the blue blog archives: tiny tank test

Finished the back of tiny tank last night! I went down a needle size and am knitting kinda tight to prevent total see-through-ness. This was indeed the perfect project to start after finishing the minimono baby set. I knit the chenille for that so tightly that I developed a little callus on my index finger from pushing each stitch off the end of the needle. Now, after finishing the back of tiny tank, I see that I've got the same callus going. I'll have to switch back to the boys' pipsqueak sweaters for a while to heal up for the front!

I'm following the numbers for my size, but am knitting at a smaller gauge, so I'm really counting on tiny tank to stretch out a couple of inches. The 4 in. swatch stretched almost 1/2 in. after washing, so I'm hoping for at least 1 1/2 in. here. I guess I can always add a couple of stitches to the front, in case the back doesn't stretch as much as I'm expecting. It's so scary to purposely knit something to the wrong measurements!

Here it is in the sink. So blue. So lovely. Oh, please fit me, please. Let ya know tomorrow!

posted by alison at 8:27 am | in tank girl chic

Comments

Oooh - fingers crossed that it works! I'm doing the same thing with the Rebecca pattern, working the right size with smaller needles and gauge. I hope we end up with perfect fitting tops (I'm especially nervous after the strawberry fiasco!)

Posted by: kerrie at July 30, 2003 9:36 AM

Oh, it will fit! And look how pretty it is, floating all sea-like in that cute little sink. Hee hee.

P.S. It stretches while you wear it. I wore mine all afternoon and noticed that it had gained a cm or two. Don't overblock! It's like the amazing stretching tank.

Posted by: Becky at July 30, 2003 9:49 AM

What Becky said. It does look nice underwater, but I'm NOT hinting for a wet-tiny-tank contest.

Posted by: claudia at July 30, 2003 1:52 PM