I decided to hold up my knitting and compare it to the original stocking the client gave me. BUMMER! My knitting was WAY too large. :(
I tried to convince myself that it wasn't that bad. Maybe she would be satisfied with it anyway. I knit a few more rows, and felt worse and worse about it. Then, I held up the "children" section of the stocking, and realized that the knitting had holes in it, because my needles were too large. Also, the children didn't look right - their hands looked like claws. Ugh!
Oh well.....I decided to frog all that work, up to the names. The names looked good as they were. Then, I realized that it would be next to impossible to frog this work - all those color changes would be a pain to unravel. So, I grabbed my scissors and cut it off. DONE! It actually felt kinda nice....disciplining the "bad" knitting. Ha!
So, now I'm starting the intarsia sections again with smaller needles (size 3 this time). At least I got plenty of practice with the charts!
4 comments:
Aww, my heart is so sad for you! I know how much thought and time you've put into these stockings. All I can say is, You can do it!
Thanks for the love! I'm doing okay now. The work is going fast, and I've not given up hope. :)
Oh my goodness...I just hate that for you. You are a perfectionist at heart! They'll be done in no time and at least you noticed it before getting that far on the other 2.
Thanks Connie! After changing to size 3 needles, it's going VERY well!
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