I've placed a personal moratorium on knitting sweaters for myself. The reason is a bit boring, so let's skip that part, eh? The point is, the itch to knit a body, two sleeves, and yoke still remains, which is partially why I decided to knit a baby sweater for my coworker, who is expecting.
This project has not gone very smoothly. Here's a list of major mistakes which led to frogging and subsequent re-knitting (so far!)
- Cast on wrong number of stitches before joining in round
- Joined in the round incorrectly
- Joined in the round incorrectly again
- Knit the wrong size of pattern
- Joined in round incorrectly again again
- Cast off for the sleeves incorrectly
- Made second sleeve too short
- Made second sleeve too short again
- Made second sleeve too short again again
*Sigh*
I have a little mantra I've been repeating to myself recently: sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something*. I don't think that I suck at knitting, but I do suck at measuring sleeves and casting on in the round, at least right now. But I finished those sleeves, and I'm now working on the yoke. I think I'm going to suck at the collar. Probably on the third attempt, I'll be sorta good at it.
* Life lessons from a cartoon dog
I have a little mantra I've been repeating to myself recently: sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something*. I don't think that I suck at knitting, but I do suck at measuring sleeves and casting on in the round, at least right now. But I finished those sleeves, and I'm now working on the yoke. I think I'm going to suck at the collar. Probably on the third attempt, I'll be sorta good at it.
* Life lessons from a cartoon dog