Because I am a perfectionist about some things and an over-achiever, I am scrutinizing my swatches for the Master Knitter Level 1 from TKGA. Maybe some should be reknit. If I look at them long enough I can find some mistake that makes me think I should knit them over. I am probably being OCD about it all. This is what happens when I decide that achievement is important to me. The word on the street is that very few people have all their swatches pass on the first try. Since I do not know how picky they are, it is hard to decide how perfect is perfect enough.
I am still not happy with the left leaning decreases. They never look as good as k2tog.
And I am not sure about the horseshoe cable in swatch 14. This picture was taken before the blocking, but you can see the little vvertical line of a gap down the center. Blah.
Meanwhile - the news of impending babies keeps coming in. I think the count is up to 7 or so now. All by Dec 1. Eeek - must knit more baby things and quickly.
And I am test knitting a pattern for a short sleeved lace top from cotton. So much knitting, so little time.
1 comments:
Hi, Winnie Rose. I just followed you link over here from the Ravelry TKGA forum; I recently completed Master Level 2.
The cable swatch looks pretty good from here. I wouldn't worry too much about the vertical gap. The stitches themselves don't look overly stretched-out, and your leftmost knits aren't swollen from extra loose yarn where you change to purl. If your cast on and bind off are even and you block it well, tuck in ends securely and flexibly, and most especially if you followed directions about everything, you'll probably be fine on this one!
Better to look for real ERRORS, like having a cable crossed incorrectly, or tagging the wrong corner, or leaving off references, or switching tags . . . before you worry *overmuch* about subleties (though those do matter too). You know you'll kick yourself if you miss something glaring, so periodically take a step back to get a broader view.
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