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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was a nice enough sweater, but it had some problems.\u00a0 The sleeves, although I had measured them diligently and multiple times, came out short.\u00a0 The confusing part there is they are the length of other sleeves I have worn (I had measured a sweater I liked), and yet when I wear it the sleeves are too short.\u00a0 The sweater length could be a little longer, too.\u00a0 There is way too much fabric in the underarms, and yet, somehow, not quite enough for the bust.\u00a0 I’ve also never been happy with the bottom portion of the sleeves — I didn’t switch from the circular needle to DPNs at the right time and there’s a section of knitting that is wonky with stretched out stitches.\u00a0 But, most importantly, I just don’t wear it anymore because of all of these problems.<\/p>\n
I still have 4 unused balls of the Felted Tweed that I didn’t use when knitting this sweater.\u00a0 Not enough for a sweater on their own.\u00a0 But, if I were to rip out this poor, sad, old sweater to add to the unused balls, I do believe I would have enough yarn to knit myself a Tempest<\/a>.\u00a0 This would be good, because I need a nice, simply cardigan that fits to wear for work.\u00a0 (I have my Ribby Cardi and my Mr. Greenjeans, but they both need repairs and are showing some age; plus both are raglans, which I am beginning to believe are not a good fit for me.)<\/p>\n I have been inspired by Deb’s recent reknit<\/a>.\u00a0 I want to give this good yarn a happier future (and myself a wearable sweater).\u00a0 It might even give me something to blog about.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been contemplating ripping out my 2006 Olympic sweater.\u00a0 I had knit Knitting Pure & Simple’s Neckdown V-Neck Shaped Cardigan in Rowan Felted Tweed.\u00a0 Amazing enough I managed to finish it in the 16 days of the Olympics, thus … Continue reading