Out with the old, in with the new

I have a few posts to catch up on, and hopefully I will get to them this week.  The first is a post that I meant to do BEFORE the end of 2006.   I kept putting it off, not quite knowing how I wanted to present it.  At first, I was upset that this knitting project didn’t work out.  I considered it to be a failure.  After some time had passed, I no longer thought of it as a failure, and truthfully, the sting of it not working had really worn off.  Then, I kind of forgot about it.  This morning, I pulled it out, snapped a couple pictures, and without further adieu, here it is:

The Nordic Snowflake Pullover that will never be. 

You can see in the shoulder area that it is a TAD (humph!) puffy.  My daughter looks like a linebacker in it.  I will admit, this is my fault.  I didn’t like doing two-color knitting with Manos.  The thick and thin parts seemed to always end up in the wrong places.  I tried to fix this by making is looser or tighter where it seemed to need it.  I think I over-compensated.  It is almost entirely looser, as you can see. 

The pattern is from the book Knitting For Baby.  I have absolutely no intention of reknitting this sweater.  I really didn’t enjoy it the first time around.  And, the manos seems too bulky for her tiny frame.  I plan to rip it out.  If anyone is interested in the yarn, let me know.  The cost of the yarn is the only thing that hurts.  Although, I did get it discounted.    I am completely okay with this sweater not working.  It is my fault, I learned, and have moved on.  I am still looking forward to trying a sweater using fair-isle technique (or whatever you call it), but just not this sweater, with this yarn.  :)

Moving to Ariann, I am very excited to say that I am making real progress:

See? Isn’t it exciting?  I can’t wait to finish!!

 Happy New Year (a bit late)!!  Hope you all celebrated safely, and had a great night.