They say that when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade. Well, I’ve decided to apply that to knitting… When knitting hands you a failed sweater, make a pillow! Ok, I know that doesn’t sound quite as catchy but it works. Don’t just throw your failed projects away, or let them sit in a bin as if you’ll ever go back and fix them. You won’t. My Aidez sweater I was knitting for our knit-along turned into an epic fail on my part. I don’t really know where my brain was when knitting but it had a multitude of errors not limited to:
- a wrong way crossing cable on the back
- Being off 5+ stitches between the two sleeves
- topped off by making two left fronts instead of one left and one right
From there I just couldn’t recover so I frogged a bit to square off the pieces and made a pillow!
It’s still not without errors, but truth be told – I might get more use out of this pillow than the sweater!
I am, on the other hand, very happy with the yarn choice. I used Plymouth Select Worsted Merino Superwash and it knit up nicer than I expected it to, quite frankly. I have plenty left over for our next Knit-along project!
That is SUCH a good idea. So many half-finished sweaters I have laying around that I can’t bear to frog but will never become what they were meant to be! Lovely pillow!
Gasp! I ADORE this!
If only my failures looked like this! :)
btw, Have you heard of pregnancy brain? I’d go with that for an excuse…
I love this! I’m in the process of knitting my first sweater and now I know that if things go awry there’s a wonderful alternative :-)
Nice lemonade!! I read your first comment and smiled, then once I got down to the picture, I gasped! LOVE the pillow! Great idea and great job! I wouldn’t consider this a failure AT ALL!!!
Not a fail at all! Turned into a lovely home decor. You should see my failed ones….at one point I never liked checking gauge :-))