About to hit the time machine

Well with the hood about halfway done, I’m sad to report I’m out of yarn. But this baby is destined to be a hoodie, and I don’t like the extra real estate from where I cast on 5 extra stitches under each pit, so I’m frogging the whole thing back to the yoke (eek!) and taking out the extra stitches, then proceeding just as before for a trim silhouette with no saggy pits. I thought it was going to be tight across the bust without the extra, but I think I was forgetting I have awfully compact tits.

I’m going to count my stitches at the waist and hips because the fit’s perfect there, and also the distance from the pits to waist, because the spacing is just right.

Aside from gaining enough yarn to finish and trim the hood (I think the planned pocket’s a goner), I’ll also gain a much nicer fit. I’m going to add some shaping at the lower back, too. I’ve got a kind of sway back and a big ass, so sweaters always pooch at the lower back. It will be nice to smooth that out while I’m at it.

So yes, a wasted week of vacation knitting, but it’s really not all for naught. Well, I mean, I guess if you want to get technical about it, it really was all for naught–but shut ut, no one likes a literalist. The important thing is that I’m not bitter or panicked. I still have over a month to finish it, and with all the work in the spinning, I may as well make it how I really want it.

I’m changing the edging, too. I had a rolled stockinette hem with a row of purls above it, but I’m going with a broken rib (or whatever it’s called) instead. It has a softer look that pure ribbing and doesn’t roll or pull in, so it should be good for the hood edge, too. And it doesn’t suck up the yarn like garter. Here’s a blurry picture. I’d take a fresh one, but I’ve already frogged it. It’s the stuff at the bottom edge (the top is garter & the middle is seed).

Time to frog…