目前進度第一隻袖子約7.5吋(從腋下). 沒想到袖子真難打, 可能是因為針碼大針粗的關係, 一開始用五本針短針(20公分)打起來很累, 後面針頭老是戳到衣服蕾絲花裡, 後來換成一支長輪針, 可是針碼大覺得不夠長,於是又換成兩支輪針, 但不在使用中的輪針兩頭掛下來打來打去搞得很亂, 且針粗打到很痛, 最後又換回雙頭針, 不過這次用四本針, 稍微好一點. 針粗打不快, 又重手很容易痠, 每打兩針就要把下面的衣服刻意用手轉一下, 才不會整件衣服扭在一起...
The progress so far is 7.5 inches (from armpit) on sleeve 1. I never thought a sleeve could be so difficult to knit! Maybe the needle size if large for me so they feel chubby. I began knitting with 5 20cm dpns which the non working ends were almost always caught in the body's lace. So I switched to one long circ, but as the needle is chubby I felt that the cable weren't long enough, then I used two circs instead which didn't improve the situation either. Eventually I changed back into dpns but now working with 4, which is better. The chubby needles slow down the progress and since they're heavier my hands get tired and sore very easily, and I have to consciously adjust the knitted body of the sweater so that when I go around knitting the sleeve the sweater won't wring around itself so much.
上次po文說衣服上看起來好像是皺著的地方其實是...蕾絲花打錯! 重複打同一排花造成的, 這是身體打好後才發現的, 不想拆它, 不管了. 我媽說她最近打的每一件毛衣都有這種狀況, 可是不說看不出來. 不過, 我的好像會也...會就會吧, 我還是不管了!
The so called creases mentioned in the last post are now officially identified as mistaken lace pattern! I knitted the same lace row twice in two places and didn't find out until the body was finished. I'm not going to frog and fix it. My mother said every one of the sweaters she knitted lately has that kind of 'situation' and they're not noticeable. Well, humph, is somewhat noticeable. Anyway, I'm going to leave it at that!
繼續努力袖子...
Will continue working on the sleeve...
