not long enough and whats with the middle?

Weekend pullover done - not
Originally uploaded by SeymoreMonkey

So why do I hate this? It seems a bit short in the body considering its width. Also, the ribbing doesn't seem quite right. I know its not supposed to be a fitted sweater but this is a bit stumpy if you ask me.

There is another even larger problem: The skeins don't match. When I first noticed this - when I was done knitting the body - I cursed the yarn shop that had sold me the yarn. I hadn't even checked my purchase to make sure it was all from the same lot number. It seemed to be such a high-end together sort of shop that when the sales person handed me my six skeins I didn't even give it a second thought.

But I now know that my truck-driver language was misplaced. The fault was my own. All yarn was from the same lot. At least that's what the label said. I just didn't think I needed to heed warnings about mixing hand painted yarns every few rows for homogeneous color. That would mean a lot less mindless knitting and paying attention to what I was doing. And I am too lazy for that.

So I ripped out the bottom to make it longer and tighten up the ribbing a bit by using 15 needles instead of 17's.

But screw it. There is no way I am going to start all over just to alternate skeins. The faded look of the middle of the body is now a design feature.

a lot of really big yarn

Winding up Burly spun presents numerous problems. Essentially, it is too big for the basic yarn winder. Never the less, here it is. It is quite large and lovely. The sweater - not so much. More about that after the pain is over.

"weekend sweater" for Pam

I could not knit this (#224) in a weekend because of the hand-soreness that results from using US17 needles and gigantic yarn. SeyMo wishes I would never finish it.