Terrific Tuesday!!

Well you can kind of tell by the title that I may be a little happy! And look below to see why!! :))))))))))))

See what happens when you decrease S-L-O-W-L-Y, as in 1 row every 6-8 rows...um..er..not every other row!

I am really happy and about 4-6 inches from the ribbing. I do want it to fall about hip level for me so it won't ride up and show..areas that do not need to see the light of day!! LOL! I am about to start and increase section for the lower waist/upper belly area. I am sure I'll try it on again, this next time with jeans. In the picture I pinned the undersides of the sleeves. Other than the slight rolling of the lace part which I hope can be blocked into submission. Not bad. I got this decrease/increase advice from the GGKAL, phew is all I can say.

It really looks not bad to me. I have learned a lot and will make another one, which I would love it to be long sleeved too. But I need to move on...sew much to do hehe!

Thank you everyone for your support. I did get a lot of good advice for future projects and even to start over. As you can see..um..not this one..it may not be perfect, but it is my first top down top and not the last...short rows may be in my future too! :)

I wanted to put it away, far, far away and forget about it. But I couldn't, didn't want to knit anything else, and I am sure not lacking for projects LOL! I wanted to conquer it...which reminds me of one of our fellow Knitwhits! She usually crochets and learned knitting years ago continental and is now relearning on the same basketweave baby blanket for weeks, frogged at least 10 times..we've all helped her, threatened to hide it on her, begged her to start something new (which she wouldn't) as we kept telling her, knitting should be fun and relaxing (yeah it can get a little hairy and stressful at times) but all in all, one should enjoy it (shouldn't they? ;) It was not going to get the best of her, she stated, she would conquer it no matter what...

You know what....I understand now why she is still trying to conquer it and couldn't do anything else...and I'll tell her my story so she can now pick on me... :)