At least, occasionally… I’m actually done with the body of Rosebud. I finished the three needle bind-off on the shoulders Sunday. It only lacks sleeves. So, why am I not working on it? After all, it’s a maternity top, right? I need to finish it if I plan to wear it for this pregnancy, don’t I?
I measured. Not only once or twice, but about a dozen times. I did complicated math to make my off-by-a-fraction-of-an-inch gauge match up with a good stitch count. I planned extra length in the torso and a smidge (like 1/2″) extra room in the bust. And I’m swimming in it. Except in the torso, where it doesn’t cover the maternity panel on my jeans. What happened?!? My gauge, measured in random spots, still matches my original gauge, so it’s not that. Did I measure myself wrong? All twelve times?
I don’t know whether to finish it, wear it despite its flaws, hope that being cotton it will stretch lengthwise (or force it to stretch with a bit of judicious blocking) and just be done with it, or if I should toss it in the corner and glare at it for the rest of its natural life. I’m afraid to frog it, since the yarn sheds quite a bit, and it might just look awful when I go to re-knit it.
Well, I guess I’ll toss it in the corner for the rest of the week, anyway, since it’s just too hot to knit right now.