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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

In reverse

It was time. Liesl, the little lacey cardigan that served me well for so long, has retired. It was getting shapeless, stretched out, and scruffy; a cardigan for wearing around the house only, these days. The yarn itself looked okay, so I decided to reclaim it for a future knit. A bit sad to say goodbye, but I'm glad I can recycle the yarn into something new!

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Things I learned while unraveling a well-worn, completed sweater

I am better at weaving in ends than I thought.
This yarn has terrible yardage, or maybe it was just full of knots, or both - I don't remember what I was thinking when I knit it, but there were some surprisingly short lengths of yarn in there that I'll probably have to discard when I knit it up again. I may be getting more impatient with yarn faults as I age...

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I can't remember why I decided to sew the buttons on backwards, now that I can see their fronts again. A handful of reclaimed buttons is inspiring.

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Good bye Liesl. See the cardigan in its former glory, back in 2008.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 October 2011 at 14:57

    The yarn really does still look great. Too bad about unraveling, as the original pictures show a really fabulous knit :)

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  2. pinkundine12 October 2011 at 15:10

    I'm glad you get to reuse the yarn, and rediscover the buttons :) Very sensible plan for a tired knit (you know, it never occurred to me that it was possible to do this - how silly!)

    Beautiful colour, so it's good that it will be reborn

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  3. Delusional Knitter17 October 2011 at 12:25

    So what is it going to be now?!?!

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  4. Emma (GirlAnachronismE)22 October 2011 at 01:12

    I could never bear to do that... So much effort to just rip it all out. But then I'm sentimental about my clothes, and I hope you find a good use for the yarn

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