Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Flunking Out of Finishing School

 I finished son's cardi but it is far from finished. I had to let my Craftsy class hold my hand while I figured out how to sew the seams. I've done this before but since I rarely make things that need to be joined I always forget how.


 I had to do each seam over three times until it looked right. It took all day. Then......after having it all seamed to my liking, I found A DROPPED STITCH on one sleeve. Waaaaaay down. I had to rip back most of it to fix it. I wasn't happy.



I spent that night reknitting that sleeve. Then I had to take out all the seaming on the other sleeve to check the measurements and to reblock them together to make sure they were the same size. Looking on the bright side, by the time this is all said and done, I am going to be an expert on seaming-whether I like it or not.
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  1. The Well Fed WheelJanuary 19, 2016 at 9:28 AM

    I'm not sure I could even recover mentally from finding a dropped stitch that late in the process! I'm impressed. If and when I get my cardi started I'll know who to turn to for help with the seaming.

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  2. Delighted HandsJanuary 19, 2016 at 9:29 AM

    Trials and tribulations on the knitting front! I wouldn't have ripped out for that dropped stitch-you can duplicate stitch behind it and catch it so it won't ladder and solve the problem without the big rip out. Sorry for mentioning it now....

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  3. kathy bJanuary 19, 2016 at 11:04 AM

    Oh but you are mastering a tough skill. My Allison seams seamlessly. I have to crochet all my seams on the wrong side or do a three needle bind off. You GO!

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  4. elnsJanuary 19, 2016 at 4:56 PM

    Oh man, I feel your pain, but I'm glad you caught the dropstitch now. I don't seam very often, crap, I can barely manage a weave-in the loose ends session, but every time I do... I have to take a lot of big breaths accompanied with a lot of big sighs.

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  5. Jill at emeraldcottageJanuary 19, 2016 at 5:38 PM

    Well done on the re-doing it, I think I'd have (badly) patched it up and probably ruined the whole thing. Found you whilst blog hopping xo

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  6. JanetJanuary 20, 2016 at 2:19 PM

    Kudos to you for undoing and fixing. Glad you found the drop stitch while it could still be fixed.

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