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September 26, 2003
Blast from the Past #5
Here's yet another knitting effort but this time from the not-so-distant past, and this time knit by hand, not machine. I think I knit this in about 1999 - about the time I started getting the knitting bug again. I got the pattern out of a knitting magazine - I don't remember which one.
I was probably about 15-20 pounds heavier at the time I made it, plus this sweater is another victim of hanger stretch. Can you believe I went to all this effort using *acrylic* yarn? This is why you should never, NEVER use acrylic for garments. This thing is so fuzzy and pilly that it's now virtually unwearable.
After I made this sweater, I wore it quite a bit until I noticed a horrific flaw that bothered me so much I had to banish the sweater to the closet for good. Check out the cuffs:
Yes, that's right - one of them is 2x2 rib, the other is 1x1! I knit the whole sweater, seamed it together, and wore it for weeks before I even noticed.
I didn't do much knitting yesterday - had my nose in a book instead. This will likely be a low-knitting weekend as well. We have relatives coming from out-of-town, multiple birthdays to celebrate, people jumping out of airplanes with parachutes (I'm not kidding), a violin recital, soccer and football games - yeah, kind of a busy weekend.
Comments
Oh, don't be so hard on yourself! I think the difference between the two cuffs is rather charming. (Great pictures, btw.) What are you reading?
Posted by: Patricia Tryon at September 26, 2003 12:19 PM
If you really want to, you can fix the cuffs by carefully snipping a stitch where the cuffs end and the body begins. Use a much smaller needle to pick up the sleeve stitches as you carefully unravel them. then start knitting cuffs using the correct size needle.
I like what you did, though. Vive la difference!
Posted by: locomoni at October 7, 2003 03:59 PM