So in a fit of cosmic irony I found out far too late that I got gauge on the zip cardi. This is a knitradgedy because uhh well I was under the impression that I hadn’t gotten gauge so I had upsized accordingly. Now I have a tent sized most of a cardigan. In a fit of temper I frogged the part of the last piece I was working on but I still have the others.
So the question now becomes to frog or not. By the way the above board is 2 feet wide.
Reasons to not frog:
- Umm the time spent…
- All I was looking for out of the sweater was practice finishing and something to wear around the house. I live in cardi’s in the winter and I could wear that instead of some of my beloved merino ones
- the work involved in rehabbing the yarn
- I’m a sleeve away from finishing the knitting.
- Uses up most of that yarn and thus it is out of my stash.
- Seriously good butt coverage.
Reasons to frog:
- It’s huge
- It’s a tent
- if I made it the correct size I could probably get two sweaters out of the yarn. well ok maybe not.
- I’m anal
- If something is worth doing it’s worth doing right.
So feel free to offer opinions. In fact I seriously want them because I am so indecisive on this. Right now the sweater is going into time out cause uhh I need to decide. Also frogged this weekend was the second heel since I forgot to redistribute the stitches and thus it was two stitches too wide. I’m almost thinking I need a new hobby or something!
So last weekend I went home to STL for my cousin’s wedding. I was annoyed by the time I pulled into stl so I decided I deserved needed a stop at knitorious. I walk in the door and the first thing I see is this incredible silk lace. Now I don’t knit a whole lot of lace and when I see lace I tend to prefer semi solids. But there is something about peachy/pinky, green, and gold that grabs me every time. So I snatched it up. It’s claudias and I have no freaking clue what to do with it. I have 1100 yards. I think I might just admire it.
It actually has more green in it but I couldn’t get photoshop to show it off in all its glory.
I wandered around to the sock section and snagged another skein of jitterbug in velvet olive. Jitterbug is gorgeous and I love the base yarn I just have concerns because the skeins are a bit small but we’ll see.
I also rescued the malabrigo I bought my mom to knit with since she’s had it a year and obviously isn’t going to do anything with it. In her defense she is taking care of my grandmother though so…
However in good knitting news I finally thought of something to do with the crap cotton blend I got off of destash…I’m going to make garter stitch mats for the furlines. It should be good tv/snb knitting if nothing else.
As painful as it may sound, I’d say frog the sweater. The yarn is way gorgeous, and it would be a shame for you to make something that won’t fit at all! And like you said, if it’s worth doing it, doing it right! Frog it, step away for a little while, and start over.
(… and that jitterbug is gorgeous. Love that color!)
I don’t know about you, but if I knitted a tent and just finished it anyway, I would never wear it, around the house or not. So I vote frogging. Unless you aren’t afraid of putting your knitting under a sewing or serging machine.
I had no idea Knitorious was getting in such gorgeous yarns–I haven’t been there in a long time since I live 40 minutes away from it.
Toe up with the Colinette?
I gotta chime in and say “Frog.”
I’ve completed projects and then regretted them, but I’ve never regretted frogging and starting over (still took a while to get over the pain). What a bummer, though.
I vote to frog. As much as it might hurt, the time has already been spent to get you where you are now. That doesn’t change what happens from here so you can either go forward toward a successful, finished sweater or toward an unsatisfying, overly large, useless waste of good yarn. If you’ve lost your interest in this yarn for right now, then put it aside and knit something else. Then decide if you want to reknit this sweater or use the yarn for something else.