The Accident --- sweater must go on

sleeve with no shoulder

To the designer that I am creating this sweater for was in a bad car accident the night following our meeting.  I found out a few days later.  She is on crutches and has a neck brace because she fractured her spine.  But she is still designing the rest of her clothing line.  I had our friend take me over to the textiles studio at NCSU were she was working.  She finally got the yarn for the other item/garment Im creating for her.  We pinned the sweater (front and back) to a mannaquin to see how it looked.  The sleeve would fit perfect.  But we ran into yet another dilemma, the remaining pattern piece and yarn that I needed to connect the other sleeve to the sweater (because its a cowl neck) wasnt going to happen.  She realized there was no more of that yarn (and since it was handmade cotton, we couldnt purchase any).  I suggested that we connect it with the grey that we used on the ribbing, but she thought that would throw things off.  So instead, she decided that she wanted me to remove some rows from the sleeve, starting at the top of the shoulder, all the way down to the bicep line.  Oh yea, what fun and difficult this would be. But I managed.  I will hopefully be meeting her this week to sew the sweater together (she finally got the yarn needed to sew it).  Even I am excited beyond words.

Current Knitting Project --- part 2

Okay, so I figured out the right amount to cast on (made a note of it, for the other sleeve & for my first written pattern). I was going with a trial and error method but I haven't had a error yet (cross my fingers). I decreased at just the right places (my guessing turned out good). I used a combination of k2tog and ssk. In different ways/orders, sometimes not repeatedly. I layed out what I have so far on the sleeve pattern she cut for me. Issue, I've run out of yarn and I'm about two inches (4 rows) from the bicep line....still have to attempt to correctly and evenly decrease for round shoulder.

I texted the designer and told her I needed more yarn immediately. She said she had class the next day so she could get it to me Wednesday. I hope she gets it to me tomorrow because I still need to finish the sleeve (may be quite difficult) and still do the other sleeve. Not to mention the front and back of the sweater lol. And this is just garmet one lol.

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