Bauhaus Fair Isle

I’ve been loathe to post about the Bauhaus Fair Isle.  It was finally finished April 16th.  Unfortunately, it does not fit Jim!  Well, actually, he can get it ON, it’s just way too tight.  Yes, I vigorously wet blocked as is my usual habit.  It did actually grow a bit from that process which is probably the only thing that allowed him to get it on.  I can’t begin to tell you how depressing this is.  Jim swears he’ll wear it around the house, which I guess is ok since he is always cold.  It doesn’t look good on me either…huge in all the wrong places.  Sigh.

I’m not quite sure what the lesson is here (except maybe don’t make fair isle sweaters for huge men).  I had him try it on while it was in progress.  One of his requests was that it not be bulky around the middle…I guess if I were trying to be a bright side type person at least I did accomplish that!  It also is a little tight under the arms.  I would suggest if you make a fair isle style sweater that instead of just going with the measurements given for the armhole that you actually measure something you already own and/or the person to get a better number.

In an effort to end on a positive note, I’ll share a knitting success.  This is Sahara made in Southwest Trading Company Twize.  I made it to wear to Maryland Sheep and Wool last year and never did get a modeled shot, until now.  I wore it out to dinner a this spring and got a couple of compliments on it.  My only complaint is that Twize tends to stretch with wear so I now definitely need a tank underneath when I wear it.  Since it’s seamed up the front I could dig out some of the matching yarn and bring it together a bit, but I didn’t have time to do it before wearing that night.