I decided I would sew up my sweater. I finished it over a month ago, and left it there in my Booths bag, waiting in anticipation at being finished and worn. But, for some reason I did not feel compelled to finish it, no real reason, well, maybe a bit of laziness was to blame, okay, a lot of laziness was to blame. I am sure dear friends you have had the same feeling in the past of “Oh, I just can’t be arsed”, I had done the hard work and just hoped that a miracle would happen in the bag, and it would be all done for me by the faeries, alas the only faery that will be sewing is me. So, I sat at my lovely Indian Rosewood dining table and started with the sleeves. I did one up to the armhole, then pulled out the iron and ironing board and ironed the front and back in order to have a straight line to sew. Sitting down I started sewing the armholes together, after getting halfway round I realised that being distracted by nothing of importance I had sewn the blooding thing the wrong way, in that it looked like a deconstructed garment and rather than being a lovely seam it was inside out. Bollocks was my exclamation and quickly cutting the yarn I then undid it and decided to fold it up and put it on my office desk and do it tomorrow. At least I have one sleeve done.
One of the things I was not sure about was which stitch I should use as there are so many of them. I have edge/selvedge stitches at each end, so there are many possibilities, so far I think mattress stitch seems to the stitch of choice, so tomorrow, I will be going at it like a loon so I can finally wear it.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve set something aside to finish it later. When I finally get around to it and it’s done I wonder why I put it off.
Mattress stitch is probably your best bet. I look forward to seeing it done. But no pressure;)
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The number of times I’ve done that…grrr… You have my sympathy.
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I feel your pain. It’s a case of the flat knitting blues. I’m not totally against knitting flat. I’m in the middle of a sweater I’ll eventually have to sew together. I’ll probably do the same as you and leave it unsewn until later.
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Looks like sewing is the bane of all our lives, yet I enjoy sewing fabric and mending things, just knit sewing is a jobless loved. Glad I am in good company with this. As some of you know I love to make huge complex circular blankets and socks that give me great joy, but I never have to sew them, so I think that is the crucial thing. Next time make something that does not need sewing.
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I always seem to sew at least one part the wrong way!! It’s why I moved to all one piece sweaters:)
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I may do the same
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