What happens when you impulsively buy yarn on sale then wait a year to use it? You realize that you don't have enough yarn to knit anything but a doll hat and you can't buy more because the stores don't carry it anymore.
Thus was my predicament this with yarn (and will be with many more yarn balls waiting patiently in my craft room). This is the third sweater I tried with this yarn, prematurely running out of yarn on two previous projects. On this project, I realized after knitting the front, back, and half of the first sleeve that the yarn was running precariously low. After a few hours of lamenting the prospects of frogging yet another failed project, I had an idea - short sleeves! Not quite brillant but pretty useful in this case. It worked like a charm, leaving only the tiniest bit of yarn left over (see above pic). However, this design choice turned this unisex sweater into decidedly feminine attire. Perhaps this is a sign? I think I'll add some embroidered embellishments to girl it up even more.
This sweater has an even longer story, which I'll elaborate on in an another post...
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So what's the longer story?
It's been so long now I can't remember the details. All I remember is that I tried to knit two other sweaters using this yarn and realized half-way in that I wouldn't have enough yarn. So I undid them and tried again. So my rule now is: don't buy any yarn without first selecting a pattern.
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