The first full month of the WIP along has passed and what have I achieved?
Two frogs.
One planned and one a surprise. In the middle of September I had a cardigan on the needles which I fully intended to finish before the end of the year. The lace part was going surprisingly quickly and after that there was the main body in stocking stitch. What I hadn’t taken into account was that the sleeves wouldn’t fit. I did gauge swatch but the swatch was only in stocking stitch. However, you start the garment with a lace pattern for the sleeves. It became apparent that the sleeves were looking very slim. I had changed the pattern so that the sleeves had gradual decreases rather than being really full with all the decreases at the cuffs. I am not a fan of this blousey style as the sleeves always get in the way. Even after aggressive blocking it was obvious I was kidding myself that the sleeves would fit. So an unplanned frogging. I decided not to cast back on straight away as I want to finish the extra cast ons.
The other item I frogged was planned but it is still a bit sad to have to frog a complete garment as there is thought time and hope put into the planning and execution. The item I frogged was the cardigan shown in this post. I really like the yarn but the cardigan never sit right whenever I wore it. I had considered frogging it this time last year but finished all my WIPs first. My plan was to frog and reknit it this year but the trip changed those plans. In the end I decided to frog and then it can be my January cast on as I hope by that point not to have much on the go.
And that’s it for clearing WIPs. I have been working on all the blankets as I do want those finished by the end of the year so that I can join and edge them next year.
