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Go Gemma! Yay for me!
May 22, 2005
I think I might be a little bit too excited about this, but I have finished the back of Gemma! The back really went in fits and starts, depending on whether I had any time to knit or not, and when it was going slowly I just felt like I'd never finish it, so I think that's why I feel like I've achieved something!
Here's a picture:
That stupid bit at the top insisted on folding over.
And I'm so glad I have a good way of dealing with the ends, because there are only about 6 to weave in instead of 10 BILLION.
Now the back is nicely folded up with the sleeve I did over Easter in my "things I'm knitting that aren't in a plastic bag" basket. So I guess I'm halfway there!
The other thing I should mention is that because my row gauge was a bit out (I wrote stuff about that in an older entry I can't be bothered to link to) I ended up working 3 more pattern repeats (18 rows) over the entire back than I would have worked if my gauge had been perfecto. But I seem to have used less than half my yarn so I think all will be well.
Now I'm going to start on the fronts of Elspeth!
Posted by jen at May 22, 2005 06:12 PM
Comments
Gemma is looking beautiful! Congrats on all that hard work, I can't wait to see what she looks like finished!
Posted by: Michelle at May 22, 2005 11:03 PM
Wow - Gemma really does seem like a labour of love. I have the yarn in my stash that I could have used but I'm not sure that I'm patient enough!
Posted by: kerrie at May 23, 2005 07:29 AM
Great work, Jen!
I can't wait to see it done :) I'm still working on Jenny, and unfortunately, after getting both the front and back done, I discovered I'm off by about 1"! I don't know how it happened as my swatch was right on...
Tere
Posted by: Tere at May 23, 2005 03:49 PM
wahoo!! hooray for halfway done!! it's looking great--let's hope elspeth isn't a headache...
Posted by: aubree at May 23, 2005 04:08 PM
Well done, it won't be long now and I agree it does make your fingers hurt!
Posted by: Tracy at May 24, 2005 02:50 PM