Fiber Fool

Well, I thought I was way ahead on my new design because of the snow we got on Saturday (see pics above and below). But it seems it made me a bit cocky to have completed my bust short rows by day’s end on Sunday. As I went to my various knitting engagements on Monday I was thinking I had a great chance at being done by the end of this week (as in Friday, not Sunday - Sunday *may* still be doable).

Because of the snowiness most of the weekend was spent indoors (aside from photographing), often watching television of movies. Saturday we had a John Hughes double feature of The Breakfast Club and Weird Science. Movie and/or television watching means much progress for me. Oddly, I seem to knit faster if I have that distraction.

Now, why am I not going to be done on Friday even though I was past the bust on Sunday night before bed? Well, because I jumped almost immediately into the waist decreases upon finishing the short rows. I didn’t stop to ponder that a). because this is a close fitting tee the armhole depth is not that of past sweaters and b). this is a finer gauge yarn which means more rounds per inch. When I got home Monday night from SnB and finally moved it to waste yarn to try on I discovered I had finished all my waist decreases, yet hadn’t quite cleared my bust…

I frogged about 2 inches, back to the end of the short rows. I was able to regain about an inch of that on Tuesday evening and another inch this afternoon. I will be starting the decreases for the second time this evening. I think my waist will land at my waist this time. I know I’m *very* short-waisted, but not quite as short as attempt number one was, LOL! I should have pondered my next leap like Emma did in the snow.

An important lesson was learned, however — when you are knitting top down so that you can knit to fit, try it on often. Don’t get lazy and make assumptions. I would have saved much time (and grief and frustration) if I had just taken the time to try it on at the end of the short rows instead of just plowing ahead.