WIP Wednesday: Sweater-in-progress and Owl Puff
(This is fourth in my series of design process posts. Earlier posts are here: Part Three, Part Two, Part One.)
The sweater design is still rolling along! I just started the bottom ribbing on size US #3 needles, ugh. But I should be done with the body later tonight.
Last weekend, I was working merrily along on the neck increases below the sleeve split when I realized I’d made a pretty serious math error when I set the whole thing up. This is, unfortunately, as much a part of my design process as sketching or swatching. (That’s what I get for trying to crunch numbers while watching Supernatural episodes.)
So I had two choices at that point–rip out the entire yoke of the sweater, back to the point when I started the neck decreases–about an inch from the cast on–or rearrange the numbers so they worked with what I’d already done.
Guess which one I picked?
Turns out I like this neckline shape better anyway, though. I’m calling it a fortuitous accident. :-)
I also cast on a little mini-project yesterday:
It’s an in-progress Owl Puff (Ravelry link)! A friend of mine has helped me tremendously with the fiction-writing side of my life and loves owls, so she’s getting a little surprise in the mail as soon as I can get to the craft store to buy some felt and safety eyes.
And along those lines: I signed with a literary agent for my fiction yesterday! It means I’m that much closer to my goal of writing for a living. So it’s been a very good week all around. :-)
Congratulations on the agent news!!! Exciting :)
I’m loving the colour of the yarn for your sweater – it’s coming along nicely.
By the way – have you thought about putting an email subscribe button on your blog? I’m having a hard job subscribing through google like I usually do. Not sure why?
Hmm, that’s weird! I’ll get a subscribe button–that’s a good idea. Thanks for the heads-up!
Congratulations on signing with an agent! That’s so exciting.
Your sweater is lovely! The color is so pretty.
Congratulations on signing with an agent! That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing your design process – really interesting to read how different people get to the same place.
Phew. Glad that it worked out in the end. I too, end up making mathematical errors constantly when trying to reconfigure things. It’s always nice to know I’m not the only one.
Congratulations on signing with your agent. Your sweater looks very nice, and I am over the top in love with the colors for your owl puff.
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