Such is life when the project you've happily knitted, blocked and sewn together is a failure. Unless, or course, the baby I'm knitting it for has octupus arms, and a tiny neck, and a torso so short his tiny baby organs are squished together like ass cheeks in a pair of too-tight pantyhose.
I'm going to take my little straightjacket to the local yarn store to see if they can diagnose the problem with the neck. I followed the pattern directions, but I admit to not exactly understanding what "easing fullness" means. The band around the neck is all stiff and hard and tight. If they can't help me, I'M NEVER ATTEMPTING A SWEATER AGAIN.
In the meantime, I'm working on an Irish Hiking Scarf (a HelloYarn pattern) using Elann's Highland Wool in Irish Moss. IT BETTER WORK.
3 comments:
Per usual, the teeny sweater is not as bad as you make it seem. And, you will continue to make sweaters because it's the only way to better your burgeoning skills! Keep on truckin!
I think I agree with Paul - Baby arms are often longer than we think and besides - cuffs role up...
have you blocked it? if you've used superwash or non wool blends they will often increase in size (sometimes to the detriment of the knitting sigh)
Looks OK to me. Heck, I didn't even know you had a baby! :)
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