Thank you all for your encouragement and suggestions. They helped prevent me from doing the irrational. You know throwing the sweater into a dark corner of my icky basement, tossing it into the garbage, or setting it a blaze. I did try to save it, really I did. Tuesday I had a extremely loooooong dentist appointment. Afterwards I stopped by Silver brook farms to see if I could find some complimenting yarn to finish off the collar and button band. I found some Crystal Palace Meringue in color 0603 (brown) 40% Merino, 40% Acrylic 20% Elastic Nylon which I thought *might* work but it was a long shot. I had a feeling it would just look horribly stupid and would end up on the fug list. I can't even show my face it looks so incredibly stupid.
clicky to embiggen Notice the Christmas tree? See how its like 2 feet taller than me and freaking huge? Why is has this tree been up since last Christmas? well... I had asked Michael in January to take the tree down, then I asked him again in February, then in March I threatened to decorated it for Easter. When that didn't work I covered his room with stick-it notes "take down the damn tree". April, May, and June passed. The tree was still standing in the dinning room. I contemplated decorating the tree for Christmas in July. July, August and now September. Really, what is the point taking down this monster now? When Christmas is 3 months away? My plan for next year: In January I plan on trying to take down the tree in his presence screaming and swearing all the way. (Which is how I get him to do something I don't want to do. i.e. Installing the drivers for my printer on my computer. hehee.) Slowly but surely, I'm becoming my Mother. My parents have left their tree up till April one year.
Back to the sweater, by Wednesday night, I was ready to admit that the cardi must die. This other yarn wasn't going to work. See how stupidly obvious it looked? Might have worked if it was more like the other yarn, or I didn't have so much more of the collar to knit. How about how BIG the sweater is? Yeah, I though, I don't know why I thought I should knit it to fit a 40" bust! Never mind my bust is 32"! Yeah 8 extra inches for extra layers! Yeah! That makes sense. Dope.
Once I admitted this, even said it out loud, ate a bit more chocolate, the cadi met its fate, look only if your brave
going going
going GONE! I was to mad to cry, I am more frustrated with myself. I told my (now blogless, get your blog BACK GIRL) friend and neighbor MandaJ that I was going to tear my sweater out. She asked me "what the hell are you going to do with it?" I said "knit a smaller sweater." Yeah, Once I don't feel a deep hatred to this yarn and feel like flinging it into a open fire to watch it melt. Is when I'll knit that smaller sweater.
it won't kill you, really. now do it.
2007- 7 pairs so far! 
Comments
:( You'll be glad you did it...once the initial heartache wears off. ;) Just put the yarn away at the bottom of your stash and one day you'll "find" it again, for the *perfect* project!
Posted by: Nonnahs | 09/21/2006
I bought some beautiful yarn last year right after Christmas with a Gift Cert. my Dad gave me. I made what I thought was a beautiful cardigan; put it on and HATED it. I frogged it and the gorgeous yarn sits in my stash waiting for me to get over the disappointment and knit it into a sweater worthy of it. It happens to us all. I know I'll eventually knit up that yarn, but for now I'm okay with it in the stash.
Posted by: Julie | 09/21/2006
I'd be crying for you - if I weren't laughing so hard! Why on earth did you knit a sweater in a 40 bust? If you make the right size, you'll probably have enough yarn - right?
There is a bag of motorcycle gear in our living room, which Bob was supposed to unpack in July. It'll probably be there until June, 2007, when we go to England...........do they just not see these things?
Posted by: christine | 09/21/2006
That is frustrating - but probably not any more frustrating than having knitted a sweater that doesn't fit you! You'll find a use for that yarn one of these days!
Posted by: Zarah | 09/21/2006
Sigh! I feel for you. But yeah, that brown yarn at the top really didn't do the job. Too bad. Away to the bottom of the stash until you two have spent enough time apart;-)
Posted by: Julia | 09/21/2006
Sorry that you couldn't find a nice contrasting yarn. Since the sweater was so big on you anyway this might have been the right choice.
Posted by: Jeanette | 09/21/2006
So sad :(
But better to have a sweater you will wear and enjoy. At least that is what other people tell me when this happens to me.
Posted by: Erin | 09/21/2006
What a bummer!
Posted by: Kelly | 09/21/2006
:-( *hugs Amanda*
Posted by: Diane | 09/21/2006
Oh that sucks! You were knitting a 40?!? I think if you try again...it will look great.
Posted by: Julie | 09/21/2006
Well, it was a wee bit too big. Let it marinate in your stash till next year maybe...you'll find a good use for it. It is very pretty yarn!
Posted by: Suzanne | 09/22/2006
You'll feel better soon! It's always better to frog something that didn't work out because you won't wear it anyway, so by frogging you get the chance to make it better. So, if you look at it from this angle, frogging isn't the end, but a new start.
Posted by: Dorothee | 09/22/2006
That is heartbreaking! You are a very stong woman to be able to frog that sweater. I admire you...
Posted by: Kara | 09/22/2006
i love the hiding your face in shame photos!
i think it's the best plan ... rip it out! it's too big anyways ... we both know you don't need all that "ease".
and maybe *hide* the yarn for a little bit, you might need to spend some time away from it?
my tree usually goes up right after thanksgiving, and comes down sometimes after the first week or so of january, or, sooner if i need the space it's occupying.
Posted by: gray la gran | 09/22/2006
Well......everyone will probably think you are ahead of the game with the Christmas tree..LOl Just go ahead and decorate it. Maybe you should start buying Christmas presents under the tree and see what he says.
Posted by: Rebecca | 09/23/2006
I just had a similar thing happen to me last month (only mine was too small when it was done). I pulled it apart and started knitting it again right away. I think it eases the pain to make progress on the darned thing! So my two cents is to get right back up on that knitting horse!
With me, the reknit took longer than the original because I had to make it bigger. With you, it will go faster! Good luck!
Posted by: Cynthia | 09/24/2006
Hey, in my own defense, that tree was up until April because I bought it the day After Christmas. I took down the "old tree" and put up the new one. Besides it looked pretty with Valenties, Shamrocks and would have looked good with Easter Eggs but I got tired of listening to everyone complain. No one understands unique people.
Posted by: Jane | 09/24/2006
Die cardi DIE!!!! LOL. YESSSSSS I know I need a blog again. Soon young one......soon LOL.
Posted by: MandaJ | 09/24/2006
Oh, I'm so sorry about the cardi! But those pictures of you, including the one of you holding up the last piece of yarn, are just hilarious. I'm sitting here laughing, then remembering how sad I'm supposed to be about this. Oh, well, you made it funny!
Posted by: Olga | 09/24/2006
I feel your frogging pain! I recently had to frog a sweater cause I was too stupid to do a gauge swatch :(
Posted by: Kim | 09/29/2006
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