As you see, I am making great progress on the Blue Sky Alpaca Cropped Turtleneck. I finished the body and am just ready to start the second sleeve. I am really enjoying the process of knitting this, even the bobbles. Well, I always enjoy knitting bobbles.
If you look at the top of the photo, you will see a section of the body without bobbles. This started off as an accident of sorts. Since I am knitting the sweater side to side, I was also knitting the body simultaneously. I noticed that I had left the bobbles off on side at one of the repeats and was all ready to rip back and fix the problem when I started thinking — and you know that can be a problem.
I realized that although I love bobbles, and I like the way they look on the sweater, I would probably not appreciate bobbles at the base of my neck in back. Since I am lacking the normal lordotic curvature at the top of the spine, I often have trouble with things that seem to press on my neck, especially when I am sitting in cars, where head rests are all designed to provide support for the normal spinal curvature. The bobbles would drive me crazy.
Since it just happened that I was approaching the center of the sweater, I decided to leave them off for 3 repeats. I wonder now if I should have left them off for the entire back of the body, but think this isn't bad and at least it is balanced.
This is going well. I hope to finish it before we leave for Knoxville next Tuesday, but there are a lot of other things I wish to do before we leave for Knoxville as well, including work on some swatches for my traveling project(s). If it is not done, I don't know if I will take it with me or not, as I don't think I will be wearing it on the trip and will have no place to block it anyway. I have five days to make a decision. A lot can happen in five days; or, as seems to be the case more often in my life, not enough can happen.
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2 responses to “To Bobble or not to Bobble”
I vote to leave the lack of bobbles. I would also find them annoying at the base of my neck. Frankly, it looks perfectly planned — a design feature. I can’t believe you leave tomorrow. Have a safe drive and a wonderful visit.
I vote to leave the lack of bobbles. I would also find them annoying at the base of my neck. Frankly, it looks perfectly planned — a design feature. I can’t believe you leave tomorrow. Have a safe drive and a wonderful visit.