Whenever I say to myself, Self? I'm going to knit this sweater in one day! It's the Evening Shell from Wenlan Chia. I can do it, piece of cake. Simple. Mindless. Fun. Twinkle's new soft Chunky Merino, like 1.5 stitches/inch, on size 19 needles, a sleeveless tank...no problem. As soon as the thought...sweater in one day hits the neural transmitters, my mitochondria start f#$%^&* around with my knitting mojo, baby.
A few issues to start with, as I was taking the yarn out of the box, I was first struck with the thought, "Wow, soft stuff!" then the second thought that flooded my cerebral hemispheres was "Woe, this feels kinda wet!" I jumped on the phone and called Classic Elite. Jim, the owner, told me this wasn't the first he has heard of the strange sensation of wet yarn...but he assured me that the Twinkle people say it's a treatment they put on the yarn in China before exporting. Not sure I believe that, I'm acutely aware of the delinquency of getting yarn out to the shops. It might have been a rush job (not dry) to coincide with the launching of the book. But I'll keep the faith, the yarn is pretty nice...until the first whiff of mildew.
Like my stitch markers? An old bling bling earring I found on the ground in a parking lot and a safety pin. Brilliant notions. SOS Bryson! Anyhow, this tank pattern is written very poorly with many mistakes, so essentially, I'm just staring at the picture of it and winging it. I frogged way too many times, threw it across the room, and cursed it under my foot. I swear, if anyone ever hears me utter these words, "I think I'll knit this sweater in one day. I know I can do it.", you have licence to slap me full across the face or give me the 3 stooges eye poke.
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