This poor, poor yarn has been through a lot I tell you. It started out as a Shalom Cardigan which made me look like a line backer for the MN Vikings football team. Needless to say it was frogged and rewound. Next, it became the flattering Raspberry Layers cardigan. Like I said this one was flattering, but cap sleeves during a Minnesota winter makes for cold arms I found out. Thus I frogged again and rewound into lots of little balls this time around.
Now this Malabrigo Alpine Pearl bulky weight yarn's destiny is the form fitting owl sweater by Kate Davies. I have just enough yarn to make my size, just enough. Of course this makes me worry that I will run out. This worry is exacerbated by the fact that the construction is from the bottom up making amounts more crucial than a top down pattern where you can always just make the sweater shorter. I mean you can just not do the neck you know? My solution will be to knitting the length in the middle of the range of suggested lengths for the torso portion and to make the sleeves 3/4 length instead of full. Hopefully these measures will leave me enough to complete this fast moving project. Seriously, this pattern is quick! If only I didn't have to finish Dan's vest first I think I could finish this up in a couple of days.
Using size 11 needles doesn't hurt either.
What WIPs do you have laying around your house this week?
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