Visualizing "Le Pull"
I always forget how long it takes to seam up a sweater. Once I get the pieces blocked, I inevitably convince myself that I am just a few hours away from a finished garment. Even though I didn't finish the sweater tonight, I did get about halfway through the seaming adventure. Shoulder and side seams are now in place. The side seams took longer than they should have since I neglected to give myself a selvedge stitch and thus found myself seaming up reverse stockinette edges, which is not, to say the least, my favorite seaming situation.
So Close and So Far
But I think the seaming effort turned out well (I'll try to provide a few closeups when I can take pictures during the daylight) and I got to try on the body for size. So far I'm very pleased with the shaping and the fit. The Phil'Onde is also just the perfect weight -- it's very very light and I think it will resist gravity better than most summer weight yarns tha I've worked with. The ribbing is very figure flattering. I'm looking forward to getting the sleeves attached and getting a look at the final product. I've learned through experience that you can't trust the fit of a sweater until all the pieces are in place.
The picture above gives a little bit of an idea of what the finished garment will look like. I guess the uneven shading on the sleeves is probably going to stand out more than I would like, at least based on this picture. I'm still not sure it's worth ripping out the sleeve cap to try to achieve perfection, though, as I am quite capable of making it worse by trying to guesstimate how much green I would need to take out in order to make the things match.
I think I'll sleep on it. But I am interested in hearing opinions. What would you do?
I agree, it is more obvious in the picture but I don't think it looks like a flaw. However, if it bothers you, I'd rip it out and do the cap over. I know you'd have to recalculate, but it's just a sleeve cap and should be a quick fix. (Can you imagine if it were the whole sleeve? Yikes!)
I think I'd leave it but it really depends on how much it bothers YOU. I don't usually mind differences with self patterning yarn - or self fading yarn in this case! But I have to admit I'm about to completely reknit a sleeve of Banff because the colour of the Manos is just that little bit too different for me. Maybe sew in the sleeves, try it on and see how you feel.
As you've talked about it twice I'm guessing that it will really bug you,so I think you have to bite the bullet & rip out the sleeve cap.I think that when viewed from the front & back it will be obvious.
Sorry !
it is looking lovely though,and will be a flattering shape on you.
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I'm too much of a perfectionist, I would rip. And, yes, it will be tedious to make it match. Wouldn't you be more pleased with it matching? Great looking sweater!
What the girls have said....don't sew the offending sleeve to the body -- rip, little perfectionist, you.
It won't be seen on a galloping horse, as they say. Buuut, that being said, what you've written is very revealing! The left side of your brain will always whisper, "...not quite perfect." It "sounds" as though it will always drive you crazy. At minimum, you will regard it as not your best stuff. I'd rip, not b/c it's obvious, b/c it isn't. I'd rip b/c you already know it's not what YOU want!
I think that I would leave it as is, but as it seems to bug you I think the best plan is to redo it. At least it should be a relatively quick fix...Good luck!
I just finished blocking "Rosedale" from Knitty, using Noro Silk Garden, and in spite of my best efforts the sleeves didn't match up. But they are *way* off, so that the viewer's eye isn't trying to match them. I'm afraid that by being just a tiny bit off these sleeves will be distracting, at least to you!
I'd rip it.
And I always think the same thing when I start seaming: "Oh, this won't take long! I can wear this to work tomorrow!"
Yeah, right.
I don't know if this works as well with knitting as with sewing, but you could pin baste it together with safety pins, and try actually wearing it around.
Rip it girl - it is going to bother you every time you put it on.
I think it will always bug you, so better to rip and redo now. Question - what is the yardage on the Onde 100 grams of color gradient yarn? And the yardage on the 50 gram white balls? I am considering buying some for a project and can't find the info on any site that sells Onde.
The first thing I thought of when seeing the picture was - Oh... the sleeve gradient difference is more noticible against the body, isn't it. I'd rip it...sorry.
Never mind the sleeve cap--that fading yarn is just amazing! You are going to love this sweater..