Friday, November 10, 2006

Ribwarmer - Should I Re-do the Right Shoulder?

Well, I started sewing up the Ribwarmer. And the one thing that I worried about the most, happened. There is a distinct color difference at the connection of the right shoulder and the right back/front part - you can see it in the second picture below near the top right corner. When I was knitting that part, I had thought about cutting a section of yarn with closer color variations and re-do the right shoulder. Then the lazy part of me said - well, maybe it is "on" the shoulder, you know, as a rectangle that may just look like a shoulder pad. And I would be okay with that.

But as I tried it on (with lots of pins holding it together, I almost poked myself...), that line created by the color changes is right next to my neck - very visible. Sorry about the photo qualities, I tried to take pictures of myself in a mirror, and it is hard! I know that if I don't re-do it, I would be so conscious everytime I wear it. But fixing it is not exactly a piece of cake. I will probably need to graft the new piece onto the main body. I hate grafting, but it's only 16 stitches... Should I re-do it or not?

4 comments:

  1. Looks cute, I still don't get how the long stripe ends up like that?! Well, like you said, only 16 sts, re-do it, so you won't regret later.

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  2. Actually, the Malabrigo should look good with this pattern too, right?

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  3. You could probably get away with NOT re-doing it as it's all the way up the back of your neck (almost).

    Also, the back is variegated which makes it look as if it's meant to be that way (y'know, a 2-tone effect).

    On my monitor, the pieces/colours blend together.

    BUT, if you're not going to wear it because of the colour variation, then YES, re-do it! (It's far too beautiful to just sit in your wardrobe).

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