The Knitting Gods Are Not Amused

Have you ever fallen in love with a pattern by one company and a yarn by another?  Think they'll work great together?  Well, here is my story......

I've been looking for a project to use Berroco Maya, a lovely yarn that is a blend of Pima Cotton and Alpaca.  I'm also in love with the "Sunny Tee" pattern from Knit One Crochet Too, which calls for Nautika yarn, which is Microfiber and Nylon.  I've seen both yarns knitted and love them both.  Both recommend a size 8 needle. Great, this should work.

So, I started the back of Sunny Tee with the Maya.  I finished it fairly quickly with no problems.  It's a two piece, basic summer top with simple yarn overs and increases and decreases.

 I should be done in no time, right!  Well apparently the Knitting Gods were not amused. Keep in mind, this pattern is knit identically back and front until the scoop neck for the front.  I did the increases and decreases, had stitches on the holder for the front neck, get up to where I should be ready to stitch the first shoulder, and behold!  Three stitches short on the right shoulder.  (I missed the last increase at the beginning of a row.)  Okay, frog it back, add the stitches, re-knit.  Three needle bind-off on left shoulder.  Oh wait it should have been the actual left shoulder, not the one on my left......Take out, bind-off the correct shoulder.  Pick up stitches for neck edge, wait there's an extra live stitch on the front.  Adjust and pick up one less.  Knit neck edge.  Knit armhole edges.  Mattress stitch first side.  Now, other shoulder seam.  Wait, why am I missing two inches of neck edging and why does the front have a weird section of yarn hanging?  Somehow, my ends undid themselves and unraveled.  So, frog back to original neck decreases, re-knit to shoulder again.

Time to knit neck edge again.  Exact number of live stitches on front(?????) Knit, start to bind-off, run out of yarn six stitches from end.  Deep breath, do not throw project out of car window on DC Beltway.  Try again, this time success.

Four days later, bind-off second shoulder.  Pack project and yarn to take to work to finish.  Arrive at work, no project.  Must be on the table at home.  Come home to find, that no, it fell out of the bag on the way to the car.  Fortunately, dogs did not eat it.  Ignore project again for two days, put in bag to take on Friday.  Arrive at shop, pull out sweater, no ball of yarn to finish it in bag.

Finished project. It knit up beautifully in the Maya.



I like the top so much, I'm making another.  But to appease the Knitting Gods, I'm using Nautika on this one.....