Is a sweater a sweater the moment you cast it on? Pick the yarn? Or is it only a sweater when it reaches a certain amount of knitting that makes it recognizable as a sweater?
The other night I was switching from one project to another and I asked Matt to “hand me the sweater.” I meant the Goodale I started and was only about 18 rows into knitting. He looked confused. I pointed at the orange chunk of knitting. He said, “That’s not a sweater.” In my mind it was already a sweater.
Um, scratch that. I just found a mistake. It looks like I miscounted from the beginning when I placed markers for increases. I’m going to rip out what I have, so this will temporarily not be a sweater and it will temporarily return to the yarn void.
so funny! (“am i a sweater yet?”) Laughing out loud 🙂
Oh the philosophical questions knitting brings up, haha
‘sweater’ is an attitude. once you believe it to be one, it is. perception is reality. )
Isn’t the yarn an embryonic sweater?
I love that! Or socks, or a hat… Embryonic knitted items. Ha.
It has the spirit of a sweater! Love the pattern btw
I say it’s a sweater as soon as you cast on! Oh, and I love that pattern! Cecily is crazy talented!
I find that my projects are all just ‘my knitting’ until they are ready for wear and I can prance around in them feeling smug … Assuming they are grown-up items!