Mar 22 2007
You Gotta Know …
You gotta know when to hold ‘em…
You gotta know when to fold ‘em…
You gotta know when to rip the neckband and do it over again…
The hook-and-eye closures stretched out the neckline and made it look like romaine lettuce.
…So, a completely finished Glee to come very soon…
Just need to do some tweaking.
(and I will share details in that post!)
Beautiful! Glee is on my list of to-do’s. Looks like a wonderful spring top.
It’s just yarn right? And - you get the joy of knitting it again - that’s pretty cool. I always say “as long as I learned something…” Can’t wait to see the redo!
You’ll figure it out. Love the color!!
Oh but I like it already!!
It even looks great open like that. I am loving the color–can’t wait to see how you finish it.
It’s always best to listen to the voice in your head when you’re knitting something and it doesn’t look right to you. I know you’ll make it fabulous in the end!
Love the color! can we extend blue month…indefinitely?
I was going to say Bibb lettuce, but whatever…
(it is beautiful - you look great in those form fitting knits!)
OHH love that color! It will be great once you adjust the neck line…
Good choice. Way worse than ripping is a finished sweater you don’t think is quite right.
It looks fabulous already!
Gorgeous color! I’m sure you’ll work out the neckline.
I love the colour and it looks great on you. How did you like knitting with that yarn? Silky wool right? I have a bunch of it sitting around, waiting to be knit up…not sure wot just yet. I do like the pattern by the Zephyr gals though.
In all my life, I never imagined Kenny Rogers knitting until this moment!
But seriously, the top looks very nice as is, with the tank-top layered action going on…..
Whee! How exciting, you’re so close!! Good idea to do the extra little bit of work so you can be thrilled to bits rather than lukewarm about the finished delight!
Excellent choice. Soon it will be better, you will love it more, and wear it all the time.
It looks great on you other than the neckband.
The color is really beautiful.
It may be a pain, but think how much happier you’ll be when it’s not ruffly anymore!
Good luck on your fixing..it looks really cute otherwise!
The color is SO PRETTY on you, can’t wait to see it de-lettuced!
Oh, now I’m going to have that song in my head all night!
The color is gorgeous on you. It’s is going to be wonderful after your tweeking.
Think of it as a softly contoured outline… y’know, a curved silhouette.
I agree…that is definitely your color…so pretty on you! Hang in there and I hope you can figure out the neckline soon!
Gorgeous colour! Doesn’t look like it will be too onerous to fix!
I have Glee on needles now. Am going to alter design and close the front HIGHER. I don’t want to mess with hook/eye closures and in summer heat, don’t want a top that locks me into wearing an “under-top.” Your blue is great on you!
It’s your blue, my dear! Lovely on a lovely lady! XXOO
that blue is so pretty on you. i hate ripping and re-knitting, but sometimes it has to be done. i think it looks pretty open like that. i would wear it without the hook and eyes!
looking forward to seeing how you fix it… i am sure it will look fantastic!
and let me echo the other comments and say that this blue is so, so pretty on you.
Wow - that blue looks smashing on you! Totally worth whatever futzing you have to do with the neckline.
I wish I didn’t agree with you, but I do………
You’ve just convinced me to put this pattern on my must-knit list… even with the neckband snafu it looks fabulous!
Ditto…blue is definitely a flattering color for you, especially this beautiful shade of blue that you used for Glee. Now I want to knit one up. Congratulations!
I actually think it’d be cute with ruffly neckband
And I agree with everyone, the colour looks fabulous on you!
Ooooo… Can’t wait to see the finished product. Lurve the color!
AWESOME!!!!!
it & you look great!!
Too bad. It’s such a pretty knit and I’m very sure you will get it just right for you.
You’ll figure it out. Otheriwse, it fits wonderfully and the color is great!
But it’s such a pretty sweater otherwise and suits you well:) Necklines can be quite annoying at times, or at least to me they are - such a small thing but makes all the difference…
That color is so fantastic on you!!! It sucks that the neckline didn’t work out. Though you aren’t the first person I’ve heard comment that about this pattern.
That is *such* a good colour on you!
It will be so pretty! You’ll get it to work. Otherwise, the fit is great! The blue is such a nice color.
Ooooh, ooh, look at the pretty!!! yeah for you. Can’t wait to see the tweaked version!
BTW, you are look FAB my friend, just FAB!
that is such a wonderful color for you! It looks pretty great so far.
I can’t wait to hear all about it - the color looks fab on you!
Maybe you could sew some reinforcement on the back of the edging and then attach the hooks to it. I think that it would help the top hold it’s shape. The color and fit are both beautiful. I think that you are looking wonderful!
Oh that really is a pretty color on you. One thing I learned while making button bands for my kids’ sweaters: When you pick up the stitches to knit, pick up 3 and then skip one. Do this the whole way up and the band will be flat. I’m sure you know this by now but I thought I would throw my 2cents in.
Yes…although painful it’s what’s right (althought it does look a bit flirty as is!!)
Cheers from China!
(Minus the romaine lettuce neckline) it looks great on you! And such a pretty color!
beautiful! those are great mods…and it looks great on you! i am jealous of all the knitty fun you got down there in DC!
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