I wish I had thought to do this

Lifeline in Knitting

I am knitting a men's XL sweater, taking a flat pattern and doing it in the round so that the endless rows of stockinette stitch didn't do me in.
Unfortunately, when I did the shoulder and neckline decreases, I forgot one thing... arm holes.
So now I'm trying to rip back the decreases so I can switch back to flat knitting (I'll place the "front" and "back" on different circulars at that point to create the space for arm holes.

I was so excited to have knit the 27 inches of torso (56" circumference, mind you) that I got a bit ahead of myself.

Lifelines will be installed from now on.

well, that was a disaster.

i tried. really i did. but there is only so much you can do before you have to walk away.

we went through all her fabrics and picked out a lovely pansy pattern, the we picked out some purples and greens as companion fabrics. that was when the trouble started.
this quilt is for one of my artist friends, her online name is acidflowers.
my mom wanted the quilt to be "lighter" she wanted pastel greens and pinks.
i wanted raspberies and forrest greens. we had a little compromise.
in the mean time, we put together a bunch of other quilts to be sewn later. she'd ask my opinion, but then decide how she wanted it, and i kept wondering what i was doing there. she kept up with patter about the "creative process" and how the fabric "speaks to her" and a bunch of other bullshit concepts that i thought i left behind in college art classes.

every choice i made was met with criticism.

that's it. no more projects with mom.