A Saturday in October

Lots of sun, bus ride, football game, marching band, screamers sore throat, lots of knitting on the bus.A really good day.

Edited to add: Help! I need some advice. This is the knitting goddess smiting my attempt to have a new sweater for Rhinebeck. I have been flying along, patting myself on the back. Figures! I have already emailed Claudia and await her reply, but any help will be appreciated. I'm in a situation that I haven't found myself in before. I have knit the back and two fronts of a sweater, soaked them and pinned them out for blocking. That was when I saw my mistake. (There is no doubt that I will be fixing it, so don't go there.) My dilemma: How will the knitted, soaked and bloomed, then ripped and reknitted yarn compare to the already knitted sections and the not reknitted part of the piece? The mistake is a about even with the armhole decreases, so I hope to only rip back to there when the pieces are dry. Should I just reknit and reblock with the original yarn? Should I use new yarn and reknit and reblock? I could really use some advice, so if you have your own personal guru/expert, please ask and pass the advice along to me. The yarn is Rowan Magpie, 100% wool, aran weight. Thanks!

Comments

[Karen]

I wish I knew the answer to that for you but I don't. I'm sure Claudia will though. Is that the Japanese pattern you made a zillion swatches for?

[Martha]

I would reknit and reblock with the original yarn. You might still have sizing changes but it seems to me you might have greater sizing issues using new yarn. But honestly, I don't think about stuff like that that often so I'm probably not the one to ask.

[margene]

You're knitting THAT sweater for Rhinebeck? Only you, grrlfriend. My inclination is to use the same yarn as you already have...can't you just ladder back?

[Diane E]

If you must~~~ knit and reblock with the same yarn. That's my 2 cents. Lookin' Good!