the ANGRY KNITTER: Endless Weaving In of Ends

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Endless Weaving In of Ends
Thursday, November 17, 2005

I started knitting this sweater for Kyle last February. He was always bitching that I knit ten sweaters for myself and twenty for the dog, but none for him. So I told him I'd make him one. We've been married for years, so the boyfriend curse doesn't apply. I chose a pattern from Hollywood Knits Style, the "Marine Pullover". I thought it would be easy to knit since it has no shaping and drop shoulders. Basically, all I'd have to knit were four rectangles. But oh, how big those rectangles are! It's a 50" chest. So, I knit. And knit. And knit knit knit. I passed several months in boring, stockinette-stitch-knitting purgatory. During the time I was knitting away, I took machine knitting classes and then I bought my own machine. I got so frustrated towards the end, I had a few inches left on the second arm, so I hung it on the machine and finished it by cheating. At least that's what Kyle thought. Anyway, I started sewing it together months ago and then set it aside. Every once in a while Kyle would ask me if I was ever going to finish his sweater. Now it's getting cold again, so I busted out the behemoth, finished the seams, knit the collar and now I'm working on my favorite part: weaving in the ends. I'd rather jam a pencil in my eye than weave in ends, but I have to suffer through it. If I don't finish it before the spring thaw, I don't think Kyle will ever speak to me again.

The yarn I used is a double strand of Patons Classic Wool in Dark Grey Mix and Navy for the stripes. I had to reconfigure the pattern using the formula in Stitch 'n Bitch Nation.

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