So you know that Kyoto sweater I was going to make? Well, after doing a swatch (like a grown up!) I saw that my stitches were too tight. So I went up a needle size and did another swatch. Still too tight, however I wasn't going to go up yet again and deal with a "breezy" sweater. So what did I do? I did The Maths.

I needed five stitches per inch, I was getting six. So I multiplied and divided and made notes and did Maths.

Did I tell you this was the one class I got consistent Ds and Fs in? No?

I did the back of the sweater. I did the two parts of the front. By the second front part I was feeling nervous. I reknit them, as they seemed short. I told myself that blocking would make the stretched out looking rows spring into shape and they would Be Okay. 

Then I started the sleeve. "Whoo hoo!" I thought, "Like, so halfway there!"

Not to be. After going through almost one whole skein of yarn and only having about 8 inches of sleeve to show for it, I thought to myself, "No way this is going to work, I'm going to run out of yarn. And this sleeve seems kind of big."

Big? BIG?! Motherfucker is 20" across. I mean, I know the sleeves are big in the pattern, but dude. It was no longer a sleeve. It was a pant leg.

Turns out the correct size should have been 17" across. May not seem like a huge difference, but tell that to my rapidly diminishing yarn supply.

So I ripped. And ripped. And ripped. I ripped that whole damn sweater. And it felt good.

Today I will re-print the pattern. Like I should have done the first time, I am going to highlight the instructions that pertain to the size I'm going to make. I am going to follow the directions stitch by stitch, row by row. None of this fancy Maths stuff this time. And I'm even going to make the pieces in the right order.

This sweater will live again!