So, I've determined to start the shrug found here this weekend. I had bought the yarn a while ago, according to the pattern (the largest size). I've swatched and I have all the right needles. However, I did some thinking......dangerous, I know.
The measurements in the pattern for the shrug are only for the length from center back to your wrist and your underarm to center back. So I had my husband measure me. Based on just those two factors, I need a Medium (I'm short).
Now, I'm not a small person and I came to the realization that perhaps the arm size around wouldn't be large enough. So I did some math, hopefully correctly, and found out I need more stitches than the pattern calls for. Unfortunately, I promptly got confused as to how to deal with that fact. I think I figured out how many stitches I need up near the shoulder, but down near the wrist.....using the proportional amount according to the pattern would be huge.
How in the world should I account for this? This is my first sweater type project, so having to make modifications right off the bat is difficult. Though I have not found a pattern that accounts for my size.
The other problem? If I just add the stitches (not worrying about how big the wrist will be) and just do it according to the pattern with more stitches, I'm most likely going to run out of yarn. Not sure how different other dye lots are. Pretty much guaranteed I won't get a match.
What makes me want to cry? I'm still under the rules of my "diet," I can't buy the yarn even if I could find something with that dye lot!
When does one call it quits?
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