It's such a pretty jacket for being so awful to knit. Most of you who have come to the shop while I was working on it or talking about it will know it better as the F#^*$ing Jacket. And I think it has really earned the title as the Jacket from Hell as well.
It all started with me being asked to be a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding in Toronto last year. I thought it would be nice to have a lacy jacket to wear over the strapless dress in case it was chilly. Found the pattern in Vogue Knitting and off I went. There were some false starts...but I had left myself plenty of time I thought to figure this out. WRONG. Some errata helped with some of the issues. Managed to get the body done in time but I was furiously knitting the sleeves on the airplane ride to Toronto. Then...I was stuck! Could not figure out why the pattern wasn't working. I have restarted the sleeves more times than I would like to admit. Many glasses of wine have helped when tearing it out. Figured out how to knit the sleeves over a year later as I couldn't face it for quite some time and cast them off in early November. I thought my days of struggling with this jacket were behind me.
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| Me trying to piece the jacket together |
NOPE! Who knew that piecing it together would be as difficult as knitting it. Yup...it was difficult right to the bitter end. But now I have a lovely sparkly pink jacket that I have sworn at so many times if I had a swear jar I was putting money into I could of at least enjoyed wearing it somewhere warm...like the Bahamas!
Oh Ellie!!! That F#^*$ing Jacket from Hell turned out lovely tho!! Congrats to having beat that challenge and for having perservered.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Ellie! I remember the saga. Good for you for persevering. It *builds character*, right?
ReplyDeleteLOL - that pic of you! I think we've all had a project like that. Good for you for persevering and not letting it beat you! (Looks beautiful, too)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I figured there would be some people who could relate! And that's a good way to look at it Stacey - character building. We will go with that :)
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