I fell in love with this pattern at a yarn show. Went home, saved up my money (I rarely buy more than one skein of yarn at a time & even rarer do I make anything bigger than a baby sweater or a scarf). Placed my order online and was so excited to get the pattern and the yarn to go with it. The colors were vibrant and the yarn soft, a mix of cotton/rayon/flax.
Spent months knitting it. I even reworked parts, and made the sleeves smaller! (Read here if you don’t know why I watch out for sleeves!) I was so proud of it when it was complete. It matched with just about everything in my wardrobe. I could finally wear something I made!
Over time things seemed to be a little looser. Was I losing weight? (Ha! I wish!) How could this be? I started to roll up the sleeves. Pick it up and place back onto a shoulder. Who knew yarn could stretch so much???
I’ve even gained some weight since I finished this (ok, maybe 20lbs. isn’t “some”…) and it’s still too big!!! I’m going to unravel this one. Start again. Rework it into something with a tighter stitch. Cross your fingers for me.
Oh noes! What kind of yarn did you use? I know that silk stretches a lot, and so does cotton because it’s really heavy. Best of luck!
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that sweater would have been awesome if it hadn’t stretched so much, it looks like something you’d get in a store. also, you have a very pretty face
I would have cried. The colors are awesome, I agree! Good luck with the rework!
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such lovely colours and pattern, I can’t believe it loosened that much over time!
good luck :)
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Thanks you guys! It was so unflattering to wear after a while, but at least there’s humor in it. And maybe it’s salvageable! The yarn was what was recommended with the pattern – Carolina cotton with rayon & flax. I see it listed on the pattern page but not at the website anymore. It pilled a little while I wore it, too… but I’m really hoping to make it into something better.
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Oi, why did it do that? Flax not so springy, any other reviews that you have found with a similar issue?
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Leslie, I never even looked for other reviews about it… and haven’t seen anything out there except for the yarn being called “strong”.
This is always happening to my mother, who knits like a mad fiend. She’s always saying she’s “cursed by the knitting gods”. She’s gonna be so happy when I show this to her, and prove to her that she’s not the only one who has this problem, so thanks for sharing!
It’s still pretty, even all stretched out. I hope the rework goes well.