A Sweater Story: A Tale of Whoa!

All the hype I've done about knitting a sweater and you don't even hear a peep from me for months. Does this mean I'm still working on the sweater? No. Did I frog the sweater? Yes.

So I'm knitting, knitting, knitting and it looks great. My gauge is on and things are going well. I've separated for the sleeves and I keep on knitting. This is a huge sweater. I'm expecting this since being a big girl and working with super bulky yarn, well, Big + Big = BIG. I'm now at a point where I can try it on. I get it over my head and it is at a length of about an inch under the widest area of my bust. This sweater is BIG. It's too wide and it looks sloppy on me. I wiggle it back over my head and think about what I need to do. I don't want to frog it because I'm afraid if I do, I'll never start it again. The sweater has a cowl-ish collar that is added after you knit the sweater and I wonder if that will make a difference. Rather than go backwards I decide to try the collar. The collar looks great! I love it. Yeah, didn't change the width of the sweater. So, I ripped it out. All of it. But you know what? I picked up that yarn and those needles and I cast that sweater right back on! In the next size down, of course. And I can proudly say...I finished my first sweater for me!

Grown-Up Cozy by Justyna Lorkowska

Don't I look comfy? I got to wear it twice before packing it away due to the weather turning warm. I think my favorite thing  about the sweater is the cowl-like collar. The pattern calls for a button but I love my clasp.

I loved the yarn too. Loops and Thread Cozy Wool is quickly becoming my go to Super Bulky choice of yarn. I was so happy with my sweater that I went ahead and cast on another one. You're not gonna see it, though. It was a huge fail. HUGE! Consider it frogged. There will be no photographic proof of that monstrosity. However, it did nothing to spoil my mood for knitting sweaters. The weather did. It just got too hot to have a large amount of fiber sitting on my lap. Oh, well. There are so many other things to do.

I have finished many other things in the two months I've been away. I'm not gonna go over them but here are some pretty pictures.

I keep myself busy! The pictures may look odd but I don't know how to fix them. They're up so I'm done fiddling with it.

Next up...Tour de Fleece! Watch me go!





I don't delve into my personal life much on my blog due to it's here to collect my fiber adventure and I like to keep it that way. But the last two month's have had such significance in my life I feel I need to reflect on it a little. I mean, that's what a blog is meant for, right? Over two years ago my son, Luke, was born with a congenital heart defect know as Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome. In his case, it's when the right ventricle doesn't form correctly and can't function as it should. We had no idea before he was born although it should have been caught. I never got to hold him due to the fact that he was born Cesarean and he was whisked away to another hospital that could cope with his condition. His condition meant that he would need three surgeries. The first one was a week after he was born, the second was when he was 4 months old and the last surgery at 2 years old. It's been a long road. My little boy has endured multiple open heart surgeries, cardiac catheterizations, strokes and seizures. My family has endured hope, failure, glee and frustration. The last surgery was May 2nd. I can breathe now. We all can.