I apologize for the weirdness of the photo - I don't know what's going on with the colours. The yarn is more of a mellow teal-blue. I ripped out the scarf because I only bought two skeins of yarn and it was ending up too short. Nothing worse than a scarf that's too short. Too bad because I made this pattern up myself.Now for the sweater.
I haven't made a sweater yet. From the pattern, it looked super easy so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm not sure if I'm alone in this opinion, but I find that the patterns the yarn companies give you are pretty unreliable. This pattern takes the cake.I've already knit the sleeves three times longer (they roll up at the cuff) than they suggest. If I hadn't done this, the cuff would have been at my elbow. The other pieces of the sweater are rather hard to describe, but let's just say that there is no way they are coming close to fitting.
I'm tempted to keep on with the sweater and see how it works out - I've come this far. It might be good for a laugh if anything. What do you think?
7 comments:
Haha.. yeah, that damn sweater that doubles as a string bikini.
No, I didn't say anything to the salesperson, I think I was in shock!
Too bad about the scarf. It looks great! You can't get more of that yarn? What is the pattern for the sweater? I don't think I've seen it before. You can sometimes find errata (corrected mistakes) for patterns, which might help you.
Chris - I know, the scarf. I bought the yarn at a shop in Vancouver forever ago, figured at the very least I won't be able to find the same dye lot. It will make a nice pair of mitts perhaps!
Thanks for the advice on the pattern - I'll check online.
First of all. I want to take a knitting class from you. Second of all, I think you should definitely keep going on the sweater. If only so I get to see the finished product and proceed to pay homage.
Yea you should totally finish the sweater. I liked where it was going!
I'd just like to remind you that I offered to finish that sweater for you. But I'm glad you've still got it on the needles.
Claire,
You might have spoken too soon. The thing is mental. I'm already laughing and I haven't sewn the pieces together!
Rawbean,
It's the cutest sweater in the picture hey? And it LOOKS easy...
Kelly,
Blocking? What the hell - Do you HAVE to block? I'll be in touch when I screw it up.
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