Shalom Cardigan

So I'm sure after my previous sad little story I should give you a story that isn't quite so depressing. The Shalom Cardigan caught my eye as I was cruising around Ravelry. Cute, fast knit, loads of finished examples to look at. What could go wrong? Um, yeah, we are talking about me here. I decided to use 2 strands of Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool instead of the bulky yarn called for. Even with the substitution I decided to not knit a swatch and just cross my fingers. Things were going well. I knit the yoke.
Beautiful.
Armhole?
Beautiful.
Waist shaping?
Beautiful.
Around 10 rows away from the bottom I happened to just pick it up and look at it and my jaw hit the floor.
I KNIT THE ENTIRE BODY AFTER THE YOKE INSIDE OUT.

Horrible picture I know, but it was taken in the heat of the moment. Can you see the yoke in the left hand corner? And all the little purl bumps on the right?
After I took a breath I decided to weigh my options. My choices were to keep on going and just leave the purl bumps out, flip it inside out and have the wrong side of the yoke showing, or rip it all out and knit the body over again. None of these options seemed pleasant. I wanted it the way it was supposed to look and I didn't want to knit it all over again! This left me with one last very scary option.

CUTTING.

I snipped a stitch about an inch below the armhole and carefully unraveled that row. Put it on needles, grabbed a stiff drink, and prepared myself to do a HECK of a lot of kitchenering. But first I had to go stitch by stitch and flip every row of that inch after the armhole and flip them from purls to knits. The whole process of snipping, unraveling, and restitching took about 2 days. Then I decided to add some short sleeves because it hadn't been challenging enough.
Now after all of this drama, the sweater was still way too small. I anticipated this and did it on purpose becuase I had heard that the Silky Wool stretches and grows after blocking. But whether it would be enough or too much I wasnt sure. Crossed my fingers, plunged it into some water, laid it out on the floor and began the waiting game.

AND LOOK!!!!!!!







I love a good happy ending.