OK, I know about some of the things that bring back luck to knitters, but what about beginning a sweater for one person, then giving it to another? And does it matter if the people in question are babies? I began a very cute sweater from Kim Hargreaves' Pipsqueaks a long time ago for a certain someone who was still in utero.
I realized quickly that it was going to be way too big. Yes, they always grow into them, but I wanted to see the kid in the thing before I (forget the kid) got old. So I knit a different very nice sweater in a very nice yarn from the same book and gave it to the child in a timely fashion. This dear little one wore the sweater in good health and is now too big to fit into the original sweater.
May I now finish the sweater and give it to Ellie? Knitters, astrologers, soothsayers, what say ye?
It seems such a waste for such a beautiful start to a sweater to NOT give it to someone - anyone! I had the same situation, I started a baby sweater and it came out way too big! Rather than rip back, I just set it aside to hopefully finish later.
Posted by: nancy | October 24, 2006 at 09:48 AM
Thanks, Monica!! I feel better already. :-)
Posted by: Mary | October 23, 2006 at 12:41 PM
You can definitely give it to Ellie!
Posted by: monica | October 23, 2006 at 10:18 AM