| I've begun to work on the yellow dress that I envisioned when I originally designed this not-yellow tank. But I've been continuously running into snag after snag with this thing. I'm almost wondering if it's never meant to be.
Now, I completely understand that this frustration is entirely my own fault... I've ripped out this yoke 3 times already because I'm trying to alter the pattern, but not giving it the correct amount of attention it desires, and making foolish mistakes.
I began working on it because I wanted to crochet, not to play with numbers... so I just started crocheting. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two didn't occur to me until after I ripped it out the last time, refigured pattern to be worked back and forth, and re-crocheted the whole yoke and back. I didn't check the current gauge. I assumed that because I was using the same size crochet hook, with the same yarn, that the gauge would be the same.
The yellow dress has a shoulder width about 2" larger than the white tank. Now that I've measured the gauge, I realize that there are 2 fewer stitches over 4" than on the white tank. Sigh.
I've learned my lesson. There were a few things I didn't consider. While, the yarn and hook didn't change, I may have. Perhaps I'm just crocheting looser than I was a year ago when I crocheted the original version of this pattern. I have been going to yoga a lot more then I was then... and I did notice that my knitting has loosened up. And, maybe the color of the yarn effects the gauge? Working back and forth rather than in the round, has GOT to do something differently? Well, now I know... and this dress is going back into hybernation until I muster up the energy to tackle it again.
For now, I'll just continue to knit baby things and hats.
This is the Classic Silk Beret—designed recently for Classic Elite's newest Spring collection. The pattern can currently be found only in their Round Pond booklet. Because of my bulky, dreaded, hair, I've added an additional stitch repeat to the pattern to make it slightly larger. I've noticed that traditionally sized hats don't fit around my head any more. I'm working on rebuilding my hat collection, because of this. It's been fun!
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