Victorious

I did almost no knitting since Friday.  It was just a wonderfully busy weekend.  I played with kids and had so much fun. My entire knit time for Saturday, Sunday and Monday was a few rows on a sock toe.  

I did get in a good bit of knitting on Friday though.  

Underarm join!  

It is barely a join but it is a join.  

Take your victories where you can.

Close

I made it close to my goals that were not goals.  I have 4 rows left to knit till it's time for the joining at the underarms.

 It's looking like a mess at the moment.  I would show you the other side but that might depress you.  It's all ends and stitches on hold and other needle ends.

I would have made it to the join but I realized I was having a major issue.  When I picked out a needle to work on making the back longer, I picked from several lengths and sizes.  I knew there was at least one 4 mm in there.  However as I was sizing them, I grabbed the 5 mm needle.  I knit several rows with the 5 and had to pull back and redo with the proper needle.  I'm just glad I noticed it before the sweater was half done.  

It's going to be a long day.  Kids are coming for Thanksgiving and I need to do a deep clean.  Busy busy.  But first coffee and a bit of knitting.  

I love knitting.

I was putzing around yesterday and ended up doing something unexpected.  

I was getting ready to join for the underarms.  When I do that, I like to pin it together along the sleeve edges and make certain that both parts are the right length.  Most often this means they ought to match. And they did but...the whole thing looked awfully short.  I measured and it should be fine.  

That niggling feeling stayed with me and I made a brave and foolish decision.  Go longer.  The front was completed yesterday so today I have to make the back longer.  With a bit of luck and some steady knitting, I hope to get the underarm join done today.  

I realize that this extra inch or so may make the whole sweater look looser and larger and sloppier.  That is sort of what I am aiming for anyway.  All good.

All these little things, these little choices, little decisions are so much fun.  It keeps it all deeply interesting and supremely fulfilling.  I love knitting.  I love, love, love knitting.