Remember this? (It is still Heather's Favorite Sock and you can still get 20% off purchasing it--or anything else on Heather's favorite website with the code "LANA2014." In case you forgot. Her blog is also a good read today.)
It has undergone a state change because I have begun swatching. No progress photos of THAT to show you, alas; I unraveled my swatch because I am a Bad Knitter. But there may be more of those in the week to come.
Otherwise I am still plugging away on my Moyen Age--but one sleeve to go!
A note about the pattern, actually, while I'm thinking about it. I've mostly been knitting it exactly as written with no trouble, but that fell down completely when it came to the sleeves. I was knitting busily away on the first of them and thinking "hmm, that seems a little big." Then I tried it on.
ENORMOUS. Sleeve that could blot out the sun.
What happened was this: I have very, very short arms. The decreases as written happen very, very slowly. Therefore, I ended up with a sleeve big enough to fit my upper arm . . . below my elbow.
I must emphasize that this is not the fault of the designer. My arms are so short that they are genuine sideshow material. She could not possibly have anticipated this.
I will say, however, that if your arms are similarly constructed, you might want to pause and check your rate of decrease after you finish the sleeve short rows.
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