Sometimes you make a swatch, adjust the tension, but when you start knitting the actual garment, the gauge changes and the result won't fit. I made one of these, but that will have to be reknit. I'm not very excited about it, but I'll power through it. Normally I read the instructions before knitting something. And that's what I did this time, but it did not make any sense. In this case I had to work as I went and then it was all perfectly clear.
To end it on a more positive note, I started a Lanesplitter skirt. Oh the joy of aran and 4.5mm needles after knitting fingerweight! It's hard to put this down.
oi uzjauciu del permezgimo. ir kaip tau kantrybes uztenka.
ReplyDeleteir--tai va kam tau saguciu reikejo!
nu nezinau, ar nors vienos tiks! pasakysi ryt poryt siom dienom! as gal buciau sviesesniu paieskojus...
o tokios riesines/pirstines tai atrodo labai graziai. praverstu man cia ofise, kur AC pucia issijuoses, as net su paltu sedziu ir rimtai galvoju, gal ir kepure kokia uzsidet reiktu.
brrr!
Oh I hate when that happens! And a mitt is one of those things that HAS to fit.
ReplyDeleteThe mittens pattern is beautiful! Shame you had to frog it...
ReplyDeleteThe mysteries of the gauge ;-) Yeah for that skirt! It must be really fun to knit!
ReplyDeleteI want to make a Lanesplitter...a bunch of people were wearing them at Rhinebeck this past year
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