One comment on “Podcast Episode 180 – Sit ‘n Spin Knitting”

1. Stacey, Casey &Twirly – The sleeves don’t have to he the last thing you knit on a top down sweater. It’s just a habit, because patterns are usually written in that order.

   Once you’ve joined for the body and done a couple inches, for stability’s sake, you can switch to the sleeves, with just the weight and bulk of a y0ke, instead of a complete body, to wrestle with. Do them all the way, or just do enough that they’ll be easier to work with after you’ve completed the body. They can be tucked into the body to be kept out of the way.

   Another plus, which may only apply to a Freak of Kniture like me – looking at a completed sweater body without sleeves is just psychologically more daunting to me, than looking at a crop top that needs to be lengthened. I think I view it as only one thing to knit, instead of two sleeves? Maybe I’m just weird. When I do bottom up sweaters, and it’s time to pick up stitches for the sleeves, I sometimes feel as if it’s a whole separate project. That’s why sweaters have sat around for a couple years without sleeves, until the guilt is so strong I can’t put it off any longer. Then, even if the sweater turns out gorgeous, I hate it, because of the bad vibes that built up while it was waiting.

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