Extra, extra! Delinquent blogger finally posts!

Um, hi everyone. Remember me? I'm so sorry - - bad, bad blogger. I know. It's summer, what can I say? I'm not even that sure what I've been doing, besides living, but nevermind - on to the knitting!

How about that Fall Vogue, eh? I haven't had an issue of Vogue so full of eye-catching projects since, well, since I've been reading Vogue! When it arrived it took me about 30 minutes to flip through, see the Cabled Hooded Pullover (AKA Green Gable on Ravelry), pull 9 skeins of DB Donegal Tweed Chunky off the shelf in Dark Red, and cast on. Voila!

• Project: Green Gable/Cabled Hooded Pullover by Tikru from Vogue Knitting Fall 2008

• Yarn: 9 skeins Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed Chunky in #97, Red

• Needles: 8,0mm (US 11)

• Buttons: Large Nova Buttons by Annie Adams 

This one - this one almost didn't make it. I was left unsupervised last weekend, and ended up taking scissors to this completed sweater. Friends! NEVER DO THAT WITHOUT A CONSULT WITH SOMEONE - EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO CHECK ON RAVELRY FIRST!

Long story short, the sweater was Waaay too long. So, to maintain the pattern of the cabled rib, I had to undo the bottom by an entire cable repeat. Somehow I thought (quite erroneously) that I could rip out my cast on and unravel it up. No. I ended up cutting the whole bottom ribbing off. With scissors.

Scissors are IRREVERSIBLE, friends!

I made a royal frigging mess of this sweater, and the cabled portion on the back? U.G.L.Y. Way messed up. Then I checked Ravelry. I searched the forums for "unravel a sweater from the cast on" and "shortening a sleeve", and I learned. Boy, did I learn. I learned why where I previously had 2 knits in the cable I could now only find one loop to put back on the needle.

Anyway, after much fudging in the area of that back cable, I managed to salvage the sweater. Barely. But guess what?

I LOVE IT!

Comments

[Saralyn]

Cute, and looks really comfy. I really like the buttons you picked.

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

It is beautiful! Good job saving it. I made the mistake of trying to undo a seam in lace with the scissors in a recent FO. The result is still stuffed behind my sofa, waiting for me to get up the courage to take a closer look at the resultant mess.

[Pikku-Kettu]

It looks great on you! Scary about the scissors, glad you solved it. :)

[WiscJennyAnn]

Beautiful! Glad is survived the scissors! Am so gonna go find this pattern...

[Sarah]

Eek! The thought of scissors close to my knitting gives me the heebie jeebies.

Your finished sweater looks fantastic, though, so clearly whatever you did worked! Looks like it'll be a great curl-up-and-get-cozy sweater.

[leslie]

ha... you are BRAVE! it looks fantastic sarah!

[Michelle]

OMG!! That's it! Penny and I are going to buy yarn at lunch!! We've seen this in the mag but didn't like it so much ase we do on you! You should have modeled it for Vogue!!

[Nichole]

Hi from London Heathrow on my longgggggg journey home from the beautiful country of Ireland, where I bought 20 50g balls of Kilcara tweed in guess what- red! and some Kilcara heather in blue- duh!

I love the sweater and am sorry I was not there to provide support during this troublesome time. Looking forward to seeing you and "the girls" as they are so loving referred to. 2 flights down, 2 to go....

cheerios

[Mims]

gorgeous sweater. and i can't believe you took scissors to it! you are much braver than i am.

[kathy b]

IT is adorable. I can see why you love it. New to your blog and loving it!