Sweater Surgery
Inspired by my friend Ellen, I decided to try my hands on some fair isle knitting in the beginning of this year. I did a slightly modified version of Drops Garnstudio's Merry Cassandra in Drops Lima yarn with the colour work done in Drops Merino Extra Fine. For more details, please check out my project in Ravelry. One of the modifications I did was to move the band of colour work from the hip to the upper waist. Or so I thought. But knitting bottom-up can sometimes result in surprising results, and the beautiful waist band ended up across my stomach with not very flattering results. I also didn't like the flared neck. That was easy enough to change, so I did. But the waist band was there to stay, or so I thought. Until I watched Episode 33 of Fruity Knitting , where Andrea cuts and grafts her daughter's sweater to correct a mistake (starting around 11:00 in the video). She goes through the process step by step in a very clear way, and manages to make it seem less s...