Sometimes you be-bop through life without realizing that you're falling into deeply entrenched habits.
I was recently de-be-bopped by the actual garment construction that is the Arisaig wrap-top.
I've loved this pattern ever since I saw it on the cover of Knitty, lo those three years ago. With my anxious little hands clacking them needles away, it came as a shock to my knitting-system that this is going to be made in *gasp* pieces! Back, 2 fronts, and sleeves. Gracious.
Not top-down? Not minimal seaming? And I didn't even mod out these extra steps!
I ran (almost) blindly into this knit, without fore-thought (which never, ever consists of swatching...)
Modding certainly is being done. Not sure I can knit-exist without it. Making the body longer, and sleeves shorter. Also, I'm certainly not making "my size" on this pattern. Mine should be a medium, but instead I maketh the XS. I fear the stretchiness of cotton.
I'm also "modding" it, in the sense that my "extra design elements" (read: lace mistakes) have already cropped up with reliably regularity. Suspiciously, these mistakes persistently coincide with Adam Savage being on my t.v.
It remains to be seen how I feel about oh-so-pale baby pink. This yarn was a "grab-and-stuff" purchase from the Needle Emporium tent sale in July. Colour, which is normally at the top of my importance-list, took a back seat to "DUDE! Eight balls of Rowan 4 ply - all the same dye lot! yes, please."
As you may have noticed, this is yet another in a long line of procrasti-knits. My tres sketchy schedule for getting things done is not working. Perhaps the lack of solid reprecussions has created a slacker in me. Methinks this is the case. I need late-assignment percentile deductions to get my ass in gear.
I was recently de-be-bopped by the actual garment construction that is the Arisaig wrap-top.
I've loved this pattern ever since I saw it on the cover of Knitty, lo those three years ago. With my anxious little hands clacking them needles away, it came as a shock to my knitting-system that this is going to be made in *gasp* pieces! Back, 2 fronts, and sleeves. Gracious.
Not top-down? Not minimal seaming? And I didn't even mod out these extra steps!
I ran (almost) blindly into this knit, without fore-thought (which never, ever consists of swatching...)
Modding certainly is being done. Not sure I can knit-exist without it. Making the body longer, and sleeves shorter. Also, I'm certainly not making "my size" on this pattern. Mine should be a medium, but instead I maketh the XS. I fear the stretchiness of cotton.
I'm also "modding" it, in the sense that my "extra design elements" (read: lace mistakes) have already cropped up with reliably regularity. Suspiciously, these mistakes persistently coincide with Adam Savage being on my t.v.
It remains to be seen how I feel about oh-so-pale baby pink. This yarn was a "grab-and-stuff" purchase from the Needle Emporium tent sale in July. Colour, which is normally at the top of my importance-list, took a back seat to "DUDE! Eight balls of Rowan 4 ply - all the same dye lot! yes, please."
As you may have noticed, this is yet another in a long line of procrasti-knits. My tres sketchy schedule for getting things done is not working. Perhaps the lack of solid reprecussions has created a slacker in me. Methinks this is the case. I need late-assignment percentile deductions to get my ass in gear.
4 comments:
You're fast! That's almost an entire back right there! The back is the hardest part to finish, and since you're almost done, you MUST persevere. The pink is pretty -- it doesn't look "baby" pink to me -- and it will look nice with black, I think. Definitely keep going! (Though I'm not gonna lie, the seaming on that thing is a $#%*).
I wouldn't have passed over 8 skiens of Rowan 4 ply either. Pink is all in how you wear it- sometimes it can be sexy! I can't wait to see your mods, whether they be on purpose or not! : )
- Julie
i'm terrified for hte first time i run head first into a pattern where i have to seam everything together. it seems i really enjoy taking the easy route and knitting top down.
kudos to you.
Love this pattern -it's also on my to-do list from Knitty, which is getting infinitely long - hurray to pink, lace, and yarn from Rowan! I look forward to seeing how it looks when you're finished.
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