I love frogging. It’s weird, I know, and I don’t like having to go back and re-do all that work, but I have learned to enjoy the process of frogging. And so last night I was not at all upset that I had to rip out the beginning of my sleeve for the $1.50 cardigan.
After wet blocking, I let the swatch get nearly dry then pulled the pins out. When I came back a few hours later, then sleeve had shrunk from the desired 9.75″ to 8.25″. Ouch. I was working on size 4 needles, so I decided to go up to size 5’s, and I am going to work the larger of the two sizes that I am in-between.
I’m going to try really hard to finish this sleeve before Monday, so I can give it a quick blocking and know if I’ve got the right gauge/size combo so that I can can cast on for the back at knit night and not worry the entire time if I’m going to have to rip all of that out as well.
