I was wishing this morning that I lived in Harry Potter's world, or at least had the ability to wave a magic wand and have my knitting needles magically go at it and work themselves. It would be so lovely to have these sleeves finished and move on to the next thing on my Christmas to-do list. Then I remember that they sell sweaters in stores so clearly the reason I do this is not just for a finished sweater. I know that the recipient of this sweater will feel the love I've knit into the stitches. When he wears this sweater it will be like I'm wrapping him in a hug and he'll remember how very much he is loved. Thankfully he really likes me and won't acknowledge all of the frustrations and frogging that have also gone into this sweater. So, with 41 days left until Christmas (eek!) I think I'd better get back to knitting.
Sweaters are one of the things I don't think I'll ever knit. Well, maybe one for my toddler son, but then my 8yr old and 6yr old will want one. I like the brown, so rich and perfect for the winter months. Stopping by from Yarn Along.
ReplyDeleteI love long rows of knitting where you can just knit and relax. They take a bit longer, but I'm a big fan of making sweaters.
DeleteSleeves are the favorite part of sweaters for me to knit ... they seem to go pretty quickly! I made an enormous brown cabled wool sweater for a large male friend, and I thought I'd never be done. But it was worth it to see how happy he was with it.
ReplyDeleteI always have the opposite problem with sleeves. It feels like they're the longest part of the sweater and I hate them passionately. I've been working on this sweater since the beginning of October and it's starting to feel never ending, but I know the recipient will absolutely love it.
DeleteMaking me a little wary about knitting sleeves. I have yet to do that and they're coming up fast on my sweater. I'm sure the recipient will love your sweater.
ReplyDeleteSleeves really aren't hard, they just require you to keep track of when you need to increase and how many increases you've done. I really love the app Knit Counter which lets you set up multiple counters for a project. Otherwise I'd recommend having two counters going, one that can count the rows and one that counts your increases. Good luck with your sweater.
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