The death of an old sweater = the birth of a new one.
When I started learning to knit from my Sister-in-Law a little over two years ago, I soon took on an undertaking that many though was ambitious so early: a sweater. I'm always cold, so of course the first thing I wanted when I learned to knit was a big cozy sweater to keep me warm. My SIL helped me pick out some lovely alpaca yarn that would do just that and I got to work on it. A fellow knitter and the Knit Night I attended joked that in a couple years I would look back on my first sweater and not be able to stand all of the little mistakes that I could now see. How true. Thank goodness I came to that point at last, so I frogged my first sweater and salvaged the yarn for a better purpose. Enter this Glam Sweater. I had seen this pattern from the book Glam Knits a long while ago and wanted this pattern most out of the whole book. Alas, price and accessibility of the book forbade that from happening. Then I noticed it on Ravelry again and, low and behold, it was now offered free due to some errors in the original printing.
Now I have a new sweater, just as warm and cozy as the first, but with a fun vintage feel to it and a lovely lace panel running along it to make it a little dressier.
I finished it, with almost exactly the amount of yarn needed, and on Valentines Day, so I had something warm yet pretty to wear that day.
Wow, wow, and triple wow! I'm glad you had enough yarn to finish, and does this ever look amazing on you! The sad little First Sweater has been transformed into a sophisticated and stylish work of art. Such a fantastic payoff for your long hours of frogging and re-knitting. Congrats!
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