But that's just part of the craziness of knitting a sweater in a month. Par for the course, really. The sweater I had originally picked, the Looking Glass Sweater, is not a bad sweater. It is a lovely sweater. I planned on adding some waist shaping, scrapping the picot edging on the sleeves and bottom hem and making the sleeves full length.
I had spun three separate colors of merino, in sage green, turquoise and deep purple, for the "windows" created by slipping stitches of the main color, a light heather gray. I even was a good girl and swatched and blocked. See?
About 20 rows in, however, I realized that the yarn I had spun was too bulky, and was creating many, many rumples and bumples all through the yoke. I worried that no amount of blocking would be able to rectify this. So I frogged, like a big chicken, and started over with some Noro from my stash. Only to find, of course, that those colors just weren't doing it for me.
So, back to the drawing board. I had a limited amount of my main color, so most sweaters I looked at (filled with cabling and intricate shaping, no less) were immediately disqualified because they required too much yardage. I finally found this cute cardigan designed by Wendy Bernard, which has just enough fair isle to keep things interesting, and is also just a tad sexy, with all that waist shaping and negative ease.
I'm slightly worried that 37.75" across the bust might be too much negative ease, so I'm going up a needle size, and hoping for the best. I'm also a bit skeptical of doing colorwork on the wrong side (which her pattern calls for) so this may also be my first foray into steeking. Eeek!
More updates as they come. I'd love for you to join me! If I'm a testament to anything, it's still not too late to cast on.
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