Sweater death inspires new designs!

After last week's post I was super pumped up to start creating a new handmade wardrobe so I found a pattern and cast on for a new sweater. It is a long sleeved, loose fitting, Henley style sweater made from Fisherman's wool to be extra warm! The lanolin in the wool works as insulation and keeps the garment warm even in cold, damp conditions.

Not too far into the pattern I noticed some annoying mistakes the writer had made near the shaping for the sleeve and spot for the buttons. Not to be a jerk but it was seriously the most asinine way to put things together (grr). I trudged through and finished the front and back pieces. As I was blocking them I noticed that the space left for the button placket was way of center! Noooo! Instead of ripping out the whole thing and remaking it in the center I decided to sew it up and put a faux button placket where the real one should've been. Boom bam! Problem solved! Well so I thought...

I continued on and created the first sleeve and blocked it into shape. Part of the way through making the second sleeve I got impatient and decided to work on the seams for a while. I sewed the shoulder and side seams (during this process I discovered a deep love for seaming and finish work). I worked on the sleeve some more and a few inches later set it aside to sew in the first sleeve. This is when I realized that the sleeve and the hole that it was supposed to fit in didn't happen to be the same size. FAIL!!! After much lamenting on my part I decided that one annoying pattern mistake would be forgivable but adding one or two more makes for an ill fitting, awkward looking garment. I decided to pull it all out and make something new.

And then I spent the rest of the evening sulking.

I woke up the next morning determined. I would find a new pattern, a better one! I looked in all the usual places and found nothing appealing so I decided to design my own! A few calculations later and with renewed vigor I cast on for a completely new something...hopefully It'll be up next week!