Project Snowflake: First Fitting
After parking the sleeve stitches on a separate cable it's a good moment to start fitting! Knitting a jumper all in one go is an interesting adventure and with the alterations (short rows on the back neck) and with a lace yoke that might throw the sizing off, it's never too early to really get a good look at how stuff is fitting.
In an attempt to pull the lace 'open' a bit more so it's more visible, it just looks like I'm holding my boobs. Awesome.
^ They're right here ^
Of course the side-front has an opening just throwing the fit off a bit but as far as I can tell the added rows on the back neck have really dropped the front neck quite a bit. I don't mind that at all, I'd rather have a lower front than a cold neck.
I'm curious to see what the neckline will look like with the placket in place, but there's no way I will get around to that any time soon. As it is I am mixing up dye baths to get DK yarn from two skeins of sock-weight. All my yarn is tied up in this project at the moment.
I've progressed far enough to be able to pick this up during my roleplaying sessions again without fearing frogging everything I have done during the session the next day, so that's definitely a good thing.
Just a little more and then I can start on the waist shaping. This project does the shaping in the underarm 'seam', so I am doubly happy I'd already marked the center stitch under the arm. Just a little while to go...
In an attempt to pull the lace 'open' a bit more so it's more visible, it just looks like I'm holding my boobs. Awesome.
^ They're right here ^
Of course the side-front has an opening just throwing the fit off a bit but as far as I can tell the added rows on the back neck have really dropped the front neck quite a bit. I don't mind that at all, I'd rather have a lower front than a cold neck.
I'm curious to see what the neckline will look like with the placket in place, but there's no way I will get around to that any time soon. As it is I am mixing up dye baths to get DK yarn from two skeins of sock-weight. All my yarn is tied up in this project at the moment.
I've progressed far enough to be able to pick this up during my roleplaying sessions again without fearing frogging everything I have done during the session the next day, so that's definitely a good thing.
Just a little more and then I can start on the waist shaping. This project does the shaping in the underarm 'seam', so I am doubly happy I'd already marked the center stitch under the arm. Just a little while to go...