Another Restart

Once I'd got the two halves of Andy's ribwarmer united, I tried it on him. HUGE! Massive, and even worse, stretching.

Sigh. Off to the frog pond.

Restarted. This time, I am not going to do the increases at the side of the garment. I am using a size smaller needles, so will probably knit the same number of rows, but it will be smaller and tighter.

Water Wheel Chunky Ribwarmer

As the size of the ribwarmer grows (slowly - very little TV time this week) the little imperfections mount up. I forget to knit on the tips or I forget which way to slip a stitch or drop the whole thing on the floor and other knitting crimes.

I think this stage of learning is called "conscious incompetence". I know I'm goofing off, but I can't stop goofing off. The thing to do is stay with it until perfection results.

Or good enough! The designer garments at the V & A were a revelation to me - they do not strive for machine like perfection, some of the sewing is irregular, the beading and hems especially, but the overall effect is good - and the slight imperfections announce the presence of hand work.

That's all very well, but I think until I can knit a garment I can actually wear, I'd better keep aiming for perfection.

Another Walk to the Trash Can

Andy's ribwarmer is done. The good news is that he likes the fabric and it fits him perfectly. The bad news is that the added collar and sports vent look naff. Truly, horribly naff. I think they are too small. The original instructions are for a tiny rib warmer - and I followed those instructions for the variations, but I upscaled the body of the garment to fit Andy. Threw it, and the rest of the cone away, heaving a deep sigh. From now on, I will test variations on tiny sample test pieces - there's a lot of knitting in a man's ribwarmer.