By George...

I think she's got it!!!

I posted about this beautiful sweater pattern a long, long time ago.

(See here.)

But I never could get the sizing right, so I took a break.

Then the other day I started it up again.  My last attempt

has apparently not been so bad, because I decided it

was actually about the right size.  In the picture,

you can see my swatch that wasn't really

very helpful, one of my more sizable attempts

that isn't long enough, and the most

recent is wrapped around the 

crochet thread ball.

I think I can rework the larger of my attempts

into a nice scarf.  So that makes me happy.

I feel that all that hard work was not for

naught!!!

Mostly, I am very happy to crochet

merrily away on the sweater so I

can actually get to wear it some day.

Have any of you been working on a

project that you just can't quite get

to work?  

I'd LOVE to hear your story!

Leave it in the comments!!!

Glutton for Punishment

Friends, you would think after taking 2-3 years

to make 1 sweater, I would not be quick to

start another.  But...

I found this beautiful burgundy thread.

 Somewhere in between these pictures is the

beautiful color.  I wish my camera were

more true to real life.

And I have another beautiful Kay Meadors' pattern to use with it.

So...

I feel compelled to begin again.

As a matter of fact, I've already started.

But I ran into a glitch.

I made the small and it is TOO big for me.

And there is no extra small.

So...

I have to figure out the counts for extra small.

At 1st I was wondering how I could ever do this,

but I've discovered a pattern in the size-growth.

So I will soon be ripping out what I have

and trying again with the new count.