Unraveled and Resurrected Anew

I can't believe I didn't record the unraveling of a sweater which consisted of yarn I adored. I had to give up on the wear-ability of the sweater, but it dawned on me (duh!) that I could unravel the sweater and reuse the yarn.

The sweater was purchased at Garnet Hill and exorbitantly expensive, even at half price. It's claim was hand painted, hand spun yarn. After machine washing, the arm holes became tight and I hadn't worn it in years. So.... I unraveled it, which was quite a chore since it had matted and "grown" together.

Now I'm excited about making it into a capelet (yet another one) of my own design. It's to be an all over ribbed pattern, funnel neck, and shoulders that grow out from the center rather than raglan style. In other words, it will mimic, but not duplicate, the Shadow Dance Capelet I made in the brioche pattern some years back. It should be much easier. I'm keeping track of how it's done so I can repeat it. People have asked me to help them make the Shadow Dance capelet and I always have to disappoint them by telling them it is deceptively difficult. Which it WAS! Now I can help them make a simpler style, once I fine tune this one.