Today, I wore my new cardigan for the first time. I finished sewing in the buttons just yesterday. I have not even had a chance to photograph it yet. And this happened:
I am so mad!
Maybe this cardigan is jinxed.
I have been using a backpack since I sprained my ankle, at first because of the cane, and then because it balanced the weight. I was pulling the backpack up over my shoulders and the buckle caught on the back of the cardigan. Argh!
This is remarkably similar to another recent sweater disaster, this time to my Acer cardigan:
In this case, I was rushing to an important meeting and trying to juggle a heavy briefcase and a shoulder bag. The sweater got caught on the straps of my bag and I gave it a bit of a tug to free it, and rip! Even worse, I didn’t notice it until after the meeting.
Doug says that the solution is for me to have a besotted young man who wants to carry my books for me. I think this is unlikely.
I am feeling a bit down. Perhaps a glass of wine and The Good Place will help?
I find your blog inspiring about to knit Form inspired by you. Sorry you are having a rough time with your knitting. I managed to knit a sweater up to the arms without noticing a twist. I blame politics and the rain!
Hi Jill. Thanks for commenting. Form is a really great sweater, and once you join the neck, its all pretty easy. I wear mine all of the time. Good luck with it!
How irritating! I hope you can persuade that errant loop back into place.
It’s done. I just had to wait till the next day to calm down. I can see where it was from the reverse side, but the front looks okay.
Boo – what a nuisance. I hope the wine and TGP did indeed help.
I am in Arizona now, visiting my mom and step-dad. I was pretty uptight right before the trip, running around like a crazy person, so I didn’t respond well to my sweater getting a pull on its debut. I am more zen-like now.
Oh no! I hope they’re both fixable. Xx
Well, I’ve fixed the pink one, but the red one will take a bit more concerted effort. For the moment, it is sitting in time out.
How upsetting! Hopefully you are able to fix this, so good luck!
Thank you. It is fixed and I am wearing it today!
Oh, no! I wore a sweater for the first time this week and the cat put a huge snag into it. I’, still pondering how to best fix it. I do hope yours is mended soon and with few tears. 🙂
Oh dear, we are in the same boat. Good luck with the snag. The cat probably thought it was a love tap.
It was just bad luck as the claw on his back foot caught it. I’m still thinking about how to fix it.
Oh no! It is so upsetting when that happens! I hope it can be mended pretty easily. Wishing you good luck in fixing it and having it back to good as new.
Thanks so much. I think I was a bit whiny when I wrote that post. All is good now.