Sweater makeover

Hello again! Gorgeous and sunshiney here today and I am... not going outside to enjoy it. I mean, I probably will, but I'm more than usually preoccupied with this sweater. Remember her?

 

The super pretty yoke sweater that broke the nerve running down my right arm while I was knitting her? 

I wore this thing a ton in the few weeks of cold weather we still had after I finally finished, and it shows:

Don't ask me now the name of this yarn but it's one of those super underspun and luxuriously soft 100% wool options, so underpriced for what it is you should know there's going to be a problem. See above: Underspun.  And oh, the pilling!!

All that work and it looks like a sloppy sweatshirt already. In fact, it is sloppy. 

What is that, a 46-inch bust? A tad more generous than I require. Plus, the length. If you remember this sweater, you remember I accidentally knit it so long I had to hem it rather than rip back from 'finished' to under the yoke. Like, by this much:

Yep, that's three and a half inches there extra. If I unpick that hem, I'll have a mini dress. Which is not a practical wardrobe item in heavy underspun wool.

It does however complete the ingredients needed to knit something and then felt it.  

I'm not committing to that just yet. I mean, right now, I can wear this sweater. If I felt it in the washer, I might need to pass it down to a neighbourhood child. Or maybe it will turn so dense and stiff I'll have to use it as a wall hanging or carpet. I'm just quietly debating whether to felt it gently by hand in a sink full of warm, soapy water.  

Got any thoughts about this? Because I can tell looking at her, this sweater doesn't trust me not to mess up.

 

Oh, and...

 

The Halloween socks are done, except for the grafting! 

That's me you hear, squealing with delight over having finished a pair of socks this quickly again. 

... and now, quietly squeaking in panic. I really need to get on the ball (ha - geddit?) about my next knitting project, now that it's dark early enough to curl up and binge watch films and other stories before bedtime.

 

Hope you have a great weekend and as always, thanks for coming to spend this time with me! See you next Saturday.