sleeves.  I have one more set of increases at the top of the sleeve, and then a bit more knitting and they’ll finally be done.  There was a moment, after having worked for a while on the sleeves, where I looked down and noticed that the balls of yarn were getting small.  They appeared to be about a quarter their original size (I started from the outside of the ball).  I checked the pattern, “Knit until sleeve measures 10.5 inches”.  A quick measurement of the sleeves, which were a little over 5 inches in length, and I was confident that I would easily run out of yarn before it was time to begin the increases.  I continued knitting and watching television.  I knit, and knit, and knit.  Finally, after realizing that I had been knitting for quite some time without yet having run out of yarn, I decided to take a look at my knitting.  The sleeves seemed awfully long, and there was still a little yarn remaining.  Out came the measuring tape.  The sleeves were just a tad over 10.5 inches already.  How does this happen?  Am I that terrible at judging the remaining amount of yarn?  Or perhaps this was magic yarn…That’s the theory that I’m sticking with.  It has nothing to do with my knitterly skills; it’s all just yarn issues.

Before I started the sweater, I continued to work on the Mad Color Weave sock.  I managed to make it into the gusset before the first of November.  Since then, I haven’t worked on it at all.  The sock did accompany me to KTog this week, and the general consensus was that it looks better in person than in my blog photos.  Even so, I’ll leave you with a picture of the sock progress (just imagine that it looks better than in the photo).