Tuesday, November 25, 2008

steekfear

Noooo! Don't do it!
I has it.

Weird. I've been looking forward to this bit for ages, but as The Steek looms larger on the horizon, so does a nascent feeling of fear. At first the idea seemed like fun, but now I've spent about a month knitting this jumper, it seems rather like madness to cheerfully attack the thing with scissors.

Actually I think I was even more nervous about doing the sewing bit. Having very little experience with a sewing machine, and a propensity to tangle threads, distort fabric, make wavy lines and generally ruin stuff, I had very low confidence about this step. I had to steek a test swatch and drink a pint of beer before even picking up the jumper. But I took a deep breath and started sewing it last night. No tanglings, and marginally straighter than a dog's hind leg! I thought I was doing pretty well. Then Mr. Rubbishknitter entered the room, wondering why I was red-faced and sweating, despite the baltic weather and our boiler being on the blink. Oh well. It is sewn now, and awaits the scissors! *takes deep breath*...

3 comments:

CatR said...

Yikes! Is it done is it done? No interuptions from curious dogs or unexpected doorbells?

rubbishknitter said...

Hee hee. Yes, tis done! The sleeves are in!! I feel much better now... Nearly finished, but pesky wrist tendonitis has flared up a bit so am having a couple of days off.

Rima said...

Just the fact that there are scissors involved totally freaks me out...but I am sure it is all a part of the process.