Re: Analogy anyone?
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You mean you attempted sleeves!!! lol :h2)
All my wonders have been sleeveless-- maybe I REALLY need to think on the analogy here, ha!
Actually, I have been trying to get back to my first sweater with sleeves-- it's nearly done but I found picking up stitches using black yarn a monumental task. Everything blends together, but I have help at work so I'm going to get it done. Thanks for the reminder! And the story :h6)

: I'm knitting a sweater for my
: granddaughter. The start for the
: body went well. When I started a
: sleeve, using 4 double point
: needles, I would get about an inch
: along and have to start over
: because I kept goofing up on one
: thing or other. I started over
: probably 8 or 9 times on that
: sleeve. (I'm thinking maybe I
: should be using an easier
: pattern.) Finally, re-reading the
: instructions, I got the hang of it
: and finished that sleeve. The
: other sleeve was much easier to
: do.

: Then I started putting the body and
: the sleeves all on one circular
: needle and began a new color of
: yarn. It was all going well until
: I realized I had more stitches in
: one place than the directions said
: I should have and less stitches in
: another place. So I had to back up
: one row and re-knit till the
: stitch count was right.

: By now I have two hundred eighty
: stitches on a circular needle and
: I'm zooming along thinking how
: great it looks. I held it up to
: admire it and realized I had one
: sleeve on upside down!

: Oh shoot!! (Well, I used a different
: expletive....)

: Only one thing to do - unravel back
: to the sleeve and put it on right
: side up. Unraveling is very
: dangerous. There's a huge risk of
: too much coming unraveled,
: dropping stitches, ending up with
: the wrong stitch count, and
: generally making a big fat mess.
: It's a delicate process. So I
: gingerly started taking it apart,
: one stitch at a time, being as
: careful as possible to not end up
: with a shapeless blob of yarn.

: Now I'm almost back to the point I
: was at when I found the sleeve
: upside down and I'm sure I'll goof
: up again before the sweater is
: finished. The process is sometimes
: painful and awkward but I'm not
: giving up. I know the finished
: product will be beautiful and I'll
: see my granddaughter wearing it
: and hope she knows a little bit of
: how much I love her.

: Gigi