idk, some joke about sweaters and phoenixes.

Thanks to everyone for the advice in my last entry. I did seriously consider putting my sweater in the dryer, but I really don’t trust the machines in my building, and it just seemed like a better plan to frog and start fresh. I rewound all the yarn (but did not rewash it – life is too short), and did a lot of serious Ravelry-searching to decide where I was going to go from there.

In the end, I decided that what I needed was a new swatch (which I stretched a little this time, after washing, to try and at least get an idea of how the yarn would behave in a sweater) and a new pattern altogether.

The other issue I had with my previous sweater was that I planned it with positive ease, hoping for something cozy and a bit slouchy. Considering how much the yarn grew, this was a mistake. So, in the spirit of learning from my previous poor choices, I have new sweater pieces knit with no ease, and I’m cautiously optimistic.