knits, notes, etc.

Remember this? It was going to be a modified version of Glampyre's minisweater? I was actually pretty excited about starting it and, well, finishing it. And this time, (because I've started this many times before, in many different fibers), I almost, ALMOST, finished it.

Really, I had a lot of ideas for modifications: Overlapping fronts, clasped at the sides (inner and outer). Longer flaring skirt (I don't normally wear cropped tops). Elbow-length sleeves (for the cool SF evenings)... I kept waffling between knitting this simply as written, well to match the modified one, or going ahead and adding the mods I wanted... Here, a picture taken on Friday, you can see it's at the point where I would start the bottom garter rows. (I was THAT close!)

So, of course, I decide to go ahead and just make it longer... I would need to add more increases to the front. Then, I thought, "Gosh, I should have just started the front increases sooner." Naturally, I start to unravel it... Once I get to that point, I have the bright idea that I want to make the collar more of a v-neck, as well, instead of the tab... And well, you guessed it, the unraveling doesn't stop. Phrak.

Do I have regrets? Some. haha I mean, I could be walking around in my new "jacket" right now--Which would be the height of awesome, since I don't actually have a jacket at the moment! (Just alot of sweatshirts and cardigans too thick for summer in the south bay.)

But, ultimately, every frogged project just returns to the pool of potentially awesomer projects! Right?--YEAH! In fact, I've started something else with it, already. Something simple and quick. (Where have I heard that before?---hush!)

And, you know what? I found some other yarns (three skeins of Rowan Summer Tweed I've had for years) in my stash that would be perfect for a simple modified minisweater as written.