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[evenasyoungastheyare]

My new green cardigan vest (I will add sleeves later I think) @boysbeloving

[cimness]

On the one hand, curses aren't real; but on the other, the yarn is obviously cursed

Once upon a time I made a sweater for my BIL and had so many accidents and fuckups that each stitch of the sweater was knitted at least two times, some of them three. As a result, I referred to this sweater afterwards as the Cursed Sweater.

But I didn't know what I was talking about.

The purple yarn that is the subject of this post is the TRUE cursed yarn/sweater(s).

A brief summary of the mishaps that have occurred with this cursed yarn:

Shortly after I started Sweater 1 (Fickle Heart by Justyna Lorkowska, a very well-written pattern), summer 2019: my MIL died while the house we were buying with her was half renovated, and then a pipe exploded, flooding our basement and destroying our hot water heater, and then the septic tank under the garage overflowed, flooding the garage with sewage. In the confusion, the knitting got lost.

Spring 2020: I found the knitting and finished most of the body before I discovred I'd made a small error near the center of the back lace panel which could not be fixed without unraveling about 50% of the body and reknitting.

Spring 2020: I ordered a zipper for the project and it got lost in the mail. I ordered a replacement zipper, which arrived.

Fall 2020: Put the knitting aside when MIL's estate cleared probate and we had to try to finish renovating and moving to a short deadline. We ended up moving all our stuff from one half of the duplex to the other in about two days and in the process lost my favorite sweater, a bunch of MIL's kitchen stuff, the living room door (don't ask) and the (SECOND) zipper for this project.

Fall 2021: I gave up on ever finding the zipper and ordered a THIRD zipper. I blocked the sweater and discovered a moth had eaten a tiny hole in the center of the back lace panel while it was in a drawer waiting for the zipper and it started unraveling right away, meaning it would have had to be at least 70% redone to fix. I tried it on and it was also too tight, while the holes in the lace were too big and let in a bunch of cold air.

Fall 2021: @waxjism frogged the sweater for me (unraveled it) and I chose a different hoodie pattern without any lace (Zingiber by Susanna Winter, also a great pattern) and started Sweater 2. I knitted about half, then succumbed to Pandemic Anxiety/Depression.

November 2022: I redesigned the hood about five times before finding out that I didn't have enough yarn to finish unless I wanted to use the yarn from the pockets and have a sweater without pockets. Frogged the hood.

I tried it on to place the zipper and discovered the zipper wouldn't work anyway because the fit was too tight over the hips. Ordered toggle buttons instead. Used the yarn from the hood to finish the front edge.

Wore it for a few weeks before giving up. The toggles didn't work right, the fit still wasn't right over the hips, and my neck finishing looked dumb.

April 2023: Bought a third patttern (Lenu by Ankestrick), a saddle-shoulder pullover (less yarn than a hoodie, and I had lost some to moths. Also every time you frog a sweater you lose a bit of the yarn). Started Sweater 3. I only knitted a few inches of it before having doubts and weighing the yarn to estimate how much I had left and discovering there wasn't enough to finish it.

November 2024: Weighed the yarn to estimate yardage again and determined there wasn't enough for a sweater with sleeves, so I picked a sweater vest pattern that I liked (Beneath Waves by Johanna Kunin). I was pretty excited because I'd never knitted bobbles before. I finished the sweater last night and wove in all the loose ends BEFORE holding it up and noticing for the FIRST TIME that the back of the armholes looked funny, almost like a racerback. I examined it and realized I had accidentally left out one whole horizontal repeat of the lace pattern on the back. There are four on the front and three on the back. And I had knitted the ENTIRE VEST without noticing!!

As @waxjism said, it will be safer to get the entire sweater out of the house. (Burning would be ideal but wool doesn't burn easily and it probably wouldn't burn up in our woodstove.) Wool does compost, though, so we might do that.

Although I protested that curses are not real, I eventually agreed that even if the curse is actually my subconscious mind sabotaging me it still has devastating effects, and it would be better not to risk it destroying another sweater.

In fact, I have two balls of it leftover, but I'm not sure I dare use them in a stashbusting project in case they ruin it.

The yarn (Svarta Fåret Ulrika in Lila Melange) was purchased originally for its exact color match to a cheap cotton pullover hoodie from H&M (2008ish?) that I loved passionately and wore to pieces, and I really still have my heart set on it being a hoodie anyway. I'll start over with new yarn.

"RIP to a real one (was it real?)" - @waxjism

[bolasuu]

Had a yarn delivery today! I was running low on regular garment yarn so ordered my next couple of projects worth and some bonus skeins for projects I loved and want to make more of. All of it is Drops Safran, a really soft 4ply cotton.

Pretty sure Drops is my favourite brand for garment yarn now, I've used their Alpaca, Belle, Fable (just for a contrast toe and heel on a sock) and now I have Safran. All of it has been amazing quality, really affordably priced and made in the EU as a lil bonus.

I cleared out a big basket we weren't using and organised all my yarn today, I had 22 new skeins arrive and didn't want it to get jumbled. It's now all separated into large plastic sandwich bags to keep the bugs out (these get re-used when they get emptied) and I have one big organza bag for garment yarn and one smaller bag for sock yarn. There's even enough space in the basket for my knitting/crochet notebook and if I try REALLY HARD I think I can squeeze my notions, needles and hooks in too!

My bag of scrap yarn is growing however and needs organising too. I even found a vest in there that only needs a little ribbing to finish it! But that's a job for another time.

I need to take a leaf out of my Mum's book and start putting everything in a spreadsheet to keep my stash organised. Especially the scrap! I might get a start on a Google sheet soon to try and keep track. I know I can do it on ravelry but I like the idea of having it available offline if I want.

Project-wise, I'm over halfway though the tee I posted about last. Linky below because i realise now that I forgot to add it last time. It's stockinette 'hell' time which I've really enjoyed this week. I have stressful things going on in my personal life and it's been lovely to have something peaceful and repetitive to zone out to. I think I could have possibly gone for a smaller size but I love an oversized tee so I'm perfectly OK with it being loose.

I have my next project picked, unsurprisingly with zero shaping. But it does have a little lacework, just to keep things interesting.

I'm going to be sad when the seasons change and I can't really excuse knitting a million summer tops anymore. Honestly, summer knitting has been my favourite!

[angieskreativwerkstatt]

#biglovecardigan @ankestrick 𝕄𝕖𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕜𝕥𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕃𝕚𝕖𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕛𝕖𝕜𝕥 👆🏻 𝐺𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑠 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑙𝑏 ☀️ 𝐷𝑖𝑒 𝐾ö𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑖ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙ä𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑛, 𝑑𝑎 𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑧𝑢 𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑧 𝑤ä𝑟𝑒. 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑜ℎ𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑛 😇 #knittingforme #knits #cardigan #wool #dropsdesign #dropswolle #dropsflora #yellow #kuschelig #knitting #january2023 #instaknits #knittinginstagram #knittinginspiration #thursday #happyme (hier: Wismar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnTugDjIMOs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lazy-vegetarian]

Noten by ANKESTRiCK on Ravelry

[knittingcrochetnet]

Summer Knitting pattern by ANKESTRiCK

Summer Knitting pattern by ANKESTRiCK

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[skeinyarns]

One sleeve down one to go! #skeinyarn #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #knitting #knittingaddict #ankestrick #diarycardigan Pattern: Diary by Ankestrick | Yarn: Voyage DK in the Lichen colourway

[slagtenhelligko]

Mørk tirsdag, men så har jeg Big Love

Mørk tirsdag, men så har jeg Big Love

Vi er nået til tirsdag og der er vist ingen planer om, at det skal blive lyst. Vi sidder indenfor i tusmørket og det er hyggeligt, fordi jeg har tændt de levende lys.

Er du ikke på arbejde?

Jo, selvfølgelig er jeg på arbejde, men jeg sidder jo på eget kontor, hvor jeg kan gøre omtrent, som jeg vil. Det betyder , at jeg kan have tændte stearinlys og fristende skåle med sødt.

I år…

[amayitux]

Naima jacket by ANKESTRiCK @ankestrick Drops Lima in 2923 (Ochre) @dropsdesign #dropsgarnstudio #lima #2923 #ankestrick #naima #knit #knitting #knittersofinstagram #knittersoninstagram #instagramknitters #knitstagram #igknitters #knittingismysuperpower #teamtoeup #knitalltheknits #purlallthepurls #germanshortrowsforever #knitaddict #slowfashion #slowlifestyle #handmade #handknitting #yarn #yarnlover #yarnaddict #ravelry #ravelrypattern (at Mairena Del Aljarafe, Andalucia, Spain)

[marijkelennards]

Altijd leuk als een blije klant zijn eindresultaat komt laten zien. Always nice if a happy customer shows her end result. #rechtenaverecht #cascade220 #ankestrick #ankestricknaima #yarnstore #arnhem #knitting #wolwinkel #modekwartierarnhem #breien

[marigoldsloft]

Today on the blog I am taljing about my finished Naima which I love! #ankestrick #naima #handmade #winterwoolies #winteriscoming

[brooklyngeneral]

Lichen...a combined force of algae, cyanobacterium, and fungus creating beautiful miniature ecosystems all over the world in all types of environments. (Just like knitters, right?) This lichen is one of my favorite colorways from @lichenandlace Hints of driftwood and beach glass join the many shades of green and green-blue. The color changes are subtle but also strong just like lichen itself. I started this project to test out this new yarn which is coming to BGS in a few weeks! I'm so glad it is a dress so I can soak in these colors for a good long time. 💚* * * * * * * #colorsinnature #brooklyngeneralstore #lichenandlace #lainemagazine #ujodress #ankestrick #lichen #lichenology #summerknitting #merinosingles (at Georgetown, Maine)

[nervoussandwichsheep]

Summer Knitting pattern by ANKESTRiCK #pants

#knit #knitwearpants #pants #summer #summerknitwear #wear

[angieskreativwerkstatt]

𝕀𝕟 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝑫𝒂 𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒉 😂 #biglovecardigan nach @ankestrick 𝑮𝒖𝒕 2 𝑾𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏 🥰 𝑬𝒓 𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒓 𝒘ä𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒉 ☀️ 𝑨𝒖𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒛𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒆𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒓 🤭 𝑭𝒆𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒊 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒈𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒐 😂 #biglove #cardigan #loveit #kuschelstrick #weihnachtsanstrick #weihnachtsanstrick2022 #knits #knitting #knitstagram #knittingforme #strickenmachtglücklich #gestrickt #yellow #strickjacke #gestricktmitliebe💖 #knittersofinstagram #knitter #madebyme #kuschelig #dropsflora #dropswool #wool (hier: Wismar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZlty4opgi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[clara-beauty]

Big Love, pattern by @ankestrick made in Rios by @malabrigoyarn. (Pt) esse estava na minha lista há uns 6 anos. Finalmente feito. Next. (En) this pattern was in my list for 6 years. Now it’s done. Next. #knitting #tricot #trico #knitters #knittersofmontreal #tricoteuses #tricoteiras (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYXa9AXJopi/?utm_medium=tumblr

[knittingcrochetnet]

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