I do not think of myself as a stupid person. I am an accountant by trade; I work with numbers and dollars every day. I’m required to add, subtract, multiply, divide everyday to come up with reports, totals and verify information. Yet, for all of this math, I see day in and day out; I still can’t follow a simple knitting pattern.
Now, I don’t consider myself a stupid knitter either. I can follow a pattern, I can read charts, and I’m not scared of lace or cables or color-work. I admit that the thought of knitting my husband a sweater vest, is a little daunting, but if you saw him, I dare you to think otherwise. Why is it then that a simple baby sweater is becoming the bane of my little knitting world?
The “Baby surprise jacket” seemed like such a great idea at the time. It was cute, It didn’t’ seem overwhelming. I knew it would take me a little longer to do, because of the cramping in my hands due to pregnancy related carpal tunnel, but it would be worth it in the long run. I cast on, I started to knit, I was happy, and I was going to do this. Then the pattern bit me in the ass.
I been told that this pattern is a leap of blind faith, to trust the pattern and not worry. Maybe that’s the problem, I’m an analyzer, I keep stopping to check my work, count and recount stitches. I am going insane. I’ve actually written an excel sheet on how many stitches I should have on each row. Why? Because, I’ve finally gone insane. Something has got to give with me, because I do not want to give up on this sweater, but I really need things to click in place so I can just get it done.
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Thanks for the heads up about Elizabeth Zimmermann's Baby Surprise Sweater.
I've been working on that so-called "5 Hour" Baby Sweater, AKA the 5HBS -- since last night.
I ripped it out so many times, I had to toss half a ball of yarn -- so I started searching on google, and found out that the phrase, 'FIVE HOUR' refers to the amount of time for figuring out the sweater pattern.
I was going to simply give up, but then I got angry -- I taught myself how to knit when I was nine years old, using two pencils, and I've never had such difficulty with any pattern.
There's about half a dozen different versions, and I will knit ALL of them -- I'm gonna knit this miserable pattern CORRECTLY at least a dozen times before I knit anything else.
When I'm done with these, I'm going to tackle the EZ Baby Surprise -- no matter how long it takes me, LOL!
Good luck to you!
Don't give up on the 5 hour sweater. I did that one for a cousin of mine a few years back, it's not so bad once you get the hang of it.
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