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WIP Wednesday: Two-at-a-time magic
(lemmy.world)
Not much progress around here in the past week, and I'm losing momentum... So, to avoid the very real danger of giving up before this sweater gets both its sleeves: Here I am, starting my magic loop, two-at-a-time, top-down sleeves. These are a lot of firsts for me, and I might be a little terrified :D
Ooh that's so fancy! I managed a pair of socks TAAT once, but kept getting everything tangled and at one point somehow managed to knit both socks inside out for like 2cm before realising. Suffice to say I've not tried it since🤦♀️
Never even thought of using the technique for sleeves though. It makes so much sense! No guesswork on length, no second sleeve syndrome, definitely sounds like the smart choice 😄
Progress on my second Halloween sock continues this week, I spent last Wednesday night knitting on it in the hospital while waiting for my other half to come out of surgery so there's a sort of wobbly bit on the cables down each side where I lost concentration, but it'll be a reminder of how grateful I am that everything went ok.
Half-knitted socks look pretty weird but hopefully you get the idea, I've just turned the heel and am about to pick up stitches for the gusset!
I also have completed my Justyna Jumper but still need to block it, so hopefully I can convince myself to do that tonight and can share better photos soon.
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?
You know, I read this comment and thought "wtf is weirdsquid talking about", and then I took another look at the photo. It totally does! 😆
Idea is that there'll be a bit more ease once it's blocked but...er...I did not convince myself to do that last night.