well, not only was joining the group painless, i found out that, although i joined the bandwagon a bit late (7 months into the year), i'd inadvertently already knitted 6 tops/sweaters on my own. my current project, although not technically one or the other, apparently counts and i just finished it today and thus the title of today's post.
it was a bit of a pain because it was lace and i don't do lace because i'm just too damned impatient and i had to frog and reknit multiple parts multiple times, but i'm cautiously optimistic about the outcome of this project. i mean, i love the yarn, i love the color combo (although, with what i had on hand, it's more UCLA than CAL), and i love the overall weight and drape of it. i just don't know if i like how it looks in the front. i had shorted out the back (doing one less pattern repeat, or one set of the two-leaf panel, for the non-knitters out there) because i didn't relish the thought of something baggy and saggy.
i like the way the back looks; it's the perfect ease for me and the usual kind of clothes i wear.
but by shorting the repeats for the back, i also unthinkingly shorted it for the front and now it looks a bit scant.
if only i didn't have boobs. -_-
anyhoo, it's soaking in eucalan right now and i am prepared to give it an aggressive blocking. the yarn is 65% cotton and 35% milk fiber so i hope it can be bullied into stretching and growing a bit. also, i want the collar and sleeve to have these cute little curvy points, so again, a vigorous blocking is in order. /keeping fingers crossed.
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