I finished a green raglan sleeve cardigaan about 2-3 years ago. I was very excited about it because it was the first sweater I knit where I used a yarn that had a different gauge than what the pattern called for. I modified the pattern just a bit and I successfully knit the sweater up to the patterns specifications. The first time I wore the sweater, I thought it was cute, after that first wearing the sweater got all stretched out and developed a distressing bell shape. The sweater WAS supposed to be a little bigger at the bottom, but this was just unattractive. I don’t know how much of my problem was the pattern itself and how much was the yarn I chose, but I finally decided that I had spent too much money on the yarn to just leave things the way they were. I ripped it apart.
I got a Debbie Bliss pattern book (Noro collection) and have decided to make this sweater.
Here is where I am at now with it…
all right, now. It was looking like I wasn’t going to have enough yarn to finish this, because when I finished the first sweater I gave the leftover yarn to a friend, but I turns out she still had it and was happy to give it back. But now I have another problem, for which I can only blame myself. I only sort of checked my gauge, which means I checked how many stitches I got to the inch but not how many rows. Turns out my rows are a lot shorter. As a result, this sweater’s sleaves are going to be too short, not to mention my belly button is going to be sticking out. I think I am going to adjust the pattern for the sleeves a bit and then knit a decorative border on the bottom of the sweater……any ideas?