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This was the first thing I ever knit. A huge, improvised design, stockinette and garter stitch scarf. My ABC scarf – both literally and metaphorically.
I loved it for a long time. For both its metaphorical meaning and its warmth.
But then I realised I wasn’t wearing it anymore. I had become too bothered by the rookie mistakes. It was too big. The knots on the joins of balls (which were there because I didn’t know better back when I was knitting it) irritated me. And then it became this.
I was a little sad, but knew it was the right thing to do. And a few months later, it became this.
And this.
I think you’ll agree when I say – no regrets! :)
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That Owl jumper is so very cute! I keep saying that I’ll rip out my first sweater but I’m yet to do it ;)
That’s awesome. I’m glad the yarn has had two/three happy lives so far.
Much better, and I really love what you turned it into…. off to add to my Ravelry queue….
Oooh, I love it when that happens! :)
Haha ! How excited is she in her Owl Jumper? Lovely :D
I sve to od jednog Å¡ala:)!
A jo¹ je ne¹to i ostalo, sigurno dovoljno za jo¹ jedan projekt! Kao ¹to rekoh, ¹al je stvarno bio PREvelik :)))
It must be great seeing your first knit not just reborn but alive and kicking. I couldn’t stand the imperfections and my yarn choices and my pattern choices and so they were very quickly given to family and charity.
Like you, I have no regrets on the matter.
I love it in its new forms.You’ll always have the pictures to remember the original scarf so it’s easy to not regret it. =)
Yup! Thank heavens for Ravelry – can you believe I never thought to take pictures of my knits until I created an account there and needed photos for my project pages?
Its been great to see what your ABC scarf turned into – so many nice things.
Especially love the owl jumper.
Thanks! And there’s even some more left, so there’ll be more of its offspring eventually… :)
love the reincarnation! good decision,I say!
Lovely!
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Oh, this little owl jumper is super cute (so is the model :) ). No regrets, for sure!
I have no regrets about frogging unused FOs either – set the yarn free to be loved again! The hat is awesome and that little jumper is unbelievably cute.
I could cry when I think about all the yarn I have discarded because I wasn’t happy with the FO or when I’ve got bored of knitting something. I think you looked really cute with your big scarf but I think the owl jumper is even cuter!
Thanks, I agree :)))
A lovely story! I love how yarn and knitting can be so many things! The hat and sweater are both very cute!
Frogging was definitely the right call! The second generation of knits are just darling!
The ultimate in recycling. I love it.
The Owl sweater is adorable! you made the right choice!
That’s a crazy big scarf. I like what you did with it!
I love this post. It is so positive. You have turned the yarn into two beautiful things.
You did the right thing! The little owl sweater is very sweet and I like the hat too!
You are a star! So good to recycle, rather than stuffing it to the back of a drawer (which is what I would most probably have done) – and LOOK how happy you made a little girl. Lovely post.
Awesome yarn recycling!! The scarf was very cool, but I totally agree that if you are no longer enjoying it, you might as well frog it and turn it into other happy knits.
Lovely, Ivana. I can’t imagine better ways to use such important yarn — the yarn of your first knitting project.
First of all, I loved your scarf and how it was so long you could just wind and wind up for warmth. However, I understand how you were “bugged” by your beginning mistakes so the transformations the scarf made are wonderful as well, esp. that sweater for that cutie patootie.
I love it! It’s like a rebirth.
That is DEFINITELY a great re-use of yarn. The big scarf is sweet (you made it up? With the letters and everything? Go you!), but the re-born projects are even better.
Yup, it was just alternating garter and stockinette stitch. I added letters to the stockinette to get into the habit of counting (and also to see if it would really work – forming a letter by alternating between knit and purl seemed like magic to me at the time!!). I got the chart for the letters from my mom’s old knitting manual, and just chose the ones that had a pretty shape… :) You wouldn’t believe how many times I got asked if the letters formed a word!
No regrets indeed!
And, the unraveled yarn made me think of ramen noodles.
Love your post. What a great new life for that scarf.
lovely! it’s been on a journey, that yarn!
Great idea! This is one beautiful metamorphosis! Love both!