MDS&W Pr0n - Week 7
The last of the STR from Sheep and Wool - Mediumweight in Seastone
And yes, I am aware that three of the five colors I bought were blues and greens (Plus the green Footzey Foo heavyweight I used for my Red Dwarf Socks). It was slightly less obvious when I was also picking up pinks and purples for Roxy, but what can I say? I am drawn to them. :D
I was hoping to be able to post a triumphant FO picture of my Molly sleeves today, but there was an Incident. I cruised through the second sleeve on Wednesday and managed to actually finish it. I slipped it over my arm to admire it (Pride goeth before…), and I looked at the cuff. Huh. That’s really, really big. Way bigger than I expected. I took it off, and compared it to the first sleeve. It was SIGNIFICANTLY wider. I stared at it. I looked at every pattern row, trying to figure out where I went off-pattern. Finally, I found it.
Do you see where the arrows are pointing? I anchored those light green loops in the wrong spot on sleeve #2, which gave me 12 of them, instead of 8. (…aaaaaand there’s the fall). So, yeah. The ENTIRE cuff was half again as big as it was supposed to be. I had to rip the entire thing out, back to that green row, to fix it. (17 rows, if you are wondering.)
On the upside, now that the rows are 2/3 the length they were, they move a LOT faster. I’m back up to the orange row just before the pink I was on when this picture was taken. With any luck (and less foul-ups), I’ll have a FO by the end of the weekend.
Have a good one, all!
June 28th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Bummer on the sleeves. I can’t wait to see them completed though!
Nice squishy pron!
June 29th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Fabulous colorway!! Bummer on the sleeve, but glad you could figure it out! Can’t wait to see the FO!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Seastone is sooooo pretty! I’m drawn to those blues too! Can’t
June 29th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Oh yikes, that IS a lot bigger!
Mmm…pretty porn!
June 29th, 2007 at 8:47 am
At least you didn’t finish the whole sleeve before you noticed your error. I’d do that *cough*tomato*cough*
Love the STR! I’m getting more and more drawn to those blues/greens lately too.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Too bad about the sleeves. I’m really looking forward to seeing this project complete!
Very nice STR color.Did you see that they posted some new colors on their site?
June 29th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Oooh pretty! And hey, nothing wrong with buying the same colors…
Ouchies, hey you and Mom can commisserate, did she tell you her snafu?
June 29th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
That STR is gorgeous! That sucks about the sleeve.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Incredible crochet-work. I’m so impressed and jealous. I wish I could knit.
July 1st, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Noooo! At least crochet is fairly quick to redo.
Lovely yarn. I tried to get out of a colour rut, but I was still drawn back so now I embrace it.
July 1st, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Just at least wait to hold the FO shoot until you wear it at the HP book launch. It’s only appropriate. We can wait.
July 2nd, 2007 at 7:41 am
That yarn… it’s incredible! I think I have to order some!
The sleeves look good, I hope you can fix them without too much trouble.
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:31 am
Those sleeves are gonna be kickass!
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
What Cristi said LOL
Pink & purple? Where?
;)
woohoo
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I’m dying to see it…
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 am
They look beautiful. I wish I could crochet more than a chain stitch and a picot edge! :)