f.o.: rainier pullover.
I really love the Rainier pullover pattern by Kate Gagnon Osborn and this was my first time knitting with the Kelbourne Woolens Scout yarn.
I will say this particular project started out, and finished, so beautifully. I loved the fit and knew it was the perfect Christmas gift to my mum this year; it felt like a sweater design that she would wear nonstop. However, it my haste to speed things along since I finished this a mere day prior to the holiday, I tried to speed up the drying process on my blocking because it just wasn't getting there fast enough.
Shame on me.
Instead of what I thought was air fluff on my dryer setting (a reasonable way to get damp knits dry), I had it on delicate and lost track of time. Roh roh. This sweater slightly felted. And while it still fits, there is weird puckering in places on the body and I just can't.stop.seeing.it. And wanted to beat myself up about it. And being so disappointed that at one time, it was perfect, and I had to ruin it.
My mum still wears it.
This is a note to myself: gift a sweater partially damp on a hanger before trying to speed things up. It will never go as planned.
Consider this one lost to the finish off pride pile. Perhaps I can build up enough gusto to make it again, but for now, I'm still sad and bitter about the whole thing.
Have you ever had this happen to you?