It's not perfect or even lovely but for me it's still an accomplishment.
I had been speaking to a friend about how intimidated I was about making a sweater without a pattern. She said something like, "Well, you know how to remedy that, just do it." and I did without a lot of forethought.
My initial idea was to have a more "painterly" blending of colors like the yarn used for the circus tent hat.
There just wasn't enough blending of colors in the yarn to give the effect I wanted. I am learning that the more complex colors are, even if they appear solid gives a richness and dimension that I'll strive for in the future. Pictured is the yarn I used for the sweater although adequate doesn't really have qualities.
When the sweater was still unfinished, I had a lot of doubts about continuing. There was the disappointment with the lack of color complexity and my very unplanned approach to the pattern. The body was narrow. Maybe ideal for a fitted sweater with set in sleeves but not so desirable for drop shoulder sleeves. I had to use drop shouldered sleeves because my skill was not up to figuring out how to steek fitted sleeves. Is it possible? I think it is. I had to keep the color changes in the yarn halfway consistent. To try to remedy the narrowness of the body, I made the sleeves larger. It made me nervous. In the end, it worked out okay.
In progress, it looked very serape-like and I thought it might be better to rip it out and make a shawl or a blanket. I'm glad I didn't though.
I have more to show you but not the time right now to do it.
I'm doing a 3 day juice fast and having a hard time staying focused.
