Tennis Sweater

It's finished!!!



Finally

Knitting Blind

For years, I have wondered how women can knit without looking at their yarn. I can glance back and forth, but have never been able to knit by feel, until last week. I was catching up on some TV before work while knitting and, several stitches later, I realized I hadn?t looked away from the screen. I don?t know if I have finally moved to a new level of pre-mature grandma, or if I have just been knitting this particular sweater too long. Lately, it seems like blind knitting is the only progress I?ve made with my yarn craft these days. Here?s hoping I finish the sweater before I can literally knit in my sleep.

Coming Unraveled

I am almost done with the first sleeve but I am afraid I might be running out of pink yarn! I am getting super nervous.

Decreases

So I finally came up with a way to remember which way decreases slant. I got really sick of looking them up everytime i had a decrease.Slant Left - sLip sLip knit (Left = L)Slant Right - knit two togetheR (Right = R)Shoudn't have taken me this long ot come up with this.

Sleeves

Lately, I have been feeling really good about my sweater; like I might actually finish it. However, as I started to make the first sleeve I felt discouraged. The act of casting on made me feel like I was starting again. I know that the sleeves will go faster than the front and back, but I am still a bit exhausted with the project.Any suggestions for how to keep plugging through?

So close I can taste it

I am slowly climbing up the top right side of the front of my sweater (above where the v splits). I just have to finish doing the same to left, attache the front and back, knit the collar, and then knit and attach the sleeves!

I may actual finish this sweater before it is cold enough to wear it. Here's hoping for an Indian Summer!

Forward Motion

I am renewed fully with energy and ambition these days. Finishing the back of my sweater really gave me the needed sense of purpose to keep moving forward with the project. Reaching that milestone has made me anxious to finish the front in less time than the back. Perhaps it is because I know the pattern and can work without the trepidation that naturally occurs when working on a new project; especially one requiring an unfamiliar skill level. Or, perhaps it is that I know I am nearing the halfway point and will soon know the able to bath in the satisfaction of a challenge conquered, a job well done.