Aggh! I just finished knitting something that I thought would be terrific...and it turns out to be a potato sack on me. The printed silk cardigan from the Spring 2008 Interweave Knits is so huge on me, probably because I thought that a size 38" (in the bust) would be roomy and not clingy on me. But I should've made the next size down, a 34". I also didn't consider that the yarn I used, Valley Yarns Southwick, was going to drape a little too well. It feels great, since it's a yummy cotton/bamboo blend. But I simply can't wear it without wrapping it around my front to the shoulder. And that just doesn't look right.
What's particularly frustrating is that I got gauge on stitches, but not on rows. So I did make adjustments accordingly so it would not be too long. But I didn't think it was going to be that huge on me once I put it on.
I will post pictures eventually, but I need to find someone suitable to give it to first, either a friend or my sister-in-law who both have larger chests than I do.
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What a bummer! I lucked out on the shell I knitted for myself; it came out fitting right. I based the size on a shirt I had that had the fit I wanted; that seems to work better for me than using my measurements. I was really worried that it wouldn't come out right, but it did. I checked it several times as I was knitting it to make sure it was staying with the guage and that the width measured up to what I expected. One thing that may have helped was that the fiber I used was cotton blended with man made fibers and didn't have much give. On the other hand, what probably helped the most was that it was called an easy pattern so maybe it was somewhat foolproof :)
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