whine
i have a simple hooded baby cardigan almost done, except for seaming up and in the raglan sleeves.
today i am 37 weeks, and unlike most preggos, i have very good reasons (too many and complicated to spew out here) why it would be very very much better to not go into labor until my due date.
i think this rebellion against the sleeves (i stopped and made matching thumbless mittens, and baby socks, and have started and almost finished a pair of bulky alpaca mittens for my mom in the meantime) is in large part a delaying tactic, as in “the baby can’t come until the sleeves are done.”
how can i get psyched for seaming?
(please, no horror stories about how contrary to my magical thinking, “the baby can come anysecond now, so i better get crackin’,” stress is bad for the baby and this is a high-risk pregnancy)
i think part of the reason i’m dragging my needles is that after grafting the hood, it looks pretty terrible, but i don’t think i can undo it without losing a bunch of inches. blech.
next time sleeves are supposed to be knit flat, i’m going to blatantly disregard the directions, and do them in the round.
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ps this is my first sweater ever. next pattern i try will be chosen for its lack of seams, not degree of ease.
