Knitting at Herbie Dog Digs

I have been knitting for more than 10 years. Sounds impressive, eh?

I have yet to produce a sweater that I would wear myself. Am I too picky? Are my expectations too high? I can crank out toys, mittens, gauntlets and hats like nobody's business. Garments? To wear outside? ha! Torture!

I see other garments that fellow knitters produce by hand on Ravelry and they look exactly like the photo that comes with the pattern. Mine, however, are somehow tragically handicap.

Take for example the most recent folly - Ezra. A really well written pattern by Berroco. I did my gauge swatch yet this came out very big. Not tragic as it's a really, really tiny shrug. Fine. Can live with that. However, the neckline is a total nightmare. It's too tight. The sweater itself stretches where it shouldn't and drapes really weird over my shoulders. I spent weeks on this thing and have been told by my loving family that it's "OK".

I've posted a picture of what it's supposed to look like. I am going to try and block it today to see if I can salvage this thing. Photo to come tomorrow.

Sigh. I think I'll start this cute cat pattern today. The world needs more stuffed cats, right?