Alas my sleeve I knit you wrong
and cast you down discourteously
for I had knit you pretty long
Alas it was mistakenly
Green-second-sleeve was all my joy
Two finished sleeves my intended delight
Greensleeve I ripped you back
Oh, will I ever have two sleeves
Your increases placed on the wrong row
oh, why did the pattern misguide me [hint: probably user error]
8 inches knitting all wrong, so
I ripped back my latest greensleeve
Green-second-sleeve was all my joy
Two finished sleeves my intended delight
Greensleeve I ripped you back
Oh, will I ever have two sleeves
Now you have been re-knit by my hand
A finished sleeve is what I crave
You're longer now than a wrist band
My sanity has now been saved
Two green sleeves you are all my joy
Two finished sleeves I am full of delight
I have finished both my sleeves
And there ends my ditty of greensleeves.
Do you see what I see?
Both sleeves now joined to the body. 3 and a bit inches of stst to go and then the fun begins!
In the meanwhile - there is another embryo sock commuting to Birmingham:
And this one is toe-up - a new and exciting venture in sock knitting
The pattern is Azure from the winter Knitty; it's written for 1 skein of Jitterbug and what would you know, I just happen to have skein of Blue Parrot in the sock yarn stash - mmmm pretty!
In unrelated points of useless information they have had snow in Bagdhad but still no snow here. Not fair.
I've got some yarn to knit the tangled yoke, I so want to knit it! Just to get to that fun bit! Can't wait to see yours finished...what yarn are you using?
ReplyDeleteLast night the forecast said heavy snow for Thursday but it's now changed to heavy rain. I was looking forward to the snow if only for a bit of nice bright light.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the vexing sleeves, better to find it now rather than very much later when you have cuffs to your knees.
Jolly good show, old chap, er...young knitter?
ReplyDeleteLove the ditty (and the parrot splendour...)
Bastardized ballad blessings!
Ooooh toe up socks, you'll be able to tell me all about your trials and tribulations, I think its always a good plan to have a friend do something difficult before you do it :)
ReplyDeleteThe jumper is looking yummy.