I finished my Sorrel!!!!! If you watched my last video (link in bio), you'll know the adventure I went through with finishing this sweater, but if you don't watch, read on! . . . I "finished" my Sorrel last week. Bound off the body (which took two whole hours), wove in the ends, finished. Then I tried it on. The hem was almost to my knees, and the sleeves draped down so far the cuffs were completely invisible and then some. My parents insisted it looked good, but I felt like a little kid trying on their mom's dress. It felt terrible, and because it felt terrible, it looked terrible, too. I decided to stuff it in the Naughty Corner until I got a few projects done that I felt good about, at which point I would decide what to do with it. I had a meltdown over it, too. The next morning, I was trying to get some extra sleep, but I couldn't stop thinking about my Sorrel. I couldn't stop thinking about fixing it. So I decided to take it back out and fix it, starting with the body. Running my circular needles as a lifeline, unpicking the bind off, and ripping back took the whole rest of the morning; redoing the ribbing took the whole rest of the day. I avoided doing the bind off again for a couple days, and when I finally decided to do it, it took twice as long as it had the first time. The sleeves, in contrast, took four hours each, from running the needles as a lifeline to redoing the bind off, and so got done in a single day. I could have shortened everything by another couple inches, but it looks great where it is, and I'm not undoing anything a second time, so it's done! I'm so happy with it, and I'm so excited to make progress on my project queue! . . . #buttercupyarnart #sorrelsweateralong #SorrelSweater #totallyradjess #nerdyfibers #woolandpine #sweater #sweaterknitting #finishedobject #handknit #handknitsweater #knittedsweater #yarn #yarnart #fiberart #fibreart #diy #crafting #handmade https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeXIqmJNsk/?utm_medium=tumblr
