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One-armed Lady

FLS progress Well, she’s progressing slowly, but still moving along. I had a bit of a dilemma when I got to the sleeves.  The circular needle I’d been using was just right for knitting back and forth on a cardigan, but it was too short to “magic loop” the sleeve.  So, after trying out a couple of other needles in the stash, and hitting the same brick wall, I remembered the good ol’ Denise needles, and something I’d read a while back about if you needed more than one of a certain size, just put that size tip on one end, and any other size ont he other end.  The actual loops knitted depend on the size needle you actually knit with, not the one they’re coming off of…and, well, as we know, even if it MADE a difference, I’m quite prone to just “shrugging” and moving on.  So – enter “two circs” – like Cat Bordhi teaches so amusingly on YouTube.  I actually learned it from her book years ago, but still enjoy watching her teach.  So, anyway – the sleeve dilemma finally solved, off I went.  I decreased out the seven stitches I added at the armpit for this sweater, because the sleeve looked like it might be rather cavernous, so I just gently eased it away over a few rows, and it seems to have a nice fit now.  I’m pretty sure I’m going to make the sleeves 3/4-length…pretty sure….maybe.

October 28, 2008   No Comments