Okay... so I finished a very fun project this week but unfortunately do not yet have photos... but they are coming soon. It's an off-the shoulder little sweater that was fun and not too much of a nightmare to knit. I'll fill you in on a seperate post with that.
Patterns. I use Lion Brand Yarn's patterns quite a bit, and I haven't had any issues until just recently, when I decided to do a little cardigan for my soon-to-be 4 year old neice. The problem: the "size 4" pattern wasn't even close to fitting a size 4 child-- even though I checked my gauge religiously. I continued, however, until I was finished with both sleeves and realized that they weren't going to come close to fitting the armholes in the main body of the sweater.
WTF? I mean, here I've already spent a ton of time working on a sweater that isn't going to fit the intended recipient, anyway. I powered on, knowing that somewhere along the line there will be another little girl that I can give it to. But to get all the way to the point of finishing it and the dimensions just simply don't fit?
I don't get it! I've used other Lion Brand patterns before, and while I wouldn't even come close to saying that they are clear (especially when it comes to finishing instructions) they've actually never before simply not fitted at all.
So now I have 12 skeins of yarn (this pattern was so cute, when I bought the yarn online I actually bought it in three complimentary colors, in order to make sweaters for others) in beautiful shades of blush pink, leaf green, and chocolate, that I don't know what to do with. Scarves, anyone?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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