Comments on: Measure twice, order once.

By: terri

terri — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:31:10 +0000

Don’t go too oversize, though. I measure *over* my boobs, just under the armpit. I’m 37″ there, and I like 38-39″ finished sweaters. If I measure over the boobs I’m 42″ and a 42″ sweater on me hangs like a sack.

By: Sibylle

Sibylle — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:47:35 +0000

Are you angry when I write this posting put a big smile in my face? I also nearly made this mistake. After not knitting a sweater for myself and just before knitting the Rogue I wondered about the size I should make. In Germany patterns give you the finish size of cloth, like size 36, 38 and so on or small/ medium/ big. So findig the breast circumfence as a size I was confused. Luckily I wrote an email to the designer to ask where I have to measure my breast
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By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:09:48 +0000

Oh dear. This makes me extra grateful that I was taught in the yarn shop how to figure out the measurements as I purchased 1400 yards of yarn for my first sweater. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:21:49 +0000

Overthinking is an understatement, but it does make for a great blog entry. Donna, sweetie, buy the two skeins and move on. Really. Lightening will not strike you. (And I agree with Monica…it comes under the category of supplementing.) Speaking of breasts, I have to share this joke, from the musical, Nunsense.
Q: What did the nun say when her bra strap broke?
A: My cup runneth over.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:05:56 +0000

I’d like to think so, Monica, but you could probably go either way. After all, I could choose not to finish the sweater during the YNBA and work on other stashed projects during that time – but I probably won’t. We’ll see – if I finish what I have with five days to go, I’ll wait…Have I overthought this enough yet?

By: monica

monica — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:55:03 +0000

It’s not a break of the YNBA though right? You’re using up what’s in your stash already and you’re just supplementing.

By: abby

abby — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:12:32 +0000

Thank you SO much for posting this. I’m about to enter into sweaterland for the first time and Totally had not realized the below the breasts thing! How did I miss this??? You have helped me avoid non-fitting sweater hell, and that is, no doubt, a mitzvah!