WC shoulder blocking
After much fussing, J convinced me I should finish seaming and see how WC fits before I take ANY action (aka frogging the shoulder). So I finished seaming WC last night .. the shoulder/armpit/armhole is just a little too small [as expected].
I blocked the shoulder/sleeve cap seam and the top of the shoulder. I pulled diagonally on the shoulder/sleeve cap seam and tried not to stretch out the body .
[crossing fingers that WC will be ok with this blocking]
Oh, here is a badly lited AF barfed on pic before blocking. And another raglan for comparison.
All in all, I spent 10+ hours seam/frog/seam WC, and what have I learn for my first sweater:
- Pattern directions are 'suggestions'
- Trust my measurement [before I trust the pattern]
- When in doubt, dont bind off
- Measure, measure, and measure again
- Do math carefully
- I enjoy trying to figure out cable cross
And ... to WC and Big Wool
- Big Wool is fun and fast to knit
- Big Wool tuft is a funny [ha ha] yarn
- I like Big Wool, and Big Wool tuft
- I like Wet Cat, I cant wait to work on Wet Kitten (3x1 rib with tuft ends scarf)
Comments
I like "when in doubt, don't bind off." I use that a lot!
Posted by: jess
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December 1, 2005 5:59 AM