double booh.
What follows will be a display of frustration. We apologize for the inconvenience. Do not be alarmed, this is just the blogstress blowing off steam. We repeat, this is only the blogstress blowing off steam.WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED?! WHY CAN'T I JUST BLINDLY FOLLOW A PATTERN FOR ONCE?!
Oh, that's right, because patterns are sized for normal people. I know these people exist, because I see them on television, but really, that's the only place. I. have had. enough.
I always get REALLY FRICKIN' annoyed when I have to resize this pattern or that pattern, or if it's made for someone with big boobs, it doesn't fit someone with a big ass, or vice versa, or if it's a good size but doesn't have waist shaping or or or or or...
The bottom line is that to create things that look good on you, you have to know your body, you have to work with it. Usually, the only way that can happen is to alter it for you. But since knitting is not sewing and you can't nip and tuck, life gets difficult sometimes. I miss the joy of blindly following a pattern. Of course, I don't miss the butt ugly garments that resulted, but it was nice just to simply make something and not have to use my internal calculator every five minutes, then try something on, only to find out I was wrong and have to frog it. Y'know. That gets annoying.
Basically, I got a sweater pattern that I'm about to start. I have to use one size for the hips, one size for the bodice and one size for the sleeves. None of which are particularly compatible with each other, especially since there's a lotta lace involved.
Also, it has been a long week.
But, I'm going to Knit Happens tomorrow with some cool peeps! Not the kind from the microwave.
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