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THE DOOM SWEATER.

This has been finished (and worn, and washed, and wrinkled...) for about.... *checks ravelry* a month. This is the first time I’ve been “not angry at it” enough to take pictures.

To be clear Split Ends by Nataliya Polyakov is near perfect as far as a top-down, raglan with shaping and cable details goes - and did I mention it’s free? The pattern comes with many size options and is written in such way that adding length or adjusting the shaping should be simple enough for someone that knows what they’re doing. 

Which I do not. At all.

A breakdown of my failures:

After two previous sweaters that both turned out far tighter in fit than I prefer, I decided I knew what I wanted. So I ignored a portion of waist decreases that I ought not have because tight as those sweaters were, I’m still a smaller size than I think I am. 

After two previous sweaters that both turned out too tight and too short in the sleeve - to the point that one is actually a little painful to squeeze my arms into - I decided I knew what I was doing. So I ignored all but like, five sleeve decreases and knit for what felt like an eon. I did rip back past the wrist and re-did the ribbing but the arms are still larger than ideal.

TL;DR

I’ve only knit three sweaters including this one and none of them fit right but at least this one is on the large size so I’m not too self conscious wearing it.