hourglass sweater
While visiting my parents over reading week, I was presented with a bag of wool that I had assumed was lost forever. Here's the whole sordid story:
About two years ago, after I had learned to successfully knit scarves and felted bags, but before I learned to knit clothing, I brought this wool (quite nice superwash DK, medium blue) and a pattern to my parents' apartment over the Christmas holidays. I had bought the Eyelet Cardi pattern from Chicknits and I ambitiously planned to at least get a start on it while visiting for the holidays. I quickly got frustrated with trying to knit the sleeves in the round and gave up in a huff. My mother said, oh don't worry, leave the yarn and pattern here and I'll knit it for you. (My mother, the enabler in my lack of stick-to-it-iveness.)
Well, the next time I came to visit I had learned more knitting skills and had come to regret my hasty abandonment of my project. But when I inquired as to the whereabouts of my yarn, I was met with blank looks. My mother and father asked if I was sure I hadn't taken the yarn back home with me! I assured them that I had not. They remained convinced that I had taken it back home with me; I was convinced that it had been relegated to their overcrowded storage room and placed under a towering pile of boxes.
As it turns out, I was right. My parents were recently cleaning out the storage room and, miracle of miracles, they found my yarn!
What did I say, oh so graciously? "I told you I didn't take it home!" My parents were pretty good sports about it.
Anyway, what do I do now with this yarn? It's 100% superwash wool, really good quality, but kind of a boring colour. I've already made one Eyelet Cardi out of lovely variegated Fleece Artist yarn and this would, I feel, not be as nice.
I'm thinking of making the Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I'll let you know how it goes.
About two years ago, after I had learned to successfully knit scarves and felted bags, but before I learned to knit clothing, I brought this wool (quite nice superwash DK, medium blue) and a pattern to my parents' apartment over the Christmas holidays. I had bought the Eyelet Cardi pattern from Chicknits and I ambitiously planned to at least get a start on it while visiting for the holidays. I quickly got frustrated with trying to knit the sleeves in the round and gave up in a huff. My mother said, oh don't worry, leave the yarn and pattern here and I'll knit it for you. (My mother, the enabler in my lack of stick-to-it-iveness.)
Well, the next time I came to visit I had learned more knitting skills and had come to regret my hasty abandonment of my project. But when I inquired as to the whereabouts of my yarn, I was met with blank looks. My mother and father asked if I was sure I hadn't taken the yarn back home with me! I assured them that I had not. They remained convinced that I had taken it back home with me; I was convinced that it had been relegated to their overcrowded storage room and placed under a towering pile of boxes.
As it turns out, I was right. My parents were recently cleaning out the storage room and, miracle of miracles, they found my yarn!
What did I say, oh so graciously? "I told you I didn't take it home!" My parents were pretty good sports about it.
Anyway, what do I do now with this yarn? It's 100% superwash wool, really good quality, but kind of a boring colour. I've already made one Eyelet Cardi out of lovely variegated Fleece Artist yarn and this would, I feel, not be as nice.
I'm thinking of making the Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I'll let you know how it goes.
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posted by Melinda at 12:28 AM
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