The Elly Sweater by Rowan

The Elly Sweater

I was taken by the Elly sweater.  It looked so sweet I had to do it.

The first error was using a cheap yarn.....not that inexpensive yarn is always bad but this was a bad choice.    Blocking did not help the curling of the edge pieces.  The crocheted border did.

The crocheted border.....oh......that crocheted border....I did the first two rounds of it twice before it hit me that I should be using British terms instead of American terms.   That bugaboo surmounted, I did the first two rounds two more times before I was satisfied.   I played with the last two rounds of the border a bit before I was happy with the look of the piece.

Because I could, I knit the flower accent before I did the border because I could.   When it came time to put the flower on, I could not find it.   Not in the knitting bag, not with the project pieces, not on the table where I had been putting odds and ends.   It came to me that I had thrown it away.   I knit it again.

The lesson learned here?   Don't use yarn that doesn't have good "spring" for sweaters.  I did not like the experience with this sweater any better than I liked previous adventures of this sort.   Most of all, I learned to MAKE SURE I am not tossing out something I need.

Here is a close up of the flower accent:
  

Would I knit this pattern again?   Maybe....with a different yarn.....and not very soon.

Will I use Bernat Baby Softee again?   Not likely.   The yarn did not have any "spring" to it and it was splitty.    The pink color is soft and pretty...the pictures don't do it justice.   I learned a lot while I did this....and won't forget those lessons soon.