Yeah. The only thing plunging are my hopes of looking fabulous in my chocolate brown sweater. That I cannot wear. Because it's completely f**ked up!!!!
Basically, I needed to lengthen the stockinette section by at least two inches, and length the armholes by another two inches as well. So I'm 4 inches off.
Four. Flipping. inches. Gagh!
*Groans. Sighs. Goes off to take a shower to wash the smell of failure away....*
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Sorry to hear about that. I just found a big mistake yesterday in the lace on my Surplice Bodice Camisole and have to rip it back. Yuck.
oh dear, that's discouraging! i've been there too - i guess you can chalk it up to a learning experience.
yikes! I'm about to start this one - I was just looking on flickr for pics of finished ones and came across your's... any advice before I end up in the same spot?
Clare,
Well, my biggest problem was that I wasn't taking time out to evaluate where the stockinette was landing on my body- I followed the pattern too closely, if you ask me. I should have stopped and checked where things were sitting, and how much longer the stockinette needed to be based on that. I think that since there is so much variety in women's bustlines, it's important to stop and see how it's fitting your particular bustline before getting into armhole shaping. Also, I had trouble with the neckline, the picked up stitches- I think next time, I'm going to crochet the edge, it would be more elastic. I will make this again, though- and be more vigilant about checking my progress against my body!
wow thanks for the advice! I'm not the most advanced knitter and I usually just muddle my way through with mixed results. I'm sure I'll have issues picking up stitches too (I usually do) but I don't know how to crochet so we'll see... brown is nice btw - I was thinking brown but then I found some really cheap debbie bliss cotton angora yarn on webs($3.89 ea!!)in a silver grey colour. Anyways - thanks for your help. :) :) :)
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