Tuesday 10 Feb 2009

This Time I Had Witnesses

Over the years, I’ve come extremely close to running out of yarn on numerous occasions.  To be perfectly honest, most of those incidents were carefully planned.  I use a digital scale to weigh my yarn if I think it’ll be close and I adjust the pattern accordingly.  I’ve blogged about several of these close calls, but I’ve always wondered if you, dear reader, thought the photos were staged.

Tonight, I had witnesses.

This is all that was left of a 300 meter ball of yarn that I used to knit NaKniSweMoDo sweater #5.  [Documented by Laurie with her cell phone.]

Liesl Leftovers

I admit, I was a little nervous this time.  I didn’t have my scale with me and that mohair is a PITA to frog.

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21 comments | knitting, sweaters

21 Responses to “This Time I Had Witnesses”

  1. # Trisha on 10 Feb 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Ok, that is just scary!

  2. # Laritza on 10 Feb 2009 at 10:02 pm

    Extreme knitting?

  3. # Jessica on 10 Feb 2009 at 10:29 pm

    I like how you just threw in “sweater #5″ as if it were …. hmmmm, May!? At this rate, you’ll be done by April. You are a knitting god.

  4. # moiraeknittoo on 10 Feb 2009 at 10:40 pm

    Whew! And holy cow are you trucking through these projects!

  5. # marri on 10 Feb 2009 at 11:10 pm

    seriously?!! i would be terrified throughout that whole sleeve!

  6. # Laurie on 11 Feb 2009 at 4:23 am

    YIKES. But when you are good, you are good.

  7. # Carole on 11 Feb 2009 at 4:45 am

    Yikes!

  8. # Sarah HB on 11 Feb 2009 at 5:47 am

    Wow, when that happens to me, I always seem to find that my bind off is way too tight and then I have to finagle some more to re do it!

    Good on you to finish your sweater with just enough yarn.

  9. # cindycindy on 11 Feb 2009 at 5:50 am

    Close call!

  10. # Elizabeth L in Apex, NC on 11 Feb 2009 at 8:02 am

    I’m sorry, your FIFTH sweater? Now I understand why you started this whole thing… no fear at all of being able to complete it!

    Oh, and the sweater looks pretty and fluffy, too.

  11. # Cheryl S. on 11 Feb 2009 at 9:23 am

    If you’d run out, I’m sure you’d have just spun some yarn and dyed it to match. No problem.

  12. # Teresa on 11 Feb 2009 at 9:25 am

    Knitting on the edge – Nikki Epsteins’ got nothin’ on you girl!

  13. # Debbie on 11 Feb 2009 at 9:31 am

    Dang it, I miss all the good stuff when I miss SnB. I bow down before thee and thy knitting prowess.

  14. # Manise on 11 Feb 2009 at 9:52 am

    Whoa! Now that is close. And you said 5th sweater?? My you’ll be done by the time summer rolls around! Nice job!

  15. # Dianne on 11 Feb 2009 at 12:55 pm

    Call it scary..I call it a ‘Woman that knows her fiber..careful planning~’..can’t wait to see the entire sweater.

  16. # GeekKnitter on 11 Feb 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Niiiiiice job!

  17. # Heather Joins The Round on 11 Feb 2009 at 1:13 pm

    People doubt your word? They should NOT!!!

  18. # Cathy in Va. on 11 Feb 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Now, come on, number *5* already? Anyway, I’m glad you made it to the end without any ripping-out-of-mohair. Having recently done a fair amount of that myself, I shudder at the thought!

  19. # gayle on 12 Feb 2009 at 8:05 am

    Holy crap! I would have needed an oxygen tank while knitting that last row…

  20. # Beth on 12 Feb 2009 at 9:59 pm

    You’ve turned close calls into an art form. :)

  21. # Alarming Female on 15 Feb 2009 at 5:38 pm

    you set the standard, my friend