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Slump Day

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Yep, that kind of says it all.

Slump Day for work, knitting, sewing, cleaning, you name it.

I want to knit EZ’s February baby sweater in a 24 month size.  I’ve never knit a top-down sweater before.  Do I just start the pattern and make the body bigger?  Seems like a no-brainer.  Is it?

And I need to have this finished by September 10.

Yesterday I stopped by the Big Box store and bought six balls of cotton in assorted colors for the Swiffer covers.  Quick, easy, portable project.  Maybe these will get me out of my slump.

It’s the right thing to do

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“If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.”  Emma Bronder Kreidle, my grandmother.  

If you have been following my dilemma about the Lace Hem Top here and here, you know I am not happy with the armholes.  I tacked a few stitches together under the arm and shortened the shoulder by a half-inch on both the front and back thinking it would fix the problem.  

There are no shortcuts to doing something right.  I’ve spent too much time knitting this only to have it second-rate.  I would always look at it thinking I should have…  

So I ripped it down to the beginning of the armhole shaping and knit another inch before I start the armhole shaping for the second time.  Then I will make the armhole an inch shorter.   

Second attempt

 

It’s the right thing to do.  Right, Gram?  

On another note the thermometer already says it’s 89 degrees and it’s only 9:00 am.  Gonna be another hot day.  

Mr. Aitch and I “planned” to ride our motorcycles to the Farmer’s Market in Springs, PA this morning to visit a scissors repair man.  

Broken Stork Scissors

 

I have a pair of stork embroidery scissors and the pivot broke many years ago.  I didn’t want to throw them out so I finally found someone fairly local that would take a look at them to see if he could repair them.  Not sure if we want to ride 40 miles one way in this heat.  It just might be too darn hot.

It’s never easy

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So.

 The armholes on the Lace Hem Topping shell are too big.  My bra shows.  Once a woman reaches a certain age, a little peek at the bra isn’t as titillating as it used to be.  Not good.  I took in a couple of stitches at the underarm to tighten it up.  Then I decided to undo the shoulder seams and rip back a few rows to shorten the offending armhole before I attempt the crochet edge.

Remember when I said the mattress stitch was slow going?  That’s because I evidently ROCK at the mattress stitch and weaving in ends.  I’m so darn (not the first word that popped into my head) good at it that I couldn’t find the end to rip it out!

It took over an hour to find and undo the mattress stitching for one of the shoulder seams.  19 stitches.  The other side was about 15 minutes.

So now I need to rip back seven rows and start the neck/shoulder shaping all over again.  This time I will do short row shaping and the three needle bind off at the shoulders since I’ll be knitting both the front and back at the same time.

Word to the wise.  Don’t weave in the ends until you are 10,000% sure you are completely done.  Fin.  Fini.  The end.

Dilemma

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I finished all the seams last night on the Lace Hem Topping and when I tried it on, the armholes seemed a bit too big.  I don’t have the crocheted edge on yet. 

I think I will shorten the armholes by 1/2 inch and see if it fits better.  Or will blocking it again work?  The lighting isn’t good and the color is way off.  And my arms look huge! 

Seamed before edging