The Creative Home: Yarn Along
This past week has been a bit of knitting triumph followed by great disappointment! I made great HUGE progress with DH’s Weekend Pullover. As I mentioned last week, the pattern is quite rhythmic and therapeutic to knit – and it really does grow quickly. Last night I finished the left side of the front. I had even cast off the shoulder and started up the right-hand side of the V-neck. DH came in after collecting the girls from their church youth evening and I held up the front to get an idea how it was going to fit. This is the part that caused me to almost WEEP! It was about 3 inches to short of his ideal length! Grrrrrr!!
Now I have waited 15 years to knit this form him and I know that if it is not the right length it simply will not be worn as often as it should be. There was only one thing to do – yup – FROG right down to the point where I started the V-neckline! **Sigh** – Anyhoo, I have penned some adjustments to the pattern and shall move on from there. I am going to be a bit more careful as I go on from here, checking before it’s too late on fitting and length issues.
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To cheer myself up I started another project! LOL – this is a quick knit that I had planned to pull out as an ‘encouragement’ piece during the sweater knitting marathon. Something quick and easy to knit up – perhaps a little project to break any monotony. I chose some lovely yarn at the beginning of the month to knit up this stunning eternal scarf – Stockholm Scarf.
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I chose this beautiful rust colour Drops Lima yarn – oh it is SO pretty! I just love the colour, it is going to be the perfect autumn addition to my wardrobe! I bought extra yarn at the time to make a cute little slouch hat to match. I guess having to FROG a bit wasn’t so bad, it gave me an EXCELLENT excuse to cast on a new project ;o)
Joining Ginny at Small Things for Yarn Along
20 Comments
elizabeth
oh dear, I think everyone who has sweater stories has this one too! I know you can do it though!!! Carry on! and lovely new project too!
Shirley-Ann
:o) I will persevere Elizabeth! Thanks for the encouragement. Knowing that many Yarn Along-ers have had to FROG sweaters certainly helps you to bounce back and keep on trying! LOL
Anonymous
sorry about the sweater! I love this cowl. Very nice.
Shirley-Ann
It really is a very pretty pattern Lisa. Thanks for your comment
Erin
Beautiful color for your "consolation" knitting. 🙂 I too have been known to cast on a new project when met with bitter disappointment in the current project.
I think it must be a "knitting for guys" thing. When I knit for my boys I measure them and the knitting far more often than necessary because they want it to fit in a very particular way.
Shirley-Ann
Good tip Erin! Girls seem to just 'fit' into their knits – not guys though! Good lesson learnt!
Anonymous
Very nice yarn colour, a matching hat will look cool.
I have to ask about the most high king but on your bio above, I've wondered eveyr YA week! What? Who? Where? Why? 😉
Shirley-Ann
:o) – I am a born again Christian Rachel, so the most high king is God of course :o) Who? Creator and sustainer of all things. Where? You can accept Him as your Saviour any time and where. Why? because I am a sinner and Jesus died for my sin. He has redeemed my soul. By faith I have accepted Him as my saviour and by faith I walk all the days I have on earth until He comes again or I am called home first.
Love the scarf you are working on BTW. I tried to leave a comment on your blog but kept getting an error message on the comment box!
MamaBirdEmma
I'm so sorry that you had to frog part of your sweater! The scarf looks great!
Shirley-Ann
:o) Thanks
Michelle
At least you discovered the problem before you'd gotten any farther. And good for you for fixing it — I would've either knit it the wrong length or never finished it.
karen
oh no!!! that is awful to have to rip it out….I am grieving with you. But better than burying all the threads and then-bam- the big reveal!! He better love this sweater of love forever.
Erin
Oh how sad! Hugs, friend. Great catch though! Can't wait to see it on him, the right length!
Andee
I hope your sweater works out next round. I love that scarf you are making. I've had that pattern sitting on my desk waiting to be knit for some time now.
elflyn
What a gorgeous colour!
Have a lovely week.
Unknown
Ripping back like that is so frustrating! Best of luck with the pattern edits. I'm sure all the hard work will be appreciated.
Stephanie
Better to rip now than regret later! Hope it goes better this time. That's a beautiful cowl pattern. I like your color choice! Happy knitting!
Creative Life Studio
Sometimes when I run into frustrations with my knitting (which can be with nearly every project!), my husband will look at me and say something like, "You LIKE doing this, right??" 🙂 Part of the pleasure of knitting, I think, is the triumph we feel when we figure out how to fix the mess we've just made! 🙂
Love the scarf and the color. It's going to be lovely!
CathieJ
Ooooh, I can't wait to make the Stockholm Scarf. The yarn you chose is beautiful.
Anonymous
That's the perfect autumn colour! The scarf is going to look gorgeous 🙂