While contemplating what to do about the length of the sleeve I realized that the fabric on the first sleeve felt a bit dense compared to the upper part of the body. This was reinforced by the fact that the sleeve was already about 1 inch longer than it should have been. So, I to eventually faced the fact that the current ball of yarn didn't match previous ones and that I would need to rip it out, spin more yarn and knit the sleeve again.
Although I need to spin two more ounces to re-knit the left sleeve, I decided to started knitting the right sleeve with a remaining ball of yarn. You can't see a difference in the photo but I can definitely feel it. This one turned out much lighter with the stitches looking much more even. So, ripping out all that knitting was the right decision.
Now back to the cuff.
The pattern specifies a sleeve length of 19.5 inches which is one inch too long for me so I'll need to make an adjustment. The instructions says to stop knitting the honey yarn when the sleeve reaches 15 inches and there are 64 stitches on the needle but I stopped after reaching 14 inches and now have 72 stitches after decreasing two additional stitches at the middle of each cable.
At this point I'll start following instructions for the medium sweater instead of the "small" one as I have been doing. This will add one repeat of the patterns on the cuff; just six extra stitches. I'm positive that this won't make the cuffs too big because I already attempted to follow the pattern for the small sweater and ended up with cuffs that were too tight.
All of my re-knitting hasn't gone unnoticed. My husband commented today that it seems like I've been working on this sweater much longer than any other (not including spinning).
Yes, but the end result is SO worth all the re-knitting! It's looking great!
Posted by: Sue | October 03, 2005 at 11:29 AM
Again, i'm really impressed with your work. Can't wait to be able to spin like you! And i really enjoy your blog in general, very informative and engaging. Thanks!
Posted by: soo | October 04, 2005 at 03:19 PM
You know it's really going to be worth all the time and effort. It looks fantastic - gorgeous yarn and such even knitting.
An incredible achievement,and something to feel very proud of.
Posted by: Emma | October 08, 2005 at 04:17 PM