For some reason the sleeve of Ariann is totally kicking my butt. It took two days to knit my way up to the sleeve divide of the body, and two more days to knit the couple of inches of sleeve shown above. Somehow my brain can't compute that instead of a purl row I need to put in a knit row to make the pattern flow in the round. I've tinked this one lonely sleeve almost as many times as I tinked Killybegs!Although I'm sort-of-maybe starting to have reservations about the suitability of this yarn for this project, I'm forging ahead in the blind hope that it softens during the block. Yes, yes, that's what swatches are technically for but I wanted to conserve enough yarn to be able to comfortably finish the sweater. Wish me luck...
You are a MAD crazy fast knitter. Or you have more time on your hands than I do...darn. What yarn are you using?
ReplyDeleteHmmm, in terms of time spent knitting so far I think I'm at about 12 or 13 hours. Is that fast? I say it's due to knitting continental and liking sitting around in my jammies on Sunday's catching up on the week's TV.
ReplyDeleteThe yarn is Classic Elite Skye Tweed in Spruce that I scored off the destash blog. At $40 for 11 balls including shipping, it was a steal!
I hope the yarn softens up - it looks great so it would be a shame to have it be too scratchy to wear.
ReplyDeleteI want to sit in my jammies and knit. Can I call in sick to my life and just knit?
ReplyDeleteWho am I kidding. I knit a lot during the day, I just don't knit as fast as you. Maybe I need more caffeine?