Yay, I win!
- Make those long-overdue FO posts – Done!
- Post more frequently – Done! (Though given that I only posted two entries last month and three the month before that, this wasn’t that hard…)
- Complete at least two tiers of the Forest Path Stole – Done!
- Work on at least one other WIP – Done! Granted, it was just one underarm seam and then a couple of rows for a toe sock, but that still counts, right?
- Start my mother’s cable-and-bobble hat – Done!
New goals this month:
- Finish Eris
- Finish Mom’s cable-and-bobble hat
- Finish at least one sock (either the second River Rapids sock, or a toe sock)
- Complete at least two tiers of the Forest Path Stole
- Re-start Channel Pullover
- Start Odessa
Regarding goal #1: It turns out that I’m not completely crazy and that I did try on the sleeves while working on the sweater. In fact, I even ripped and re-knit a sleeve because it didn’t fit. Jessica thinks that maybe it shrunk a bit in the wash, which I suppose is possible. I mean, I did wash my swatches, but maybe the water temperature was slightly different on the day I chucked the actual sweater in the machine?
In any case, there’s only so much blocking I can do, given that it’s a cotton/acrylic sweater. So I’m leaning toward re-knitting the sleeves. It’s going to suck, especially since I already wove in the ends and grafted the cuff and everything. But it won’t be completely impossible, and I think in the long run I’ll be happier with the sweater.
I’m probably going to take Kristen’s advice for the next few days – pretend that it’s OK and work on something else. I figure that if I stop obsessing about it for a week or so, I’ll be able to look at it with a clearer head and then make a final decision.
Edit: You know how overthinking something can make you overlook the obvious? Well, Kris suggested something that should have occured to me from the very beginning. I’ll try wearing Eris around the house for the next couple of evenings to see if that relaxes the sleeves enough. It might actually work, given how close the measurement already is.
Of course, this does mean that I have to seam the other underarm first…
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Honestly, I would wear it one day first. My freshly finished cotton-ease sweater definitely settled under it’s own weight – nothing huge, but you might find that your sleeves relax a bit on their own.
I guess I’ll stop bugging you about it for a while. For what it’s worth, my CE sweater grew a touch with wear as well, so hopefully Kris’s idea will work. I’ll have to remember this when I knit Eris, because my upper arms certainly aren’t skinny.
All of my Cotton-Ease sweaters relax quite a bit as I wear them. I’d say that Kris is probably right about that one.