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title: '🧶 Sweater update: about to start knitting the hem!'
date: 2026-03-17T21:53:03.133Z
slug: 2026-03-17-sweater-update
author: Thomas Wilson-Cook
tags: 
  - knitting
  - journal

---

Started knitting the hem earlier today.  I'm expecting ~13% growth in length after blocking.   That's why it looks a little short in the image (I did also add another inch before I start about 2 inches of 1x1 ribbed hem.

![A dithered image of a knitting update](/image/f6ab6040-28fd-4fc1-9dc9-64f183db1910.png)

