After almost 6 months, the sweater is finally all knit and is being sewn up (Hallelujah, praise Jesus). That said...
I didn't realize how difficult seaming the shoulders would be. I had no problems with the sleeves, so I felt pretty good about my ability to sew the rest up. (I believe that was my mistake--never think you're hot stuff until you have the finished product in front of you. At that point, gloating is good--not before. Pride goeth before a fall, after all. *sigh*)
Now, I have always been of the opinion that you can find ANYTHING on the internet, as evidenced by YouTube, but apparently that doesn't include "shoulder seaming hand knit 2x2 ribbing". My plethora of knitting books were no help, and after several failed attempts, many exasperated sighs, and a couple of internal temper tantrums (don't want to give the daughter the idea that throwing things and screaming obscenities about certain knitwear designers is okay, after all) I was ready to poke my eyes out with my darning needle (or at least give it up for a bad job) when, all of a sudden, the clouds parted and angelic voices could be heard coming down from Heaven and they placed in my hands the answer to this and every possible knitting conundrum....
Well, no, not really. But I did finally find a website that offered instructions that allowed me to sew a passable 2x2 ribbed shoulder seam before I went completely nutso.
But I have learned my lesson...
Ribbing is not my friend.
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You know -- every time I see this topic, I shudder just a tiny, tiny bit...
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