Seaming
Seaming Starsky is taking me a bit longer than I thought. Well, only in terms of the sleeve caps. The sleeves and sides will be a snap, but after all that knitting I'm determined to set the sleeves in right, and I'm not rushing it. Last night I started and after seaming the shoulders, I set in the first sleeve. It took me a bit of fiddling; sewing and picking out, sewing and picking out. Finally I got it right. The calculations for knitting the caps were bang on and the sleeve fit perfectly, but I had to fiddle to make sure it lined up. By the time that was done, I put it away for the evening because I'd had enough. Today I'm doing the other sleeve and I hope I can get it in the same way as the first.
I draped the sweater over myself once the sleeve was in and tried to hold it together at the open seams to see if the shaping and fit were correct. I think it's working out! Apparently I added some waist shaping to the sweater (something I don't actually remember doing since I knit the body of the sweater in March and April) and it seems to be in the right place.
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had finished another pair of socks at my SNB, and that I was unhappy with the fact that they didn't turn out matched up stripe-wise in the toe. I finally tried on the second sock and realized I had knit it too short. It's just short enough in the foot that I can feel the discrepancy when I put both socks on, so I'm going to have to rip back to before the toe shaping and add about 4 or 5 rounds. Highly annoying. The few rounds that I need to add won't be enough to match up the the final toe stripe, though.
In between seaming and sock fixing, I'm going to fish out all my single, unpaired socks and take an inventory. I think I have three left to knit mates for.
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Good luck seaming...I'm wallowing in seaming hell myself.
About those single socks...isn't it easier to get yourself a commission knitting sock samples for an LYS than bother with those seconds??
Chelle · Nov 11 · 6:02 PM
Wow. I am excited to see the finished product. So very much work you put into your beautiful things.
Also, I'm glad you're finishing the single socks. It's good to finish things we start; you'll have less little things nagging you at the back of your head.
*littlestar. · Nov 11 · 7:24 PM
Chelle, Easier, yes, but then I wouldn't get to wear them. And don't forget the red one I was working on at SNB...that will make #4 when I'm done.
Littlestar, I'm glad I'm finishing them too. I'm trying to look at it like this...I've already got half the work done. And then I don't have to feel guilty when I start up a new one. ;)
Maggie · Nov 12 · 1:03 AM
You should try some of that knitting on the edge two socks at once madness! Do it... you know you want to.
Soosan · Nov 12 · 9:50 AM
Your a better woman then me. I bought some sock yarn about three months ago to attempt my very first sock... yesterday I used it to make a scarf for my niece's first birthday gift...
Lauren · Nov 14 · 9:01 AM
When do we get to see photos of Starsky? Or do we get to see it in person at SnB? And with all those single socks out there, I now know why I'm committed to two socks at once -- I'd never have a complete pair, otherwise! :o)
kimbelina · Nov 14 · 2:07 PM
Lauren, nothing wrong with that! Nieces need scarves, too.
Kimberly, Starsky photos are coming. Today I've got lots of quiet time to myself, and I'll be finishing the final two seams on the sweater. And you WILL get to see it in person at SNB, because I will be wearing it! I'm a little daunted by picking up stitches for the collar/front bands. I can't use the pattern's guidelines because the length and row gauge of the sweater are different, so I've got a lot of trial and error in front of me. But once those stitches are picked up, the rest is smooth sailing. The hardest part is done...the sleeve caps are in properly, no puckering, no stretching. I'm really pleased so far.
Maggie · Nov 14 · 2:27 PM