Bad news folks. I spilled a soda on my laptop last night. (I know, dumb.)
The computer’s mostly working again, thanks to my amazing husband, but the keys are crazy sticky (the mechanism underneath, not the part that my fingers touch). It’s taken me a ridiculous amount of time just to type this. So, no knitting today, just careful cleaning out laptop keys with q-tips and water. Ugh.
So, as a consolation, here’s a picture of my dog from when he was little. So cute!
I’m making great headway on my husband’s sweater! It’s very exciting. I’ve got the body done, and one sleeve. 
The shoulders/sleeve situation looks great, if I say so my self, and I really like the ribbing on the hem and cuff. (I added a row of purls along the top of the ribbing to make a defined line between the body and the hem. I think it turned out well!)
But, I’m pretty sure I messed up. I the body is maybe 2 inches too short. And that’s really too much to let slide. If this was a wool sweater, I’d at least try to block it out a little longer. And if it was a cotton one, I’d hang it up for a while to see if it would sag down to a more reasonable length.
But, I’m knitting this bad boy in acrylic Brava Worsted, which means that neither of those tricks are really going to work. (Unless there’s some other secret trick that I don’t know. Tell me if there is!)
I think my only recourse is to rip out the hem and knit a couple extra inches to the body, then re-knit the ribbing. Sigh.
But, maybe I’ll just wait for a while before ripping anything out, I don’t know if I have the heart to go to town on this sweater quite yet.
Remember, kids, always measure twice before binding off. Sigh.
Do you have any tips on blocking acrylic?
It’s drawing day! I always get so excited for drawing day! (And I hope you do too!) (And I hope you forgive all the exclamation points!)
So, without further ado, let’s see who wins a beautiful copy of KnitPick’s 52 More Weeks of Dishcloths!![32978[1]](https://ontheneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/329781.jpg)
Drumroll please!
(Here’s where I’d put a picture of the bowl with everyone’s entry slips if I hadn’t forgotten to charge my camera this morning… whoops!)
And the winner is: Sue! Congratulations!
Sue, I’ve sent you an email so that you can send me your address and I can get this book in the mail real soon!
Until next time.
(And remember, if you’re not Sue, you can still find all the patterns available for free on the KnitPicks website!)
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