Ancestors

Written by Elizenery on 2024-11-26 at 12:12

Found 16 magic extra stitches on my needles at separation of the sleeves of the raw fleece to hoody. Didn't see that coming. But it's my first knit sweater project, so I guess that's part of the process.

I'll tink back, put the whole thing on waste yarn, wet block it, fit it on, check my gauge and then decide to go back further or move on. #knitting #handspinning

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Written by Elizenery on 2024-11-26 at 15:20

Drying after blocking. It does seem quite big. #knitting #handspinning

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Toot

Written by Elizenery on 2024-11-27 at 09:34

It's too big. I'll rip back to past de last increase row and then try it on again. I do need the added rows I did for yoke depth. And I think I'll move the armholes slightly to the back for a better fit. #WIPWednesday #knitting #handspinning

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Descendants

Written by Elizenery on 2024-11-28 at 18:59

Back on track. Separated for the sleeves again and it fits. Knitted until I bumped into color 6. That's by far the largest amount I have to prep, card and spin. So it will take a while before I return to knitting.

First I'll update my spreadsheet with stitch counts to match the changes I made. I use it to make a better estimate of the amount of stitches I get out of each gram of yarn, the number of stitches I'll need and thus the amount of yarn I have to spin.

[#]knitting #handspinning #nerding

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Written by Karen Strickholm on 2024-11-28 at 19:14

@lisettedeboer Excellent mathing!

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