There and Back Again

The back of a sweater is always the most boring part of a sweater for me. Besides the swatches. But thankfully, this time I didn't get to the end and have to go back and take anything out as I have in the past. I finished the back of the sweater without much trouble, much to my excitement. I did have some problems picking up stitches from the edge of the waistband: spacing the stitches out and on top of that picking up the right amount of stitches proved to be a bit difficult. But I managed to do it somehow, and went on with the rest of the back.

In my previous experiences working with increases, I always did a knit in front and back on the first or last stitch of a row. However, after discovering that that technique leaves an awkwardly placed bump in the midst of nice-looking stockinette stitch, I tried something different this time. Two stitches in from each end of a row, I picked up a stitch in between stitches, creating a new stitch and a small hole, something I can fix when sewing the sweater together. Thus, the back is finished, complete with armholes and everything.

Hopefully my luck will continue to hold out to the finish and I won't have to get there and then go back again.

Stitches on both sides of the waistband were picked up
and knitted to make the top and bottom of the back.