{"id":491,"date":"2009-10-14T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T03:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=491"},"modified":"2009-10-14T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T03:24:33","slug":"reduce-reuse-resweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2009\/10\/14\/reduce-reuse-resweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce, Reuse, ReSweater"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of years ago I knit my first “real” sweater. I agonized over what pattern to choose and then I agonized over what yarn to buy. A sweater is such a big commitment of time and money! Well, I didn’t make the right choice with the pattern. It’s a pieced sweater, and I couldn’t try it on until it was all finished and sewn together. If I knew then what I know now, I could have done a better job of measuring and altering, but the fact is it just never fit right. It sat in my drawer and I felt guilty about hardly ever wearing it. The other problem was it wasn’t very practical. It was a wrap-around cardigan with a very deep V neck, and while it was very warm around my hips with double layers in front, it left my neck out in the cold. But I love the yarn. I wanted it back.<\/p>\n

\"ReSweater_Raveled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So I unraveled it. (First I had to un-sew it.) The first section I unraveled got tangled into a terrible mess but I worked through that and was more careful later – First I wrapped the yarn into long hanks, which I gently dipped in water to clean and de-ramen-noodle-ize them… Once they were dry I wrapped them into balls.<\/p>\n

\"ReSweater_Begun\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The re-knitting is well underway. I’m starting in on the second ball and I’m SO EXCITED about this project! People wince in horror when I talk about it but I am seriously having a good time. I learned a lot from knitting that sweater, and its second life is going to be awesome. I’m knitting a bottom-up raglan cardigan, keeping my trusty copy of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitting Workshop handy. If I have enough yarn it will have a hood. I’m hopeful that it will become my super-practical, wear-every-day sweater.<\/p>\n

Well, I have to run – I have knitting to do before the weather gets any colder!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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