Back to the Start
I frogged my Bayside this weekend. Even as I was rushing to finish it for the end of Nerd Wars yesterday I was liking it less and less. A bunch of little things seemed to be getting worse, and I just wanted to start fresh and get the sweater I wanted.
I had bound off the body and started working on the sleeves when I saw how dark my third ball as in comparison to the first. So that was an additional issue, since the first two balls while not as drastic, also didn’t match. Previously I’d mentioned that I had added decreases to the back to get a better shape and fit. While it was less boxy it still didn’t really fit right.
Looking at the sweater I also wasn’t pleased at the way the colors were going. It was quickly becoming a project I finished for the sake of it being finished and having very little to do with having a sweater I wanted to wear. After pouring myself a cocktail, I pulled out my winder and with some cranking frogged the entire sweater.
To keep from never making this sweater again, I actually cast on the sweater on Sunday. I am also alternating skeins every two rows right now to see if we can tone down the extreme changes in the yarn. Now I’m just hoping I can keep track of which skein is which when I need to switch over. So far so good and I have a plan going forward which should help.
While frogging an entire sweater so close to the end seemed a bit dramatic, I wanted a sweater that I would love. I had a great pattern and great yarn. It was clear that I just needed to make everything else work. So begins my work on a Bayside sweater once again.