The first:
The first has very pretty colors, but a horrid pattern, as you can see.
I mean, what is that? K2 rib with ladder stitch or just really lazy purling? I can find something much prettier. Especially now that I own stitch dictionaries.
And the second:
As you can see, it's a little short on me and the sleeves are a little too small in my upper arm flab. I'm tempted to leave as is, however. It has definitely seen better days, but is very pretty. Maybe if I'm not busy with projects over the summer (HAH!), I'll make into a 3/4 sleeve sweater. I just picked it up because I love the yarn. Lionbrand Homespun-esque.
It was amazing how many hand knit sweaters people threw out. It was also amazing how ugly some of them were. And whoever decided the sleeveless turtleneck was a good idea is just plain stupid. I found a very pretty, hand knit bulky weight one of those. The yarn was gorgeous, but it was so warm you wouldn't want to wear it in the summer, and who could wear a sleeveless shirt in the winter?
Just plain silly, in my opinion.
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