I knew this wasn’t going to fit by the time I added the sleeves/legs but I kept on going as I was in the knitting zone and wanted to get the Botanical Yoke Sweater finished in time for Pepper’s Christmas!
Her miniature Schnauzer body isn’t that long!
So I put the live stitches on some scrap yarn, removed the circular needles and tried the sweater on her. The body is about 5-7 inches too long.
I like the looseness of the chest area however, it’s still too large.
After reevaluating and trying to do the math, I’m starting over.
I’m making two changes: knit the next smaller size and shorten the body to Pepper’s measurements. This pattern has some body shaping so I’ll have to finesse that section. Notice I didn’t mess with the sleeves/legs (yet).
Mr. Aitch, Pepper and I hope your Christmas was merry and you had some peaceful as well as joyous moments. Perhaps you found a partridge in your pear tree.
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Actually, the sweater is quite lovely and Pepper is quite adorable. Think of it as a learning experience, take notes so the next one will fly off the needles and pat yourself on the back for fixing it. 🙂
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Thanks. I take good notes anyway so making the planned adjustments should help. I’m already half way through the body before I add the sleeves/legs!
I will make this fit!!
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Could you just stretch Pepper……. or felt-it to size?????
Now you know why I don’t knit………….
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Ummmm…. But you learned how to knit years and years and years and years ago.
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Apparently, it is not like riding a bike!
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Yes it is!
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Partridges are proving hard to come by…
Anything worth doing is worth doing well, as they say – starting over might not have been my choice, but it’s the right thing to do! She looks somewhat embarrassed to be modeling something so large on her, although I think the legs are perfect. Bet she thinks she looks good in red –
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Red is her favorite color.
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What a beautiful dog sweater. So sad you have to redo but hopefully won’t take too long.
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div dir=”ltr”>I loved the pattern even before we got our puppy but didn’t have a dog to knit it for. I kept looking
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