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I'm currently trying to finish knitting a hooded, zip-front cabled sweater cardigan for myself that I originally bought the yarn for in 2019. I took forever to finish it the first time, after stopping multiple times in the process, then ultimately discovered a year ago that it was too small. I eventually unraveled the whole thing and started over with a different pattern...
And yesterday I ran out of yarn!!!
Four rows from the bind-off of the SECOND patch pocket, a patch pocket that's only as wide as the palm of a hand and 22 stitches, so when I ran out I was actually in the edge ribbing. I tried to make it up by snipping off long tails and joining them up, but it didn't work. Now I'm trying to just make both pockets a few rows shorter.
A hooded, zippered sweater hoodie has been a major gap in my wardrobe since I started having sweaters. Pockets aren't that common a feature of these, but the ideal hoodie jacket obviously has to have pockets.
I have one buttoned and three zippered sweater jackets in worsted to bulky weight that I wear in heavy rotation through the cold months, but none of them have hoods or pockets, so none of them is even close to perfect. All of them also have little flaws that keep them from being satisfyingly complete garments, things I would do over if I could but aren't practical because they would require more yarn: sleeves slightly too short, collars slightly too narrow, one that's an couple of inches too small at the hip.
It would perhaps be rather boring, but these little flaws really gnaw away at me until I start just wanting to remake all the sweaters I already have. (Okay, not all the sweaters; just all the sweater jackets.)
And yesterday I ran out of yarn!!!
Four rows from the bind-off of the SECOND patch pocket, a patch pocket that's only as wide as the palm of a hand and 22 stitches, so when I ran out I was actually in the edge ribbing. I tried to make it up by snipping off long tails and joining them up, but it didn't work. Now I'm trying to just make both pockets a few rows shorter.
A hooded, zippered sweater hoodie has been a major gap in my wardrobe since I started having sweaters. Pockets aren't that common a feature of these, but the ideal hoodie jacket obviously has to have pockets.
I have one buttoned and three zippered sweater jackets in worsted to bulky weight that I wear in heavy rotation through the cold months, but none of them have hoods or pockets, so none of them is even close to perfect. All of them also have little flaws that keep them from being satisfyingly complete garments, things I would do over if I could but aren't practical because they would require more yarn: sleeves slightly too short, collars slightly too narrow, one that's an couple of inches too small at the hip.
It would perhaps be rather boring, but these little flaws really gnaw away at me until I start just wanting to remake all the sweaters I already have. (Okay, not all the sweaters; just all the sweater jackets.)
