…well, it’s pretty tight. It’s not supposed to be tight, it’s uncomfortably tight (notice how the stitches are stretched)…not even if it stretches out a bit will this work. Sigh, digging out the measuring tape. Well, there’s the problem, the pattern says that an extra large fits a 13” to 13 1/2” bicep and my bicep is 14 1/2”! Yep, that explains it.I will have to frog the whole thing, sigh, almost 2 weeks worth of knitting because, while I measured my chest, I did not measure my bicep, who knew that would be what wouldn’t fit? The chest could stand to be a bit bigger too, I don’t want some sort of upside down muffin top going on under that cape.
The shaping on the pattern is beautiful. I am always amazed at how knitting can be shaped around curves just from increasing and decreasing. I still love the pattern, but I may need to take a break from it and pout about my mistake. I will also need to sit down and do some math to get this pattern to fit, ugh, math.
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If someone told me I would need math to do art, I would have paid more attention in math class than doodling in the margins of my notebook
:) Luckily it is just simple math, a little adding maybe some multiplying or dividing, I can handle it. If I needed to do any advanced math I would be in trouble too.
I hate that about sewing,too--nothing ever fits me right off of the pattern! I sew pretty much everything for my little girlies, because kids are just such straight little noodles that everything works, but I tend to thrift my own stuff. Except scarves. I can knit myself a scarf.
Julie, I am the same way about sewing, but this is basically just sleeves with a cape over the top. I was shocked when I discover my arms were too fat, I've never had a fitting problem with my ARMS. My only consolation is that it will look nicer since I've already knit it once before :P
my biceps have never fit one singe pattern that I have ever made. This is pretty common among patterns. So sorry it got ya down =(
I feel your pain with the arm difficulties. I've sewn all sorts of things but they never EVER fit my arms on the first, second, or third try. Even while shopping, I can't find things that fit them. They are also 14 inches (15.5 flexed!). Throw in 11.75 inch forearms, my upper half wardrobe consists of t-shirts and a few altered men's dress shirts.
Psycho Sue and marsspyder, thanks ladies, I guess I just haven't really noticed this as a problem before, however I am usually always hot, which means I wear a lot of tank tops and cap sleeves and also a lot of stretchy knits.
I have also been doing bicep curls with the baby (seriously) I think I might actually have some arm muscles now, but I WILL have to pay closer attention to the bicep measurements.
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