I don’t know what’s gotten into me. After a few days of total knitting burnout, all of a sudden I am all sweaters all the time. I cranked out a quick test knit for (surprise!) Laura.
This is pre-blocking—after a wash the shoulders no longer stick up like that! I’m going to find a cute dress so I can do a for real photoshoot for it, because it is super adorable.
Then I worked up the courage to rip out a significant portion of the Kata pullover. Emphasis on ‘significant’—
all the way back to the waist shaping! Honestly, there was a lot more wrong with it than just the shoulders, and now that I’ve gained some distance (and with it, perspective), I’m actually re-thinking the whole shape of the garment. In the end this may turn into a sleeveless blouse just to get it off the needles and out of my hair.
And then, last night at knit night, after spending a day or so trying to convince myself to work on some other WIPS (yeah right), I gave in and started work on a sleeve for a new sweater.
Which turned out to be just the thing, because I’ve already finished the first and started on the second. This sweater was actually originally intended to be the companion piece to Kata, but since that may no longer actually be a sweater, I’ll probably just separate the two and try to give this one its own, distinct feel. And hopefully it’ll work up faster too!
The test knit is very cute! I bet it would look great over a summery dress. That’s too bad about your Kata sweater! It is so pretty…but maybe it’s latest incarnation will be even better. A sleeveless knit? Let me know if you need a tester. I may want to tackle that! The new sleeve looks great too. I can’t wait to see the rest!