Inspiration Mondays on a Tuesday: Just Sweaters
Today, quite simply, I am inspired by yarn. No big shocker, but this is different. This is sweater yarn.
After nearly a year of abstaining from knitting myself a garment while I was becoming healthier, lowering my blood pressure, and losing weight, I am finally able to say, "I think I'll knit myself a sweater." And that is a big, big deal, because:
Lots of people asked me what I would do when I got to my goal. And finally I said, "I will knit myself lots and lots of sweaters." And most people thought I was crazy when I said that.
But I think I'm pretty lucky, myself, because I made it. And now... I get my reward.
After nearly a year of abstaining from knitting myself a garment while I was becoming healthier, lowering my blood pressure, and losing weight, I am finally able to say, "I think I'll knit myself a sweater." And that is a big, big deal, because:
- I've had to watch others make beautiful things that I couldn't cast on for.
- I've had to endure disapproval of this personal health project, both verbal and silent.
- I've spent almost a year beating up this body day after day and being extra careful of what I put into my mouth so I could reach this day.
- I can now knit a sweater with significantly less yarn than I ever could before, because I'm 79 pounds smaller, and that's a LOT of yarn I don't need to cover myself.
Lots of people asked me what I would do when I got to my goal. And finally I said, "I will knit myself lots and lots of sweaters." And most people thought I was crazy when I said that.
But I think I'm pretty lucky, myself, because I made it. And now... I get my reward.
Comments
As for your question, you have to apply the same steps to each stitch count throughout your pattern. Once you know your new gauge, you go through your pattern and adjust for the number of stitches for each increase and decrease. Let's say you have to decrease a total of 6 stitches for a sleeve, and the previous gauge was 24 sts = 4 inches. That means that, if you decrease by 6 sts, you are decreasing by 1 inch. You need to figure out how many stitches in your new gauge will make one inch, and decrease by that number instead. I hope that helps! Try my new form link again if you have more questions, or reply here.