Fix It February
Let's make these projects wearable.
I love my handknits. I’m not particularly precious about them, and I wear and wash them with wild abandon. (While being respectful to care instructions, of course.) However, I will admit that there are some things about my jumpers that could be better.
This February, I’m dedicating some time to actually make good on some of my promises to fix the things that bother me about my finished projects. I’m calling it Fix It February, and it comes with a list.
Here are the projects I’ll be working on ranked in order of most pressing/annoying to least pressing/annoying:
Knitting more length on the sleeves of my Sweater No. 9 Light by My Favorite Things Knitwear. I knit to the length recommended in the pattern and found the sleeves riding up 2.5 to 3 inches from where I’d like them to end. This just requires unpicking and knitting some more rounds.
Finishing the sleeves of my Gotland Lace Yoke Jumper by Wilma Malcolmson. This sounds like it should be straightforward, but I have half a sleeve done and too little yarn to finish it. I could just buy more yarn knowing that it will be a different dye lot and alternate the skeins, but I’m thinking about grafting the bottom of the jumper to remove a few inches of body to shorten it. I have never done this before, but the length of the jumper is bugging me (a woman who wears ribcage-rise jeans) so this could kill two birds with one stone.
Graft the bottom of my Whinfell Jumper by Jennifer Steingass. This is another jumper that I suspect I would wear more if it were shorter. It has waist shaping, so I need to have a think about where the graft should be.
Try to rescue my Aosta Jumper (3.0) by The Knit Purl Girl. I possibly shrunk a much-loved jumper (in a really useful, neutral color!), so I am going to attempt to do a little rehab on it. I’m going to give it a conditioner bath to relax the fibers and then see if I can reblock it so that at least the sleeves are longer. If that fails, I do have an extra ball of Drops Air, so I could try to unpick and knit more length onto the cuffs and bottom hem.
Sew a back bow onto my 006 Striped Tank Top by Chloe Thurlowe. This was one of the first things I completed when I got seriously into knitting again. While there are some things I would choose to do differently with four years of knitting experience under my belt, I actually like this tank and think it’s really cute. The only problem is that it’s incredibly low in the back and slides off of my shoulders. I don’t think there’s much I can do about that low back at this point (I’ve destashed the leftover yarn), but I do have a piece of ribbon that I plan to sew to either side of the shoulders to keep it on. That’s it. Just sewing a ribbon I have had for month on and yet still haven’t done. 🤦🏼♀️
At this point, I think that’s it, but you never know what’s lurking in the back of my closet so expect updates throughout the month!