#but anyway. so my pattern requires me to knit 7 rows in navy and white; then 3 in light blue and white
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Do you ever knit something knowing full well you’re digging yourself into a hole with your various bad ideas, but you just continue anyway
#so i’m doing colourwork right now which was. a Choice#i’m not even all that great at keeping my tension even for stripes which is the absolute most basic form of colourwork; so idk why i thought#fair isle would be a good idea#but anyway. so my pattern requires me to knit 7 rows in navy and white; then 3 in light blue and white#so i’ve been breaking the contrast colours in between sections because this is in the round and i don’t want to have to contend with random#balls of yarn i’m not using and colours having to be carried up the sides and everywhere#the problem? i’ve just realised i’m going to have about TWENTY ends to weave in. and that’s on one mitten#it’s not like a massive waste of yarn. i don’t think so anyway. it’s like. one yard i think#and that’s in total; not per ball. plus each ball is well over 200 yards so it’s an inconsequential amount#it’s just like.. my god. 200 ends. for ONE MITTEN#*20 ends i meant#i mean i don’t think i can get around breaking the light blue; i don’t think i can carry it up 7 rounds. but i could probably carry the navy#up 3. i just didn’t want to fuck up my tension or get 3 balls of yarn in a knot by constantly having to adjust everything to accommodate#a yarn i’m not even knitting with on that row#and my tension is damn near perfect to be fair. the edges are a bit questionable but when they’re on my hands it won’t be noticeable#it’s just. my god. TWENTY ENDS. and i need to weave them in verrrry carefully or i’ll fuck up the look of my colourwork on the right side#and it will have all been for nothing#brb i’m going to watch videos on how to weave in on fair isle#the only other time i’ve done it was when i made a hat and i only had ~4 ends i think and there were spaces where there was no fair isle#so i just weaved the ends in there. but these mittens are SO dense with colourwork. literally only the rib is plain white. every other row#has colourwork & therefore the wrong side is absolutely full of floats#help meeeeeeee#tbh the pattern is extremely indie and i found the designer in a facebook group where they said people could contact them with questions#and they welcomed photos of the finished project. maybe i should be like ‘hey chief great pattern! how on EARTH do you suggest i finish this#off?’#like maybe i’m just stupid but it feels like this is what i was supposed to do? idk though#i’m going to look up videos like i said i was going to and then i’m going to go to bed#personal
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