Fail, or Not.

And sometimes, even with the best of intentions . . . shit fails.  Yup, even if it was intended to be a lounge sweater.

(Sorry for the shittyesque Instagram photo, it is funny though)

So, I finished my pink--yes, pink I know!--sweater.  I knitted it from Debbie Stoller's Bamboo Ewe, a luscious soft wool and bamboo mix.  Eco too, especially since it is hand wash.  

Well . . . the problem with knitting is that sometimes it just doesn't fit.  The shoulders and chest were too large, and if I would have shrunk the neckline two inches--on each side--to make the stupid thing stay up well I would have been sporting a muffin top.  Boo.  

Upside, I posted this in Facebook, and in less than five minutes a friend, with a larger chest and desires to wear it off the shoulder for Yoga, offered to buy it.  Well, she said she liked it, I asked if she wanted it, she insisted on a price.  I told her to cover the cost of my yarn, since--well--that makes it a positive loss.  For the record, I got the yarn on sale and used an educator discount . . .  

The pattern is from Debbie Stoller's Stitch N Bitch, which you really don't need the pattern but the book is stinking fun.  Notice, no flower on mine . . . as the pattern is "Flower Power Sweater."  Yea, I don't do those.

Here's a pic of her in it, from the book cover and the one used in the book . . . Yea, it was a fail for me, oh well.  Upside, my cardigan is coming along nicely, for which I am fitting as I go.  Damned thing is sock weight yarn, so it is taking forever.

And for your viewing pleasure, a couple more shots before I mail it away.  I had planned on wearing it with a tank underneath .  . .but I think that friend that scooped it up with look better in it than me.  

And the cardi . .  .the yarn was a gift all 12+ skeins.  I think there is 12 or 14 . . . It is a funky, cool shade of purple!