Thank you so much for your insight! I know first hand of the difficulties - I have already frogged this sweater once :/

Considering what you wrote, I’m thinking of unravelling a couple of centimetres of the sleeves, based only on a wild guess. If after the wash I want back the lost length, I’ll only have to unravel the i-cord. Or even skip the i-cord, wash it holding the sleeves on a lifeline and finish it afterwards. This way, I wouldn’t need to unravel anything after wash. Would that work?

(Making and blocking a swatch would definitely be the adult thing to do, but I’m really not keen on the prospect of looking for more yarn…)

Yes, I knitted it by hand. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for saying it out loud! I did wonder about potential consequences of not-blocking - I like that it’s kind of bouncy in its current state. However, it will have to be washed at some point, so I figured it’s better to find out now… Tension-wise, it’s a little messy (two years on the needles) but it’s also hairy so it’s not super obvious. Mostly, I’d like to soak it to wash away the project-of-doom vibes and initiate it as a garment.

Congratulations! Did you also print the CKM yourself?

Did that evolve into four-at-a-time sleeves?

They’re beautiful!

That’s the technique I meant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6U3IEUdddUY

These are very beautiful!

Have you seen this video on insta (originally from TikTok where all new things come first, if I’m not mistaken), where they mend by first threading yarn for the rows from one side of the hole to the other and then they ladder up using a crochet or mending hook? Would that be an option for your socks?

BTW, I’m really looking forward to all the socks to come this month, even if I’m myself in no state to embark on a new endevour before next year. Sock galore!

(Edited for spelling)

Grateful Jon Congrats! It’s mind-blowing, isn’t it? Happy purling!

I doubt that I can make anything in time for Christmas, but I’m tempted to at least knit a tiny vest for a certain fox using scraps from the toddler cowl from last week. Perhaps, if I’m really productive, even a pair of shorts. So kind of a Christmas gift for a plush :)

Great to hear about the doll again! I was thinking about it the other day (Is that creepy? Thinking about internet strangers’ knitting projects?). You’re doing great and it’s most probably doable until next week, depending on what else you have on your plate. And as long as the baby hasn’t watched certain horror films yet, the “creepiness” shouldn’t be a problem either :)

All the best for your friend!!

OMG I hadn’t seen the pocket!

Very well done!

I love your pattern matching! The “covered by the buttonband” illusion is great. Also, it seems to me that the pattern placement works great as it is.

And you are super punctual, having the shirt done and pressed before the pre-Halloween weekend even begins!

Picking up the green theme, here’s my WIP for the week. A cowl for a toddler based on this pattern. I’ve made the neck long enough to fold over and I’m planning to finish the edge with a light crochet ruffle in a contrasting color. The blue is just a provisional cast-on, a technique I learned for my previous project.

It doesn’t look like much on the pic, but I hope for the best…

What a crisp bubble definition! It looks amazing, wonderful job! Is the picture taken after washing/blocking the project?

You’re perfectly right about the imperfections, our knitting is an unintentional diary. Glad that everything went well.

Beautiful jumper! It gives some (very) remote Elizabethan vibes, doesn’t it?

@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee, @MrsDoyle, @CutexKitty, thank you so much for the good vibes and TAAT appreciation! The truth is, that I already frogged and restarted once because (a) I created huge ladders and (b) I split the sleeves at the wrong place, so I couldn’t work my decreases properly. And I really need to think carefully about what goes where when I put the work down and pick it up again. Definitely not going to watch TV while working on this one, lol

Edging’s going well, thanks!
Looking back, it has taken an awful lot of time indeed. But it has served its purpose well: With this sweater, I restarted knitting (with minimal, dormant prior experience) in a time, when I needed distraction from Life™. And later, it gave me some creative time when I had, neither energy, nor time for sewing or any other elaborate activity. So, a therapeutic knit. But yes, I’m starting to have enough of it and want to finally wear it. :)

Hopefully you got well through the day! That’s a beautiful colourway. I bet it’s a lot of fun to knit with!

Around here, everything is still covered in fluff. After obsessing a little about it not being long enough, I decided that it’s OK and now I’m finishing the body with an i-cord edge. But now that I look at the pics from yesterday, I start worrying again that it could use some more length. Oh well…

Totally know what you mean. My clothes are mostly plain black/brown/grey because these colours are a safe bet for me. I’m weary of taking a colour risk when I’ll put so much time and effort in making a garment…“Luckily”, knitting with black yarn is such a pain in the eye that I’m forced to pick a colour :)