Rogue Woes

I bought the yarn for my version of Rogue shortly after Christmas, and by the end of January it looked like this.



(And a day or two later, the hood was finished.)

A beautiful, hooded cabled vest. Then I cast on the sleeves, knitted about twelve rows, and proceeded to ignore it for two months. Not for any reason. I love the yarn. I love the pattern. The cables are a blast to work and I can't wait for the sweater to be finished so I can wear it. But I guess finishing has never been one of my strong points.

This week I decided that would change. I was going to finish those sleeves if it was the last thing I ever did. So I've used most of the spare time I've had this week to do just that. I worked through the sweater's last cable chart while keeping half an eye on House, and Jericho and CSI. I loved the cables so much that I've decided to do them all over again.

Yep. I starting the sleeves over. Somehow I managed to overlook two of the increases when reading the instructions for the increase rows, which means that my sleeves are now a full 18 sts too narrow. (And foolish me, I didn't count stitches until I was ready to start shaping the sleeve caps.)

Didn't I notice that the sleeves seemed a little snug?
Yes, I did. And carried on.

Didn't I wonder about the placement of those stitch markers?
Yes, I did. And assumed there was some reason that I'd never know.

Didn't I read the instructions a second time?
Yes, I did. And a third, and fourth, and probably more.

Apparently I was determined right from the start to get this pattern wrong somewhere. As far as mistakes go, I'll take re-knitting the sleeves to having to unravel the entire top. But this still sucks!

I really suck at blogging.

I never update. Well, I do, but in bits and spurts separated by months of nothing. I guess I just don't find blogging very interesting, or at least not as interesting as I expected to.

Anyway, here's a update.

My little Blythe doll now has two sisters - anther full-sized doll and a mini Pullip. But it'll be a while before I add more. Not because I have willpower. Because I'm broke!

I also bought a digital camera which means I don't have to keep stealing The Boy's when I want to take a picture. Which hopefully means I'll get around to taking pictures of a lot of the knitting I've done, since right now it looks like I haven't knitted a think in a year-and-a-half.

And I broke down and upgraded my Flickr account, which means no limits, which means I'm way more active there than I've been in the past. Between that and the new camera, I've been uploading almost daily. Here are some of my personal faves to whet you appetite. To see more, go here.