Comments on: A knitting disaster

By: Marsha

Marsha — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:37:44 +0000

JD: Thanks so much for that link! I just may give that pattern a try!

By: JD

JD — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:16:40 +0000

Being there myself (but with much smaller objects: socks, hat, mitts), I say frog away any and all projects that you are not satisfied with! Though it seems a waste of time, it’s a bigger waste if the finished project is never worn, no? How about a Twinkle sweater? Here’s a link to a free pattern: http://www.canadianliving.com/crafts/knitting/knit_a_chunky_cabled_cardigan.php

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:15:45 +0000

Thanks for the condolences, everyone!

Imperatrix:That's a really good idea. I decided a few weeks ago that I really want to avoid having UFOs about. Not that I've had a problem with that, but it's just so nice to finish something up, so I might as well do that. So aside from a sock (which is extremely portable), I'm trying to have no more than one project going at a time.

Chris and Katie: Thanks for those suggestions! I do have Ann Budd's sweater book (the one with sweaters in a gazillion gauges and sizes and styles), so I should take a look at it.

Jennu: Your husband is a brilliant man. :)

Gina: I thought about doing that. But the armholes really are far too large (they go about halfway down my sides). And the sleeves are set in, to picking up stitches around the armhole and knitting the sleeve down (a technique that I love, by the way) just won't work here. Oh well!

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:12:17 +0000

Hey! Wait! Maybe you can just re-knit the sleeves?? What if you measured the circumference of the arm hole opening and then cast on as many stitches that the yarn you are using calls for to give you that measurement and then go from there?

Or maybe you can pick up and knit the sleeve down from the arom hole?

Just a couple of suggestions! I always feel bad seeing a lot of time and work getting frogged.

By: Jennu

Jennu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:09:34 +0000

When I had to frog my Somewhat Cowl (I just reknitted it into the same sweater, just a smaller size), my now-husband offered these words of wisdom–Oh, good. That means more knitting. You like knitting!

By: Katie J

Katie J — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:31:36 +0000

Yeah, the first big piece (and the only) I knit for myself turned out pretty badly. I’m bummed about your frogging, but I’m sure you’ll make something fabulous out of it. What about a sweater in the Interweave Knits pattern book?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:36:24 +0000

Alas!! But I guess better to discover it at this point then to get it all together and realize you were drowing in it. How about one of the Knitting Pure & Simple patterns? They’re top-down, one piece, and well written.

By: Imperatrix

Imperatrix — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:40:43 +0000

I’m sorry! I only had one experience of putting knitting aside for a while and then coming back to it, and I found that the two socks were two incredibly different sizes. Even though I used the same needles, the same yarn (needless to say) and the same hands (obviously!).

I decided at that point that I would never let a project languish for months unfinished. It just creates disappointment.