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Comment by JessaLu

September 14, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

okay I just wanted to say…I didn’t need to know how many stitches go into a sweater.

I have to go breathe into a bag now…

;o)

Comment by bellamoden

September 14, 2007 @ 9:01 pm

52,000 stitches. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

Good thing we love knitting. ;)

Comment by Laura

September 15, 2007 @ 12:14 am

You know, that doesn’t sound all that bad to me. One of the cross stitch projects I’m working on (and will be for quite a while to come) has 126,000 stitches in it. Actually, it’s 252,000, because the stitches are crossed. See? 52,328 stitches isn’t so bad. It’s all relative. ;-)

Comment by Leigh

September 15, 2007 @ 4:59 am

Um. I think knitting in blind ignorance is definitely the best way to go.

Comment by Kirsten

September 15, 2007 @ 7:09 am

Ha! There is nothing quite like a spread sheet for the geek in each of us. Good luck recovering from the numbers!

Comment by Helen

September 15, 2007 @ 8:42 am

And here I thought I was nuts for calculating the number of stitches I had to cast off for the ruffle edged baby blanked (1400, in case anyone’s wondering — in a single round).
I do NOT want to know how many stitches are in any garment I’m knitting (unless perhaps it’s done, so I can gloat over it….). I’d bail. I know I would…

Comment by Jeanne

September 15, 2007 @ 9:08 am

Math. *shudder* I guess I’d rather knit blind.

Comment by Deborah Robson

September 15, 2007 @ 9:55 pm

I’m for avoiding spreadsheets and calculations, buying more than enough yarn in each color, and figuring out later what to do with the leftovers {grin}.

Comment by Chris

September 16, 2007 @ 7:39 pm

*lalalalalalala* I can’t read you!

Comment by tania

September 16, 2007 @ 11:18 pm

man. I love the maths…and that .xls! :)

Comment by Alison

September 17, 2007 @ 7:37 am

Yeah, I’m one of those people, too. I made the mistake of using Excel to figure out exactly how much I have left in the Cap Shawl with the edging. I’m only 50% done. *Sigh* I haven’t worked on it all that much since doing the calculations; too disheartened.

I didn’t see your color meme until after I’d already posted this morning, but I’ll be answering it in the next couple of days.

Comment by hannah

September 17, 2007 @ 8:48 am

I love it! Now you can count down-only 51,000 stitches to go, etc..

Comment by Erin

September 17, 2007 @ 2:06 pm

This is why I don’t track the hours worked on a project. I think I would lose it if I really knew how much time it takes to knit a sweater.

Comment by Carrie K

September 17, 2007 @ 4:25 pm

I do exactly that kind of thing all the time. Figure out how many stitches - (my GAWD! HOW? MANY?) how long it’s going to take me to knit at my current rate (several lifetimes - forget past lives, I need to know who the future lives are - they’re getting a couple of these UFO’s in my will…..)

Comment by Hillary

September 17, 2007 @ 8:54 pm

As if the really big numbers weren’t scary enough - that’s a boatload of math you’re doing. My brain hurts just thinking about doing simple addition. Egad!

Comment by Deborah Robson

September 17, 2007 @ 8:58 pm

Missed you at knitting tonight. Did you get toppled over by the numbers? Hope you’re feeling better!

Comment by Rebekah

September 18, 2007 @ 3:22 pm

I just love your geekiness! Its what draws me to your blog! Well that and your general photography skills, interesting reading, personality, etc. etc.

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October 11, 2007 @ 5:30 pm

[…] Contrary to popular belief after this post (that number is smaller after getting an official row gauge BTW), I don’t do this sort of thing just to torture myself. It was the easiest way to split such a long piece of fiber into thirds for a 3-ply yarn. I had to lay it out in our hall to get it split into three. It’s total length was only about 3 feet shy of the total length of our house! That is minus one ounce for photo styling of the final project. The full 8 ounces would have probably been very close to the interior length. […]

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May 10, 2012 @ 11:35 am

[…] Now, the ride home might prove to be a challenge. It is much different riding in 50 degree temps than the 80 degree temps at quitting time. I’ll also be climbing a good bit to get home. I haven’t looked to see how much yet. I decided that was one of those things it is better to not know until you’ve done it - like calculating the number of stitches in a knitting project ;-) I have decided to follow my path to work to get home rather than the slightly more direct route that keeps me away from the university. I’m purposefully avoiding a really rough hill that I loath. It also has the added benefit of keeping me off a really high traffic post-work bit of trail that I hope will keep my patience less stretched. […]

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