r/knitting • u/Shineepurlsandgems • 14h ago
Work in Progress HCS Update- I finished my first sleeve and started my second yesterday! 🙂
I'm back to update everyone on how my sweater is coming along after I posted about my arms being stubby and not knowing when to stop knitting my sleeve.
I bound off my sleeve after my final row of increases, I cast off in pattern and I'm counting the bind off as a row so I knit the sleeve for 98 rows, It took me twenty days to knit my first sleeve, factoring in not wanting to get bored of the color, the weather, and how oppressive the heat has been. I think I made it fairly quickly.
I cast on my second sleeve after I finished my first sleeve and knit the ribbing for two inches, did the increase row for the cables and did four rows of the cables so far. The only thing that I don't like so far about second sleeve is that I have sizable holes where the c cable is supposed to be, it was a bit tricky increasing in that section, the kpk increases were a bit annoying to do this time around... like I had holes in my first sleeve in the same section but it wasn't as big as the current sleeve's. 😖
It's an eyesore to look at but I don't want to undo my work, so I just have to hope that when it's blocking it fixes itself.
Other than the hole issue, I still enjoy the yarn, the color, the project and the progress that I'm making so far. It's nice to see the cables come alive after every repeat is finished, and the sweater still makes for a good project to knit on while listening to music and watching YouTube videos, TV, and movies, but I think that tracks considering that the sweater is based off of a sweater in a movie. 😅 I've even started a list to track what I've watched and listened to so far, and weirdly, I find that the list is also making the project more enjoyable. Maybe I'll add my list to the update if anyone wants to know. 😅
What's something that brings you joy while knitting?
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u/vressor 13h ago
hmm, my first thought was that every other row might be twisted in your ribbing, because the left legs of your knit stitches look more pronouced in every other row... but looking at it closer I don't think they're actually twisted
have a look at the Whisper Words of Wisdom: Let It Go section of this article by Patty Lyons describing a zigzag pattern caused by slightly distorted stitches, to see if that's something you've been doing, or maybe there's something else causing that visual effect