frogging
here’s my first sweater, which i resolved to finish by the end of january.
i knitted furiously and got about 3/4 of the way done. then i saw 4 dropped stitches. groan. i was far enough along to try it on, and it was snug, so snug that only a thin t-shirt or tank top could be worn underneath. groan again. i was really, really hating the sweater. so i stopped working on it.
last week i realized the only way i would ever finish it was if i started over. so i frogged this weekend. i’m starting over this week, with a new goal of finishing before fall. this time, i’ll use a provisional cast-on (it would have been helpful the first time), and i’m going to make it slightly bigger. and no more dropped stitches. and this time around, i hope i love it.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Good Luck to you! I will gladly offer moral support if needed!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Still love the color. And soon it will too warm for these parts anyway!!
March 30th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Good for you! You’ll be happier if you do it right. Otherwise it would have just sit in a drawer. Besides, there’s something therapeutic about frogging and recasting on.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:48 am
You are a better woman than I. I cannot frog things. I just can’t ever motivate myself to do something TWICE. Well, when I think about it, I’ve never even finished a sweater for myself ONCE. Only baby-sized things. And I get terrible “second sock syndrome”, where I knit one sock and just can’t stand the thought of doing another.
Good luck finishing the sweater this time around!
March 30th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
well, i think it looks great! but this is exactly why i couldn’t knit. if i had to count or worry about sizing i’d be doing all bitching and no stitching.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Oh I always get that far and have to start again. I’ve never knitted anything to completion. I do love the colour you’re knitting in.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
good luck. know about errors driving you nuts so you can’t appreciate an item you have made for yourself. can’t wait to see you in your happy jumper next autumn/winter.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
you’re hilarious.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:49 am
just picked up a needlepoint project that I set down when I was fifteen…times that by two, add a little and that is the age of when I picked it back up…IT’S NEVER TO LATE:)