Sunday, January 23, 2011

Basic Blue and a lonely sleeve

Guess what's new! I finally finished the Basic Black cardigan I moaned about in previous posts. Guess what else is new? I don't like it. Well, to be honest, that's not exactly new, I always find flaws in my knitting and I'm super self-critical.
But this cardi seems to confirm my inability to knit anything with set-in sleeves. They're a little tight in the armpits and pull a little too much to the back.

But the main screw-up is the button-band. The button-band from hell. I ripped and re-knit that sucker three times. Still not good. It puckers and looks weird. While I was knitting it, I kept wondering where I went wrong. I finally figured it out THREE SECONDS AGO!!

(please ignore the fridge in the background. And the ironing board. And the 80's mustache on the guy on TV. And the general mess.)

The pattern says to pick up four in every 5 stitches. That wasn't enough, so I picked up every single stitch. Along the stockinette edge where I slipped a stitch on every row to make it look neat. Which means I have half as much stitches on the button-band than I do on the rest of the cardigan front. And that's the reason it pulls up.

Oh, epiphany why has thou come too late?


I don't want to rip and knit that thing again. Do.Not. Want. I'm actually wearing it right now. Paired with old sweatpants, a washed out cotton t-shirt and slippers it makes for a nice house sweater.

Meanwhile, this is what I'm knitting next. Caitlin pullover. One sleeve done. No setting them in. And no button band. Hopefully that means I won't mess it up.

Look at all those ends that need to be weaved in. :-(

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9 comments:

  1. Roman TalesJanuary 23, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    Nemoj odustati od krojenih rukava, mislim da je greska bila u nacinu kako si rukav prisila, kada velis da te zateze iza, a na slici se vidi da nabire od naprijed. Budem ti skenirala par stranica kako se uglavljuju rukavi, tekst je na talijanskom, ali sve i ako ne govoris slike dovoljno govore za sebe. Sto se pak ruba tice, neka te to previse ne sekira, svima je to vise-manje pletenje s metodom pokusaja i pogresaka, probas i ispravljas. Nemoj odustati od ovog kardigana, mislim da ces ga rado nositi ako popravis rukave da ih dobro osjecas, da te ne zatezu.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 2:56 AM

    I meni je Caitlin pullover već odavno u queueu. Tvoj izgleda kao na slici!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Covek se uci dok je ziv... a bogami i zena :) Jeste, cudno ti stoji.

    Mozda ce ti pomoci ovo za rukave:
    kada ih pletem, uzimam isti broj petlji kao sto sam uzimala kada sam suzavala prednji deo i ledja... I onda odmah pravim posle toga kuglu.
    Zatim pricvrstim ciodama rukav, probam... vidim da li valja.

    A za ivicu, obicno treba uzeti maaaalo vise petlji nego sto je redova, to je moje iskustvo. I onda zadnji red, kad zavrsavas, koristi broj ili dva vecu iglu, kako bi ivica moglada se razvlaci kao i dzemper.

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  4. SandraJanuary 23, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Lijepo što si brutalno iskrena! Svi rade greške - pa zašto ne bi i ti, zar ne!

    Boja kardigana mi se sviđa i šteta što se omaklo par greškica... ali i ovako ti odlično stoji!

    (BTW, hvala na linku ta pullover - genijalan je)

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  5. heklicaJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Ako mene pitaš, jedini problem s tim puloverom jeste što te, kako kažeš, zateže. Osim toga, ja ne vidim nikakve greške koje bi te sprečile da ga nosiš i van kuće.

    Lepa boja!

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  6. honeysuckleJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Hvala svima na savjetima - očito još moram vježbati krojenje pletiva. Kardigan mi je ok dok ga nosim sa tankom majicom kratkih rukava ispod, tako da mislim da neću parati. Sljedeći put će valjda biti bolje.

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  7. VeraJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Ne razumem sta pricas oko ovaj prvi cardigan..Tolko ja znam oko pletenje :)

    Ali zato mio se punooooo dopada ovaj Pullover, a tvoj izgleda bas kao i original!

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  8. bensedin artJanuary 30, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    Sve se greške daju ispraviti, pre ili kasnije:)! U svakom slučaju, ja bih ga nosila i možda bih istrpela i zatezanje ako nije jako:))!

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  9. incoknitoFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    Popravi to kad si se toliko trudila :)

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