Comments on: uh. http://www.swayinglights.com/2010/03/uh/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: laura http://www.swayinglights.com/2010/03/uh/comment-page-1/#comment-383 laura Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:58 +0000 http://www.swayinglights.com/?p=510#comment-383 I find that superwash grows a lot more than you might think - ugh. Did you try throwing it in the dryer? I find that superwash grows a lot more than you might think – ugh. Did you try throwing it in the dryer?

]]> By: Julie http://www.swayinglights.com/2010/03/uh/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Julie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:37:47 +0000 http://www.swayinglights.com/?p=510#comment-382 I too have learned hard lessons about row gauge, which I never used to care about. Those are sad discoveries, my friend. :( I too have learned hard lessons about row gauge, which I never used to care about. Those are sad discoveries, my friend. :(

]]> By: Allyson http://www.swayinglights.com/2010/03/uh/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Allyson Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:38:11 +0000 http://www.swayinglights.com/?p=510#comment-381 Oh no! I'm so sorry. The same thing happened to me in January. For me it was the tension - I changed the yarn the sweater called for and didn't think about the stretch the stitch would give when blocked. It was tragic! I wanted that sweater so badly! But I ended up giving it to my mom and she loves it, so I guess that is ok. It still hurts, though! Put on a sad movie and pull it out. You can do it. And make a sweater you love that actually fits. Your sweater is in my thoughts :) Oh no! I’m so sorry. The same thing happened to me in January. For me it was the tension – I changed the yarn the sweater called for and didn’t think about the stretch the stitch would give when blocked. It was tragic! I wanted that sweater so badly! But I ended up giving it to my mom and she loves it, so I guess that is ok. It still hurts, though!

Put on a sad movie and pull it out. You can do it. And make a sweater you love that actually fits. Your sweater is in my thoughts :)

]]> By: Emily http://www.swayinglights.com/2010/03/uh/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Emily Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:36:00 +0000 http://www.swayinglights.com/?p=510#comment-380 Did you wet block the swatch? You always want to treat the swatch the same way you intend to block or wash the sweater-- that way you are measuring the *finished* gauge, which is not always the same as the in-progress one. In the event that you DID wash the swatch, time to blame tension changes! Maybe you were so excited about the project during the swatching that it made you knit a little tighter? Or so hurried through the 'lympics that you knitted fast and loose? Did you wet block the swatch? You always want to treat the swatch the same way you intend to block or wash the sweater– that way you are measuring the *finished* gauge, which is not always the same as the in-progress one.

In the event that you DID wash the swatch, time to blame tension changes! Maybe you were so excited about the project during the swatching that it made you knit a little tighter? Or so hurried through the ‘lympics that you knitted fast and loose?

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